Crowds gathered on the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey, for former President Trump's rally, May 11, 2024. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)
As of last fall, Biden was on course to spend about 40% of his presidency on vacation, compared to Trump reportedly spending 26% of his time outside Washington, D.C., when he was in office, and President Barack Obama's reported 11% of vacation time, the New York Post previously reported.
Social media commenters jumped at comparing Trump’s massive rally on the Jersey Shore to Biden spending the weekend at his Delaware beach house.
"Crooked Joe Biden will soon head to his beach house for a weekend of rest. SAD!" RNC Research posted on X in response to a video showing the massive crowds at the South Jersey beach.
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden sit under an umbrella at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Aug. 2, 2023. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
"Meanwhile Biden goes on vacation to the beach in Delaware and not a single person is there to rally for him," another X account posted, alongside video of crowds lining the streets in anticipation of Trump.
"CROOKED JOE BIDEN COULD NEVER," the Trump War Room posted, alongside beach footage showing the massive crowd.
05/11/2024 GENERAL VIEW: Large Crowds gather on the beach in Wildwood today as Presidential candidate Donald Trump takes to the stage at 5pm eastern time. It’s been reported that Trump supporters camped out on the beach overnight for the former president's rally today. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)
"I think this country needs to change – although, we already know what Trump's all about," one supporter who identified himself as Carlos said. "So, that change is just going to come right back to us because that's what we need. We need Trump because I don't think Biden is just getting the job done right now. Some of it's his fault. Some of it is probably the people around him. But I think we need Trump back to get this country back to where it needs to be."
When asked about Trump’s prospects in November, Carlos pointed to the large crowd and said: "Take a look."
Rally attendees described happily waiting on the beach for the former president and added they foresee big Trump wins in November. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)
Trump was joined by New Jersey Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew, who also left the Democratic Party under the Trump administration for the GOP. He described the Wildwood event as historical for the Garden State.
A sign at the Wildwood Trump rally on Saturday. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)
"We’re going to win New Jersey," the GOP frontrunner told the crowd to exuberant cheers.
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The rally drew Trump supporters from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, as well as other states. (The Image Direct for Fox News Digital)
"The Biden price hikes are continuing to drain over $1,000 from the typical New Jersey family budget every single month," Trump said.
"The Biden price hikes are continuing to drain over $1,000 from the typical New Jersey family budget every single month," Trump told his supporters. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
"On day one, we will throw out Bidenomics, and we will reinstate MAGAnomics," he said. "And we’re going to bring manufacturing, tourism, and other industries back to New Jersey like we’ve never seen before."
Trump lambasted Biden as a "moron" and the "worst president that we’ve ever had" in comments to the raucous crowd.
"He’s surrendering our college campuses to anarchists, jihadist freaks and anti-American extremists who are trying to tear down our American flag. They want to tear down every single place they go," Trump said, before calling on Biden and the Democratic National Committee, "to return the donations of all antisemites, American haters, and financiers of chaos on our campuses."
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The Biden campaign referred Fox News Digital to a campaign email titled "'Juggernaut' No More - Trump’s Non-Campaign Peddles Desperate Spin," when asked about the rally and criticisms Sunday morning.
"Republicans* are begging for support from Trump’s broke campaign," the email states. "The calls are coming from inside the GOP. We told you the campaign was broke, understaffed, driving moderate voters away, and can’t build the campaign infrastructure necessary to win 270 electoral votes in November. Republicans across battleground states are saying the same exact thing, and sounding the alarm about the prospects of the Trump campaign."
The massive and potentially historic rally in New Jersey comes as Trump continues his trial in New York City, where he faces 34 counts of falsifying business records. The former president has denied all charges against him. Trump, who is under a gag order amid the trial, has repeatedly slammed the case as a "scam" promoted by the Biden administration ahead of the general election.
Fox News Digital's Andrew Mark Miller and Bradford Betz contributed to this report.
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