Trump escalates his 'mob' attacks on 'radical' and 'cuckoo' Democrats in Arizona – claiming they want to give illegal immigrants the right to vote as he links Democratic Senate candidate to the Taliban

  • President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Mesa, Arizona
  • He said Democrats were for 'radical socialism and open borders'
  • He called them an 'angry, unhinged mob' 
  • He said this would be an election 'of the caravan,' referencing illegal immigration 
  • The president is boosting Rep. Martha McSally, who is in a top-tier race against Rep. Kyrsten Sinema to succeed Sen. Jeff Flake
  • Sinema and McSally are in a dead heat in the polls 
  • Trump appeared hours after the Saudis admitted Jamal Khashoggi died in their consulate in Istanbul
  • He campaigned in Thursday night in Montana, where he saluted a congressman who pleaded guilty to assaulting a reporter as 'my guy' 
  • Said Democrats want to 'give illegal aliens free welfare, free health care and free education

President Donald Trump continued his effort to try to paint Democrats as a radical mob during a campaign swing through Arizona where he tried to muddy his opponents with freighted ideological insults. 

'The Democrats have become an angry, unhinged mob determined to get power by any means necessary,' Trump told a screaming crowd of supporters at an Air Response Center in Mesa Arizona after making a dramatic entrance aboard Marine One.

'What the radical democrats did to justice Kavanaugh and his wonderful family is a national disgrace and don't forget it on November 6th,' Trump said. 

'The Democrats have become an angry, unhinged mob,' Trump told chanting supporters in Mesa, Arizona

'The Democrats have become an angry, unhinged mob,' Trump told chanting supporters in Mesa, Arizona

Trump gave GOP Senate candidate Martha McSally a political embrace as soon as the rally began. He said she would 'protect your jobs defend your borders and continue making America great again.'

And McSally, who previously has spoken critically of Trump, told him: 'It has been an honor to be leading in the House to make sure we build the wall' – his signature campaign promise.

Trump also attacked McSally's opponent, Democratic Rep. Krysten Sinema as a 'far left extremist,' then added: 'She's being protected by the fake news back there,' in reference to the media.

President Donald Trump arrives with U.S. Rep. Martha McSally to a campaign rally Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, in Mesa, Ariz. Trump is in Arizona stumping for Senate candidate Martha McSally

President Donald Trump arrives with U.S. Rep. Martha McSally to a campaign rally Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, in Mesa, Ariz. Trump is in Arizona stumping for Senate candidate Martha McSally

Trump also picked up on a McSally campaign ad that dredges up a 2003 Sinema radio interview from years ago where she agreed with a host saying 'go ahead' and join the Taliban. 

'While Martha was bravely fighting the Taliban, Kyisten Sinema said she had no problems with American defecting form our country to join the Taliban. How does that happen?' Trump asked. 

In another attack, Trump said: 'Kirsten Sinema also embraced a left wing radical who is convicted of providing material support to terrorists.' 

He was referencing her promotion of events at Arizona State University that included a lawyer later convicted for aiding the 'Blind Sheikh,' Omar Abdel Rahman. 

She invited people in an online group to attend events with the man, Lynn Stewart, in 2003, Fox News reported.  

In his slash-and-burn rhetoric with the election 18 days away, Trump claimed Democrats want to 'impose socialism on our country. Turn us into another Venezuela, take away your health care, destroy your Second Amendment - and Democrats want to throw your borders wide open to deadly drugs and ruthless gangs,' he said. 

It was one of an onslaught of attacks meant to fire up his base, in a strategy of stressing of trying to muddy his opponents. 

Trump gave a political embrace to GOP Rep. McSally and picked up her campaign Taliban attacks on her opponent

Trump gave a political embrace to GOP Rep. McSally and picked up her campaign Taliban attacks on her opponent

'While Martha was bravely fighting the Taliban, Kyirsten Sinema said she had no problems with American defecting form our country to join the Taliban. How does that happen?' Trump asked

'While Martha was bravely fighting the Taliban, Kyirsten Sinema said she had no problems with American defecting form our country to join the Taliban. How does that happen?' Trump asked

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Trump also went on an extended harangue against Democrats on immigration. 

He once again went after 'chain migration,' a term he has used repeatedly to describe immigrants come here and then try to gain status for family members. It is an issue that cause a bit of blowback when it was revealed that first lady Melania Trump's parents gained citizenship. 

'That's called chain migration. It's a chain. sounds so good. Like right out of school. Sounds so beautiful – the chain, everyone comes together. Nope we're ending it folks,' Trump said, waving his hands for emphasis. 

With news of a 'caravan' of up to 3,000 migrants traveling to Mexico in the headlines, Trump once again cast illegal immigration as a type of plot by Democrats to score votes. 

