President-elect Donald Trump brought his "thank you" tour to the battleground state of Florida Friday night -- his first time holding a rally in the state since winning the election.
The Sunshine State was his most-visited battleground state during the election, spending 19 days campaigning in the state since clinching the nomination May 26.
Trump kicked off his rally thanking the “incredible” people of Florida, who he later called out for being “vicious” and violent during the campaign.
"Four weeks ago just prior to, you people were vicious violent, screaming, 'we want the wall,' screaming 'prison, prison, lock her up!' You were going crazy. I mean, you were nasty and mean and vicious and you wanted to win, right?” Trump said at the Central Florida Fairgrounds Complex. "But now it's much different. Now you're laid back, you're cool, you're mellow, right? You're basking in the glory of victory."
During the campaign, Trump defended his supporters, arguing they should respond if anti-Trump protesters provoked them.
“If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously, OK? Just knock the hell ... I promise you I will pay for the legal fees. I promise, I promise," Trump said told supporters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on the day of the state's GOP caucuses.
In addition to thanking his supporters, Trump finally identified "that guy from Utah," whom he frequently mentions at his rallies: Former independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin. But Trump didn’t exactly call him by his proper name: Trupm referred to McMullin as "McMuffin” after it was shouted by a supporter in the crowd.
"That’s correct, that’s his name," Trump said. “I never heard of this guy before.”
Days before the election, McMullin tweeted a photo of himself holding an Egg McMuffin, writing, “McMuffins for McMuFinn. #McMullinFinn.”
Trump did not address President Barack's Obama's news conference, nor Russia or Aleppo. But for the second time in a row, he brought up the need for safe zones to protect refugees.
"So we are going to start using our head. We are going to do things right and try to patch that up and try to help people. We'll build safe Zones," Trump ensured his supporters. "We are going to build safe Zones in Syria. We are going to build safe Zones. And we are going to get the gulf states to pay for the safe Zones and we'll try on help people. We are going to try and we are going to get it done."
On Saturday, Trump is expected to make the final stop on his "thank you" tour in Mobile, Alabama.
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