President-elect Trump endorses Karrin Taylor Robson during Phoenix speech

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — President-elect Donald Trump was back in Arizona on Sunday for the first time since winning the general election.

Trump was the headlining speaker at AmericaFest, a four-day event held at the Phoenix Convention Center and hosted by Turning Point USA and Turning Point Action.

Trump also endorsed high-profile names in the Republican Party in Arizona, including current Arizona GOP Chair Gina Swoboda, who announced her intention to run for reelection right after Trump’s speech and former gubernatorial candidate Karrin Taylor Robson for governor.

“We want to try bringing everybody together. We’re going to try, we’re going to really give it a shot. The thing that brings people together is victory,” said Trump.

Trump was on stage for over an hour, and the speech, which at times resembled ones he’d give on the campaign trail, covered a wide range of issues, including immigration and the southern border and plans to start mass deportations of undocumented immigrants after taking office.

“Your border is a disaster, what’s going on? And you just have a few days to wait. We’re going to be fully operational by about two o’clock on the 20th,” he said.

Trump also touched on his cabinet appointments and his plan for the economy. At one point during the speech, he threatened to take back control of the Panama Canal.

“I made a series of big day-one promises in my campaign. You know them just as well as I do, and 29 days from now I intend to keep those promises to the American people,” said Trump.

In response to AmericaFest, the Arizona Democratic Party called it a “far-right, white supremacist conference.”

State Democrats said that Trump should be focused on issues that impact Arizonans, such as lowering costs, funding public schools, and protecting the water supply, “as opposed to platforming hate.”

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