Trump holding back two major announcements until after the DNC, sources say

Donald Trump was set to make two attention-grabbing announcements at his event in Michigan on Tuesday. But when all was said and done, the ex-president held off.

Trumpspoke in Howell, Michigan flanked by members of law enforcement. His speech concentrated on crime, and he specifically hammered Vice President Kamala Harris over an imaginary surge in violent crime — despite the fact that violent crime is actually at its lowest national rate in decades. 

The ex-president has sought to win over suburban voters by appealing to fears about crime and immigration. He made that explicitly clear on Tuesday as he opined to his supporters at the event that he thought polls showing women turning away from his campaign were “fake”.

But in his prepared remarks, Trump also planned to make two other unique appeals to voters, including his first foray into anti-transgender policy. A copy of his planned speech obtained by NOTUS revealed that Trump plans to propose making it a felony nationwide to provide gender-affirming care for minors without their parents’ or guardians’ consent, something which is already largely illegal except in a handful of states.

“To protect our children from sexual mutilation, we will make it a felony for any medical professional to perform surgery on a minor without parental consent,” Trump reportedly planned to say.

The second policy Trump originally was set to announce on Tuesday: a plan to seek the death penalty for persons found guilty of sexually abusing children. It’s an issue which has already been blocked by the Supreme Court on the grounds of preventing incommensurate sentences for crimes, but one that is a clear nod to the “groomer” panic that has overtaken parts of the right, particularly on social