Trump, RNC Will Make Big Push to Turn Minnesota ‘Red’

On a rare day off from his New York criminal trial, the former president attended his son’s graduation in Florida, then flew to a ‘blue’-state fundraiser.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to guests at the annual Lincoln Reagan Dinner hosted by the Minnesota Republican party in St. Paul, Minn., on May 17, 2024. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump wants to add Minnesota to the list of “blue” Democrat states that he will try to flip to Republican “red.”

“This is an official expansion ... of the electoral map,” he declared on May 17 at a fundraising dinner in St. Paul, Minnesota. That state hasn’t voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1972, according to 270towin.com.