During an afternoon session with reporters in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, President Donald Trump took a question about public concern over corruption ahead of the midterms. A Wall Street Journal reporter raised the topic after a Fox News poll found that 88 percent of Americans were extremely or very concerned about the issue. The reporter asked why Trump viewed corruption as one of the leading factors in the coming elections.
According to Mediaite, Trump responded that Democrats are very corrupt and called corruption one of the biggest things. He pointed to Minnesota, Los Angeles, and New York, saying the corruption is rampant in those places. He described it as a very big factor in his view.