"From Day 1, the wretched Washington swamp has been trying to nullify the results of a truly great and democratic election. They're trying, they're not getting very far. They want to erase your vote like it never existed. They want to erase your voice and they want to erase your future, but they will fail, because in America the people rule again," Trump told the crowd in his first campaign rally since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the impeachment inquiry.
"This is nothing but a partisan witch hunt, sabotage," Trump said.
Democrats, he said, "know they can't win the 2020 election so they're pursuing the insane impeachment witch hunt. I've been going through it now for more times than I've been in office."
The President also attacked Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, who represents the district where the rally took place, as a "disgrace" and predicted she would propel him to victory in 2020.
Trump came close to winning Minnesota in 2016, losing to Hillary Clinton by about 44,000 votes.
Trump told reporters ahead of his departure to Minneapolis that he believes he can win Minnesota in the upcoming election.
"I think we can win. It's been a long time since a Republican won. We have a 20,000-seat auditorium, you know, it's essentially Madison Square Garden ... over 80,000 people requested tickets," Trump said.
Trump's attack on Biden and his son got personal at times.
"And your father was never considered smart, he was never considered a good senator, he was only a good vice president because he understood how to kiss Barack Obama's a**," Trump said.
Trump and his campaign have preempted the visit with battles with local government officials and the city's police department.
Earlier this week, the Trump reelection campaign threatened to sue the Target Center in Minneapolis, where the rally is being held, over the arena's half-million-dollar plus bill, passed to them by the city. The venue threatened to withhold the use of the space if the campaign did not pay.
The Target Center eventually withdrew the request, which was originally intended to enhance security measures during the President's rally. The campaign announced Tuesday that Trump's appearance will go on as planned and the campaign will not be paying the bill.
The President and his campaign appeared to pin the bill dispute on Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey, calling the bill an attempt to "extort" the campaign.
"The radical Mayor of Minneapolis, @Jacob_Frey, is abusing his power in an attempt to block the President's supporters from seeing him speak on Thursday. We refuse to be bullied by a left-winger resister & won't let him stifle the speech of @realDonaldTrump or his supporters!" Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale tweeted.
In another tweet, Parscale called Frey "a radical left-wing nutjob that is limiting free speech."
Frey has pressed the campaign to pay for the extra security, tweeting, "Someone tell the President of the United States that he can afford to help pay for the extra time our officers will be putting in while he's in town." He has also said that Trump is not welcomed in the city.
"While there is no legal mechanism to prevent the president from visiting, his message of hatred will never be welcome in Minneapolis," Frey said in a statement late last month.
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