Trump had campaigned in the state on behalf of the Republican in a special election seen as a test leading into his 2020 reelection campaign.
Republican Dan Bishop defeated Democrat Dan McCready in Tuesday’s special election for a North Carolina U.S. House seat, holding onto the seat for the GOP after 2018’s vote was thrown out for fraud and giving President Trump a victory, although a worryingly narrow one.
“Tomorrow is your chance to send a clear message to the America-hating left,” said Trump at the rally Monday night in Fayetteville, predicting rampant socialism, open borders and crime under Democrats. Trump’s previous visit to the state in July was marked by chants of “Send her back!” when he attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a Somali immigrant.
The special election was necessary after the results of the November 2018 race between McCready and Republican Mark Harris, who defeated sitting Rep. Robert Pittenger in the GOP primary, were invalidated. Harris was initially declared the winner by 905 votes, but the race was never certified, as evidence began to surface of ballot fraud by employees of the Harris campaign.
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