Donald Trump called Florida 'in play,' says he'd rather be campaigning here

Former President Donald Trump said he should be campaigning in Florida instead of sitting through a New York trial. Florida Democrats agree.

During a press conference outside the New York State Supreme Court, the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee for President asserted the trial was intentionally keeping him off the campaign trail.

“I’m going to go into the icebox now and sit for about eight hours or nine hours,” Trump told reporters. “I would much rather be in Georgia. I’d much rather be in Florida. I much rather be in states that are in play, states that I’d like to be able to campaign in.”

Trump was maintaining an assertion the current New York trial, where he was just held in contempt for violating a gag order and fined, that his prosecution is effectively election interference.