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Ken Thomas and Jill Colvin, Associated Press
Published Tuesday, July 31, 2018 7:45 PM EDT
Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 July 2018 22:03 EDT
TAMPA, Florida – US President Donald Trump mistakenly claimed Tuesday that buyers had to present an identity photo to buy food and accused Democrats of impeding his agenda and his Supreme Court candidate. A raucous Trump gathering, addressing thousands of supporters in one of the country's main electoral battlegrounds, objected to the idea that non-citizens vote and advocate for stricter election laws when it claims that identity cards are necessary for everything else.
"If you go out and want to buy groceries, you need a picture on a card, you need a piece of identity", a- he said during the event at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa. "You go out and you want to buy something, you need identity and you need your photo."
A White House spokesperson did not immediately answer questions about the billionaire president's latest purchase. Photos are requested for some purchases, such as alcohol, cigarettes or cold medicine.
The comment came as Trump waded into Florida Republican politics, choosing Ron DeSantis in a competitive primary for the governor. The Senate campaign of his longtime ally, Governor Rick Scott
"We have to make sure that Rick Scott wins and wins big," Trump told the crowd. "It's time to vote Bill Nelson out of the office."
Trump, who seeks confirmation from Justice Brett Kavanaugh at the Supreme Court in the fall, also argued that voters must elect more Republicans, highlighting the democratic opposition to his Pick
Democrats "do not want to give Trump a win," he said. "They will do everything they can to not help the Trump program."
Trump publicly threatened to close the federal government on his push to revise the nation's immigration system and fund his border wall, although officials say he's privately insured the staff, it would not cause a financial crisis before mid-session. The president avoided making a direct reference to a government shutdown during the rally, saying, "We may have to do some pretty drastic things" unless the Democrats support his agenda.
praising DeSantis as "a hard and brilliant cookie." He predicted that DeSantis would win agriculture commissioner Adam Putnam in the Republican state primary on Aug. 28.
Trump, who travels frequently to Florida and his private club in Palm Beach Mar-a-Lago, criticized Nelson's policy. he sees the senator "five months before each election".
"After a while, you forget who the senator is," Trump said, adding that he wants to make sure Scott "wins and wins big."
Scott He did not join Trump at the rally but appeared with him at a round table earlier.
DeSantis linked his campaign for the governor directly to Trump, appearing on Fox News more than 100 times to talk about federal issues and defend the president. DeSantis campaigned with Fox's Sean Hannity and Donald Trump Jr. and uses humor in a new advertisement to show his alliance with the president, teaching one of his two children to "build the wall" with blocks.
Putnam, a state-owned agriculture commissioner and former congressman, led a more traditional campaign for the governor, organizing campaigns aimed at strengthening his family's deep ties with the state.
Trump, against the idea of allowing non-citizens to vote in certain elections, "said at the rally," Only US citizens should vote in US elections.
He also advocated requiring voters to present a photo ID even though Florida already has such a law in the books. Trump said, before making his claim about the grocery store.
"It's crazy," he added, "but we're turning it around.
