The state will host a competitive race this year that could decide which party controls the US Senate in 2025.
Trump’s flight was reportedly diverted to a different Montana airport due to a mechanical issue.
“I just landed in a really beautiful place: Montana,” Trump said in a video from his plane posted on social media, which made no mention of a mechanical issue.
“I’m here to do some fundraisers and most importantly to support Tim Sheehy who’s running for the US Senate and we think he’s going to do really well. We’re going to have a rally. And it’ll be a lot of fun.”
Sheehy will be facing Democratic Senator John Tester, who is seeking a fourth term.
CROWD SIZES
In Phoenix, a crowd estimated at more than 15,000 greeted Harris, including some pro-Palestinian demonstrators who interrupted the remarks. Harris has faced anger from liberal voters who disagree with her support for Israel in its response to the Oct 7 Hamas attack.
“The president and I are working around the clock every day to get that ceasefire deal done and bring the hostages home,” Harris said in her remarks, adding: “So, I respect your voices, but we are here to now talk about the race in 2024.”
Earlier in the week when some protested during her rally in Michigan and interrupted her speech, she had said: “If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that. Otherwise, I’m speaking.”
Trump had on Thursday mocked the size of Harris’ campaign crowds, even though they have matched his of late.
He falsely compared the size of the gathering on Jan 6, 2021 – the day his supporters stormed the US Capitol – to that who heard Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 in Washington.
Source: CNA
