Former President Donald Trump will head to Vice President Kamala Harris’s home state of California this weekend to rally supporters in the deep blue state with less than a month to go in the presidential race.
The event will be held on Saturday at the Calhoun Ranch at 5:00 p.m. local time in Coachella, according to Trump’s campaign. Coachella is in Southern California’s Coachella Valley, widely known for its annual music and art festival. The announcement indicated that Trump’s remarks will focus on inflation, the cost of living, and the records of Harris, her vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, and California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom.
“Under Kamala Harris and her dangerous Democrat allies like Tim Walz, the notorious ‘California Dream’ has turned into a nightmare for everyday Americans. Since Harris and Biden took office, prices have skyrocketed by nearly 20 percent, leaving Californians grappling with crushing costs,” the campaign said. “Families are struggling to stay afloat, with the average California household losing more than $33,232 since January 2021. Californians are suffocating under rising prices for everything from groceries to housing, thanks to Kamalanomics.”
The announcement also pointed to surging home prices in California, including in cities like San Diego, where the median home price is more than $1 million, and gas prices reached record highs in 2022.
“This is the future Harris and Walz want for the rest of America — crippling inflation, unaffordable housing, and sky-high gas prices,” the campaign said. “If this is the California Dream, it’s every American’s worst nightmare. President Trump is the only candidate who can reverse the damage done by Comrade Kamala, and it’s why Americans will elect him the 47th President of the United States this November.”
Steven Hernandez, the mayor of Coachella, responded to the news of the rally by criticizing Trump.
“The City of Coachella was proud to welcome Senator Bernie Sanders during the 2020 primary election, but news of former President Trump’s upcoming visit has been met very differently,” Hernandez wrote on Facebook. “Trump’s attacks on immigrants, women, the LQBTQ community and the most vulnerable among us don’t align with the values of our community. He has consistently expressed disdain for the type of diversity that helps define Coachella. We don’t know why Trump is visiting near Coachella, but we know he wasn’t invited by the people who live here. He ain’t like us.”
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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a conservative, will assist the Secret Service in providing security for the event. He said that Hernandez’s statement was divisive.
“Mr. Hernandez, better take a look around, because he obviously was invited by the people that live there and work there, and maybe he’s going to be in line for an awakening in the future, because this constant divide and this constant rhetoric that we have going on is not good for the country,” said Bianco, who endorsed Trump earlier this year. Bianco is reportedly considering a run for governor in 2026.
While California is a Democratic stronghold, several key House races in the state could determine control of the chamber.
