(Radio Iowa) – Former President Donald Trump spoke to a crowd in Waterloo last (Tuesday) night and made an indirect reference to a Colorado Supreme Court decision that could keep him off Colorado’s ballot. “We’re not going to allow them to rig the 2024 election,” Trump said, to cheers. Just before the rally, Trump’s campaign announced there would be a swift appeal of the ruling, which said Trump’s ineligible to run for president because of his role in the January 6th attack on the U-S Capitol. Trump’s hour-long speech in Waterloo focused on the themes of his 2024 campaign.

Trump repeated his promise to deport most of the people who’ve illegally crossed the border during Biden’s presidency. “We had a single highest day record of illegal border crossings ever recorded — 12,600 (in) one day,” Trump said. “We have no idea who any of them are.” Trump also dismissed criticism that his rhetoric about immigrants is similar to Adolph Hitler’s.

“They’re destroying the blood of our country. That’s what they’re doing,” Trump said. “…They don’t like it when I said that and I never read ‘Mein Kamph.'” Hitler described his vision for the Nazi party in the book. The Biden campaign calls Trump a threat to democracy. Trump says he’s being attacked because polls show he’s beating Biden. Trump urged the Waterloo crowd to turn out at the Caucuses on January 15th and provide a winning margin that would prompt his G-O-P competitors to drop out.

“We can put this to bed after Iowa, if you want to know the truth,” Trump said. Trump has made four visits to Iowa in December.