How to Watch Donald Trump’s Speech at Turning Point Action’s Michigan Event

Former President Donald Trump is expected to headline Turning Point Action’s (TPA) convention in Michigan on Saturday as he campaigns amid the 2024 election.

Trump and President Joe Biden have clinched the nominations of the Republican and Democratic parties, respectively, with each having won a majority of the state primary contests as they seek reelection this year. Polls have so far shown that the results will be tight as the pair are statistically tied in most surveys or having only marginal leads.

On Saturday, the former president is set to headline TPA’s “The People’s Convention” in Detroit. Michigan is a crucial battleground state in the 2024 election, with Biden winning the state by 2.8 percent in 2020 against Trump.

The event is set to be held at the Huntington Place Convention Center. While doors open for attendees at 9:30 a.m., the former president is not expected to address the crowd until about 6 p.m. Those unable to attend in person can watch the live streamed event from the Right Side Broadcasting Network’s (RSBN) website. Meanwhile, members of TPA can watch through Charlie Kirk’s website. Kirk is the founder and president of Turning Point USA. In addition, 7 News Detroit also plans to stream Trump’s remarks.

Newsweek has reached out to Trump’s campaign via email for comment.

Saturday is the second day of the convention, which is being put on by the nonprofit Turning Point USA, which promotes conservative politics. On Friday, Kirk hosted several other Republican and conservative leaders such as South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race in January and endorsed Trump.

Although it’s not clear what Trump is expected to speak on, this will be the first time he’s speaking in the city since his supporters took to the same convention center in 2020, which was named the TCF Center at the time, to try to “Stop the Count” in an effort to overturn the 2020 election as they believed that the election was being stolen.

Thousands of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, in an effort to stop the 2020 presidential election results from being certified in Biden’s favor. Trump, without evidence, said that the election had been stolen from him via widespread fraud.

In August 2023, Trump was indicted on four counts by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in relation to the riot, including conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights. Trump has pled not guilty and has said that the case against him is politically motivated,

According to a poll released last week, Biden is leading Trump in critical battleground states as those states will play a key role in determining the result of the election due to the Electoral College, which awards each state a certain number of electoral votes based on population. A presidential candidate needs to secure 270 electoral votes for victory, and winning the national popular vote does not guarantee success. Surveys from battleground states may be more telling than those of national polls.

A CBS poll released last Sunday conducted by YouGov showed Biden leading Trump in battleground states with 50 percent versus Trump’s 49 percent in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The poll, with a sample of 2,063 adults in the U.S. and 1,615 registered voters, was conducted from June 5 to 7 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 percent among registered voters.

However, when compared nationally, the poll shows Trump leads with 50 percent to Biden’s 49 percent.

Update 6/15/24, 5:48 p.m. ET: This article has been updated to reflect the new time Trump is expected to speak.