In an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham from former President Trump’s historic return to Butler on Saturday, the Republican presidential nominee recalled what it was like to come back to the site of the first assassination attempt against him.
While he told Ingraham he felt he had an obligation to Corey Comperatore, the firefighter who lost his life at the July 13 rally, and spoke at length about the events of that fateful day, the interview was wide-ranging and touched on a number of topics relevant to the campaign with just four weeks until Election Day.
When Ingraham asked whether he’s concerned about voting in the southern states devastated by Hurricane Helene, Trump remained confident that his supporters will find a way.
“I can only say that I believe they're going to go out and vote if they have to crawl to a voting booth and that's what's happening,” he said. “Lara is working on it. Other people are working on it, and we're trying to make it convenient for them to -- but they just lost their house -- we're trying to make it convenient for them to go out and vote.”
Trump also doubled down on his comment about protecting women, which irked the left.
“It's my job to protect as president,” he said, criticizing the Biden-Harris administration for not only not protecting Americans, but allowing illegal immigrant criminals to come into the country.
“I want to protect women. I’m going to protect women and I’m going to protect men and I’m going to protect children. And that's my obligation to do it, with the military and with law enforcement,” he added.
Asked how he wanted to be remembered 100 years from now, Trump said as someone who brought America back from the brink.
“I think [as] somebody that really worked hard and turned a country around that's going bad,” he replied. “This country is going bad. We're not going to have a country. And certainly, we're not going to have a country like this.
“So more than anything else, I think I want to have somebody say for—in a long time from now and in a short time from now—he was able to make America great again," Trump added.