Honduran migrants waving the flag of Honduras stream towards the border bridge in Tecun Uman, Guatemala on Friday

Honduran migrants waving the flag of Honduras stream towards the border bridge in Tecun Uman, Guatemala on Friday

Trump said earlier immigration is a 'great issue' for Republicans.

'Right now as you know, they're fighting some bad people,' Trump said of the Mexican government. 'There are some bad people in that group. 'This country doesn't want them.'

'Everybody that comes across the border, for the most part, they're going to vote Democrat,' Trump claimed. 

'No matter what we do, they will be voting Democrat, and they understand that,' he said.

'This will be an election of Kavanaugh, the caravan, law and order and common sense ... Remember it's gonna be an election of the caravan.' 

'That's why Democrats support programs like catch and release. That's why Democrats want to give illegal aliens free welfare, free health care and free education. Give em a drivers' license,' he said.

'Next thing you know they'll want to buy them a car. Then they'll say the car's not good enough – how about a Rolls Royce?' he said. 

'That's why Democrats want to give illegal immigrants the right to vote,' Trump said.

Supporters of US President Donald Trump wear t-shirts reading "Assyrians for Trump" during a "Make America Great" rally in Mesa, Arizona on October 19, 2018

Supporters of US President Donald Trump wear t-shirts reading "Assyrians for Trump" during a "Make America Great" rally in Mesa, Arizona on October 19, 2018

Trump was deposited by Marine One just steps from the venue, an International Air Response hangar

Trump was deposited by Marine One just steps from the venue, an International Air Response hangar

In yet another immigration attack, Trump said: 'Democrats believe our country should be a giant sanctuary city for criminal aliens. 'Republicans believe our country should be a sanctuary for law-abiding Americans.'

Most Democrats in Congress favor a path to citizenship for 'Dreamers' brought here illegally as children, and some favor a more expansive path to citizenship for people who have been in the country for years and have clean records other than their illegal entry, while also supporting deportations for people who commit other crimes, in particular violent crime.

Trump didn't hold off on the politics before his rally. During a meeting at Luke Air Force Base, he was accompanied by McSally and other state GOP lawmakers.

At one point, he turned to McSally and called her Democratic opponent, Kyrsten Sinema 'very strange.'

Earlier this week McSally demanded Sinema apologize for a 2003 radio where she told a radio host to 'go along' and join the Taliban.

McSally brought up the interview, which was unearthed by CNN, in an angry debate Monday night, saying Sinema should apologize for saying 'it's OK to commit treason.'

Sinema hit back for 'ridiculous attacks' and accused McSally of 'trying to smear my campaign.' In her own campaign she stresses other elements of her background: being homeless for several years as a child, earning a Ph.D and a law degree, and getting elected to Congress.  

The venue helped reinforce a key piece of McSally's bio as the first woman Air Force fighter pilot to fly in combat. 

Before Trump arrived at the Aviation Air Response hangar where he several thousand supporters gathered, introducers drove home the message that Democrats were far left and bent on revolution. 

President Donald Trump talks to a pilot in the cockpit of an F-35 aircraft during a Defense Capability Tour at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. At his evening rally, Rep. Andy Biggs claimed Democrats want to 'emasculate our military'

President Donald Trump talks to a pilot in the cockpit of an F-35 aircraft during a Defense Capability Tour at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. At his evening rally, Rep. Andy Biggs claimed Democrats want to 'emasculate our military'

GOP Rep. Andy Biggs said they wanted power 'by any means' and believed 'the ends justified the means.

'They're going to try to impeach Donald trump. They want to abolish ICE. They want to open our borders. They want to kill our economy, and they want to emasculate our military,' Biggs said.   

'They bully us they threaten us they harass. Sometimes it seems like they're acting like a mob,' Biggs added.

The state's governor, Doug Ducey tried to connect the party to Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders, who lost the party's nomination to Hillary Clinton.

'Would you be proud to stand with Bernie Sanders?' he asked. 

The president came to Arizona in an effort to boost Republican Rep. Martha McSally, who is in a top-tier race against Rep. Kyrsten Sinema to succeed Sen. Jeff Flake.

The race is deadlocked, with each garnering 45 per cent of the vote in the RealClearPolitics average. 

The president's appearance came hours after Saudi Arabia has admitted journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead.

The results of the country's own investigation were revealed Friday evening and showed the 60-year-old died following an altercation at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey October 2.

Saudi's attorney general said in a statement: 'Discussions between citizen Jamal Khashoggi and those who met him while he was in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul led to a brawl and a fist fight, which led to his death.'

'The investigations are still underway and 18 Saudi nationals have been arrested,' the state prosecutor said in a statement to media. 'The kingdom expresses its deep regret.' 

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