Battlegrounds
Donald Trump Launches 80-Minute Manassas Barrage Following Moment of Silence
The Republican front-runner paused to honor the victims of the San Bernardino shootings, then tore into the man he hopes to succeed as president.
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In the Virginia suburb of Manassas, best known for its historical distinction as a U.S. Civil War battlefield, Republican Donald Trump drew fans and curiosity-seekers Wednesday night to the same local fairgrounds where Barack Obama staged a massive rally on the eve of his election to the White House.
At that 2008 rally, which drew nearly 100,000, the Illinois senator who would become the nation's first African-American president pledged to bridge the nation’s racial, ethnic, and political divisions. Trump reiterated his promise to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico and to reverse Obama administration policies that he said favor undocumented immigrants over U.S. citizens.