In his first campaign rally since acquittal, Trump recited a poem comparing migrants to snakes, fawned over 'beautiful' Ivanka, and attacked Pelosi as the crowd said 'lock her up'

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• President Donald Trump held his first campaign rally since being acquitted by the Senate at his impeachment trial last Wednesday.
• At the Monday rally in New Hampshire, Trump reprised a crowd favorite from his 2016 presidential campaign — reciting a 1963 poem titled "The Snake," which he used to push his anti-migrant message.
• In the poem — which was written by an African-American civil rights activist — a woman takes in an injured snake that then bites her. In Trump's version, the snake symbolizes migrants entering the US.
• The president also lavished praise on his supporters and family, particularly his daughter Ivanka,  whom he called "beautiful" and called on stage.
• He also attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and called his impeachment a "bipartisan hoax." As the crowd chanted "lock her up" — referring to Pelosi — Trump gave a thumbs-up sign.
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Seemingly emboldened by his impeachment acquittal, President Donald Trump held a wild campaign rally in New Hampshire on Monday, delighting supporters by reprising some of his 2016 campaign's greatest hits.

Among them was a 1963 poem called "The Snake," which Trump interpreted as a parable on the dangers of illegal migration. Many critics have repeatedly denounced Trump's version of the poem as racist scare-mongering.

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