Trump takes detour to ultra-blue California to spotlight Harris' home turf's failed policies: 'Paradise lost'

With Election Day closing in, erstwhile President Trump took a astonishing detour to ultra-blue California to spotlight the state's sky-high inflation, transgression and amerciable immigration.

Trump touched down successful Coachella Valley connected Saturday evening to instrumentality connected Vice President Kamala Harris connected her location turf.

Voters successful the decidedly bluish authorities came retired successful droves, with Trump remarking connected the sheer size of the crowds arsenic helium took the signifier astatine 5:30 p.m. PST.

"We person had a large reception here. Look astatine this crowd," Trump said, marveling astatine the crowd. "This is similar grounds worldly arsenic acold arsenic the oculus tin see."

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Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump arrives to talk astatine a run rally astatine the Calhoun Ranch, successful Coachella, Calif., Saturday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Trump highlighted California's failed policies, saying that "we gotta marque it better."

"I basal earlier you contiguous successful the bosom of the majestic Coachella Valley, to state that the Republican Party volition ever enactment America archetypal and pb america connected to victories similar you person ne'er seen before," helium said. "Because we've go the enactment of communal sense."

The erstwhile president promised that he'd combat for "hard-working citizens of each race, religion, colour and creed."

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During the Trump campaign's announcement that the erstwhile president would marque a uncommon sojourn to California, spokesperson Steven Cheung said that it was to "highlight Harris' mediocre grounds and amusement that helium has the close solutions for each authorities and each American."

Trump highlighted Harris' arsenic good arsenic Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's way grounds successful the state, promising to "save it."

The extremist near Democrats person destroyed this state, but we are going to prevention it…

"The extremist near Democrats person destroyed this state, but we are going to prevention it," helium said. "And we're going to marque it amended than ever before."

"I've travel present contiguous not lone to speech astir California, wherever you person 1 of the worst governors successful the country, Gavin Newsom, but you decidedly had idiosyncratic present that was horrible – Kamala," helium said. "And present she wants to destruct our country. 

"She wants to destruct our state similar she did San Francisco," helium said.

Attendees cheer arsenic Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump arrives to talk astatine a run rally astatine the Calhoun Ranch successful Coachella, Calif., Saturday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump likened California to "paradise lost," transitioning his spiel to a committedness of a harmless and unafraid confederate border.

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California's truly is simply a paradise lost…

"California's truly is simply a paradise lost, but we're going to bring it back," helium said. "Don't interest astir it. We're bringing it back. It'll hap fast.

"We'll halt the murderers from coming in. The cause dealers, everybody coming into California," helium said.

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Trump speaks astatine a run rally astatine the Calhoun Ranch successful Coachella, Calif., Saturday. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

Trump reminisced of what California used to be, saying it was a 'beacon of what our state aspired to become."

"It had the weather, it had the water," helium said. "The authorities had the champion schools, the safest communities, and a booming mediate class, but each that was eradicated by decades of the precise policies that Kamala Harris wants to present unit upon America."

The Republican nominee for president pointed to California's sky-high outgo of living, ongoing transgression situation and continuing amerciable migration crisis.

"Today, California has the highest inflation, the highest taxes, the highest state prices, the highest outgo of living, the astir regulations, the astir costly utilities, the astir homelessness, the astir crime, the astir decay, and the astir amerciable aliens," helium said.

"Other than that, I deliberation you're doing rather well, actually," helium quipped.

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While acknowledging the system is apical of caput successful California and crossed the nation, Trump highlighted amerciable migration arsenic a apical contented for voters, saying that the U.S. is considered an "occupied country."

"But we are known each passim the satellite present arsenic an occupied country," helium said. "We got radical taking implicit parts of Colorado. We person radical taking implicit different states, a batch of states."

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Trump promised to "liberate our state from criminals" and "rescue California."

"To everyone present successful California and each crossed our nation, I marque this pledge to you. November 5th, 2024 volition beryllium liberation time successful America," helium said. 

"We're going to liberate our state from criminals. I volition rescue California successful each municipality crossed America that's been invaded and conquered, and we volition enactment these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals successful jailhouse oregon footwear them the hellhole retired of the country," helium said.

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump arrives to talk astatine a run rally astatine the Calhoun Ranch successful Coachella, Calif., Saturday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump pointed to Eduardo Sarabia, an amerciable immigrant, who was precocious arrested successful Los Angeles aft helium allegedly viciously raped 2 women successful his windowless Ford Transit van.

"He was charged with sadistically raping 2 women successful the backmost of a windowless van that constabulary said was disgustingly outfitted as, quote, a rape dungeon connected wheels," Trump said. "Detective believes this monster had galore much victims."

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Trump speaks astatine a run rally astatine the Calhoun Ranch successful Coachella, Calif., Saturday. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

Trump besides pointed to Victor Hernandez, an amerciable migrant from El Salvador, who escaped his state of root aft committing a heinous transgression and allegedly murdered Maryland mother, Rachel Morin.

"We had the strongest borderline successful the past of our country. Now we person the worst borderline successful the past of the world," helium said.

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"My connection to the American radical is precise simple," Trump said. "No idiosyncratic who has inflicted the unit and panic that our harass has unleashed connected our state tin ne'er beryllium allowed to go the President of the United States again."

Trump promised that Harris' "reign of terror" would extremity the archetypal time helium took office.

"Anyone who orchestrates an penetration of America cannot pb America," helium said. "Kamala Harris, her reign of panic ends the time I instrumentality office."

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With clip an highly precious commodity for the statesmanlike campaigns successful the last agelong of a White House showdown successful a margin-of-error contention with Harris, galore are wondering wherefore Trump is stopping successful bluish states.

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The halt successful Coachella whitethorn payment Trump with Latino voters — who person been trending towards the GOP successful caller years — not lone successful southeast California, but much importantly successful neighboring Arizona and Nevada, 2 of the 7 important battleground states that volition apt find if the erstwhile president oregon Harris wins the 2024 election.

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Fox News' Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.