Wednesday 24 June 2026
Declan Garvey /

Trump Returns to the Stump in Ohio

And Rep. Anthony Gonzalez responds to his biggest critic.
Trump Returns to the Stump in Ohio

After five months—long months if you liked the guy, short ones if you didn’t—former President Donald Trump returned to form on Saturday, holding his first major political rally since addressing a wound-up crowd of supporters in front of the White House on January 6.

“I want to thank Ohio for the incredible turnout … and all of the unbelievable, hardworking patriots who are here tonight at the very first rally of the 2022 election,” he told the thousands of fans who descended upon the Lorain County Fairgrounds from across the country.

Declan Garvey is the publisher of The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2019, he worked in public affairs at Hamilton Place Strategies and market research at Echelon Insights. When Declan is not assigning and editing pieces, he is probably watching a Cubs game, listening to podcasts on 3x speed, or trying a new recipe with his wife.

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