Milwaukee – As the election season reaches its final stages, former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party continue to fight off attacks from Democrats, Wyoming’s Secretary of State told Fox News Digital from the Republican National Convention.
The Democratic Party is calling for “the final 110 days of the election” [will] “They’re going to do everything they can to slow us down, and I think they’re going to fail because the American people look at the Biden administration’s record and they think it goes against everything the American people value,” Wyoming Republican Secretary of State Chuck Gray told Fox News Digital on Tuesday.
Gray attends the Republican National Convention and serves as chairman of the Cowboy State delegation. Months before Trump was formally nominated as the GOP’s presidential candidate on Monday, Gray was on the front lines fighting Democrats in the courts who tried to block the 45th president from even appearing on the election ballot.
Gray said Republicans and the former president won despite repeated attempts by Democrats to drag Trump through the courts, attempts to stop his name from appearing on the ballot and a general “weaponization” of conservatives by the government.
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Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray, a Republican. (Wyoming Secretary of State)
For example, while Trump’s secret documents lawsuit in Florida was dismissed on Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in March that Trump cannot be removed from the ballot, and in a separate decision this month the Supreme Court ruled that Trump has broad immunity from prosecution, potentially overturning his conviction in the Manhattan criminal case.
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“We’ve seen so many times the left has tried to weaponize government against conservatives and I think people see through that. Trump has done a lot of things, but one of them is he’s shown the American people how out of control the mainstream media’s alliance with the Democratic Party is. But he’s worked through that and I think we’ll continue to work through that as we get to 110, 115 days until the election,” Gray said.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump waves to the crowd on the field during halftime of the Palmetto Bowl, a game between Clemson University and the University of South Carolina, at Williams-Brice Stadium on November 25, 2023 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Shawn Rayford/Getty Images)
Gray argued that “the nation is at risk” and cited his home state, saying the Biden administration plans to “lock down the entirety of southwest Wyoming” which would disrupt the state’s energy plans.
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A grizzly bear stands out against the Wyoming landscape. (Jackson Hole Ecotour Adventures) ((Jackson Hole Ecotours Adventures))
“He doesn’t want mineral extraction, he doesn’t want grazing, he doesn’t want recreation. We’re talking coal, oil and gas.” [agriculture]”Recreation. If this so-called resource management plan goes through, it’s going to destroy everything. This is just one example of what’s at stake in this election,” he said.
Trump formally announced Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate on Monday, and Gray called him a “terrific” choice who would “set the right tone” for the shortlist.
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Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), President Trump’s nominee for vice president, arrives on the first day of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15, 2024. Delegates, politicians and Republican enthusiasts are gathering in Milwaukee for the annual convention that will culminate with former President Donald Trump accepting the party’s presidential nomination. The Republican National Convention will run from July 15-18. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
“I think J.D. Vance is a great choice. Senator Vance is America First through and through. The Ohio delegation was right before the Wyoming delegation, so we were right there when he took the stage and made the announcement. You can see his enthusiasm. I think he has a really important background in continuing the grassroots conservatism, America First movement,” Gray said.
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Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump arrives for the second day of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Wyoming Secretary of State Gray was at the convention center when Trump joined the crowd on Monday evening for the first time since the assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Gray said the atmosphere in the room was “shocking” and “historic.”
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“There was excitement throughout the chamber and throughout the Wyoming delegation last night. It was a historic moment just having President Trump on the floor, and now his vice presidential nominee. … And I think we all understand that the fate of our country is on the line in the 2024 election. The stakes in this election are huge,” he said.
