Trump assails far left for imposing sexualized, racist agenda on America's children

Former President Donald Trump returned to the battleground of Michigan, imploring his supporters at a rally Saturday night to help Republicans win back Congress and end a liberal agenda he said was targeting children with racially and sexually charged values.

"The American people will not sit idly by and allow our children to be indoctrinated, segregated, and mutilated by the lunatic left," the 45th president told a capacity crowd of 5,000 inside an arena in Washington, Mich. Thousands more waited outside the arena in the cold.

"The stakes of this year's midterm elections could not be higher," he added. "I don't think we've ever had a time in our country where we felt so low, so dejected. What's going on is absolutely unacceptable."

As he often does, Trump assailed President Joe Biden for showing weak leadership on the world stage and allowing America's adversaries like Iran, Russia and China to dictate the course of history. World leaders "disrespect and scorn" America, he said.