'Bad people, they are bad!' Trump smears political opponents in rambling endorsement

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday delivered a rambling endorsement of Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves in which he ranted that "bad people" were trying to defeat him at the polls.

In a video posted on his Truth Social website, the former president praised Reeves as a "fighter" while also casting aspersions on those who wanted to unseat him.

"The radical left maniacs who are attacking me are also after [Reeves]," said Trump. "And these bad people — and they are bad! — want to defeat Tate Reeves because he's a fighter!"

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Trump never specified in the video who these "bad" people are, but none of his more recent targets of online abuse — from Judge Arthur Engoran to former "fixer" Michael Cohen to New York Attorney General Letitia James — are involved in the Mississippi governor's race.

Trump also said that Reeves had done "a fantastic job on the border," despite the fact that Mississippi does not share a border with Mexico or any other foreign nation.

Trump ended his video by saying Reeves has, "My total and complete endorsement."

Even though Mississippi is a deep-red state, the two most recent polls in the race have shown that Reeves' Democratic opponent, Brandon Pressley, is within single digits of him.