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Forget the allegations of rape or the federal indictment alleging he deliberately avoided returning classified documents. Donald Trump received the Oakland County Republican Party’s “Man of the Decade” award Sunday night—part of an appearance that saw him serve as the keynote speaker at the 2023 Lincoln Day Dinner in Michigan.
Hoping to win back critical ground he lost between 2016 and 2020, Trump appeared in suburban Detroit, marking his first campaign appearance in the state. Tickets for the event sold for between $250 to $7,500, with a large crowd breaking Trump’s previous Michigan attendance record, according to The Oakland Press.
The former president said it was his second time receiving the award, though Rolling Stone pointed to a 2013 press release—the last time he was a keynote speaker at the event—from the group that makes no reference to it. According to Fact Check, Trump has claimed numerous times since the 2013 event he won the “Man of the Year” award. That fact is “dubious,” it noted.