WASHINGTON DC-Donald Trump, holding his first campaign rally Saturday since surviving an assassination attempt, dismissed concerns that he is a threat to democracy, triumphantly telling a cheering crowd: "Last week I took a bullet for democracy."
"I'm not an extremist at all," he continued at the rally in swing state of Michigan, dismissing his reported links to Project 2025, a radical shadow manifesto led by figures close to him that has been characterized by opponents as an authoritarian, right-wing wish list.
And he mocked the rival Democratic Party, roiled by unprecedented pressure for President Joe Biden to abandon the White House race amid concerns over his age and fitness to serve, if reelected, until 2029.
"They have no idea who their candidate is... This guy goes and he gets the votes, and now they want to take it away. That's democracy," Trump told the 12,000-strong crowd of passionate supporters.
"As you're seeing, the Democrat Party is not the party of democracy. They're really the enemies of democracy."
He added: "And they keep saying, 'He's a threat to democracy.' I'm saying, 'What the hell did I do for democracy?' Last week, I took a bullet for democracy."
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