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Donald Trump has spoken out about the 2024 presidential election, calling it the "final battle" against Washington's "tyrannical establishment."
Writing on his social media platform Truth Social, the former president and frontrunner in the Republican candidate's race called on his supporters to vote "Joe Biden and every last Democrat out of office in 2024," and "fight."
He wrote: "If you don't want to let the Communists destroy America like they destroyed Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, then you need to send a message by voting Crooked Joe Biden and every last Democrat out of office in 2024!
"This race is not just about beating Crooked Joe—it's about DEFEATING the entire rotten, corrupt, and tyrannical establishment in Washington, DC.
"This election will decide whether power in America belongs to THEM, forever—or whether it belongs to YOU, the men and women who make this country run.
"2024 is our final battle. Stand with me in this fight, and we will FINISH the job that we started 7 years ago tonight!"
It comes as the Republican declined to participate in the third GOP debate in Miami on Wednesday, instead holding a rally in Hialeah, Florida, where he boasted about the size of his crowd.
Trump is averaging support from 56.5 percent of Republicans, according to FiveThirtyEight's aggregate of recent polls. DeSantis follows, with 13.9 percent. No other candidates are polling in the double digits.
Meanwhile, according to a November 3 poll, he is beating President Joe Biden in five key swing states. It found that, if the results in the poll were the same by the time of the election next November, Trump would win more than 300 Electoral College votes, surpassing the 270 needed to become president.
However, he is also facing a series of legal challenges. As well as a civil fraud lawsuit, brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James that he testified in this week, Trump faces 91 federal and state charges across four indictments, all of which he denies.
One indictment relates to allegedly paying "hush money" to former adult film star Stormy Daniels while another accuses the Republican of handling classified documents after leaving the White House. The other two are about alleged election interference in the 2020 presidential election.
Additional findings released on Monday as part of the poll showed that if Trump were to be convicted of criminal charges against him, some of his support in some swing states would erode by about 6 percent.
Newsweek contacted representatives for Trump via email on Thursday to comment on this story.
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