Trump tells supporters at campaign rally ‘if we win Pennsylvania, we win the whole thing’ – live

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The former president also touched on the famed Pennsylvania steel industry.

“We have to be strong and powerful again, and we must put tariffs on foreign predators,” he said. “We have to make US steel great again.”

During Trump’s administration, he imposed several rounds of tariffs on steel, aluminum, washing machines, solar panels, and goods from China. He has said that, if elected, he will would impose 10% worldwide tariff and a 60% tariff on Chinese goods.

Trump touched a nerve with fracking in Pennsylvania, saying Kamala Harris is planning to ban it.

“If anybody here believes that she will let your energy industry continue fracking, you should immediately go to a psychiatrist,” he said.

“I will get Pennsylvania energy workers pumping, fracking, drilling and producing like never before.”

Donald Trump claimed that, during his presidency, foreign countries wouldn’t fight each other without his permission.

“They would call me up to ask whether or not they could go to war with some other country,” he said.

Supporters hold up signs behind Trump. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Trump took a stab at Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him “the greatest salesman in history” and said “he wants them to win this election so badly.”

Trump promises tax cuts if he wins in November

Donald Trump says he promises to deliver tax cuts, attacking Kamala Harris for her plans to raise the corporate income tax rate.

“Kamala Harris is the tax queen, and she’s coming for your money,” he said. “She’s coming for your pensions, and she’s coming for your savings, unless you defeat her in November.”

Trump then focused his speech on inflation, pointing to higher prices for energy and groceries.

“Vote Trump, and your incomes will soar,” he said. “Your net worth will skyrocket, your energy costs and grocery prices will come tumbling down, and we will bring back the American dream, bigger, better and stronger than ever before.”

Former President Donald Trump once again falsely claimed that crime is going up, by 45 percent, despite recently released FBI statistics stating otherwise.

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During his speech in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump called Kamala Harris a “communist” and criticized her border policies.

Trump said he thinks he won the 2016 elections because of his harsh border policies.

“We don’t have a great country any more,” Trump said. “I hate to say it, but America soon will be greater than ever before.”

Rallygoers support Trump at the campaign event. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Trump: 'If we win Pennsylvania, we win the whole thing'

“Our entire nation is counting on the people of this great commonwealth,” Donald Trump said about Pennsylvania.

“We got to take our country back from these horrible people because, if we win Pennsylvania, we win the whole thing,” he said.

Donald Trump said that the 7 October attacks on Israel and the Russian attack on Ukraine wouldn’t have happened if the Biden administration hadn’t been elected.

“Think of how different this world would have been,” he said.

Trump then attacked Harris for dodging questions during her interviews.

Trump at the rally in Indiana. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Trump urges supporters to 'get out and vote'

“We’re here today because early voting begins in Pennsylvania over the next two weeks, and we need each and every one of you to go out,” Donald Trump said at the start of his speech in Pennsylvania.

“Go out and make a plan to vote early, vote absentee or vote in person on election day, but you gotta get out and vote,” he said.

Trump speaks at campaign rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania

Donald Trump started his speech 50 minutes late instead of the scheduled 7pm slot in Indiana, Pennsylvania.

He walked out to Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA.

Kamala Harris’s and Donald Trump’s presidential campaigns have ramped up efforts in Pennsylvania.

In 2008, the state voted for the Democratic candidate, and again in 2012. But in 2016, Pennsylvania voted in favor of the Republican candidate. The state then voted Democratic in 2020.

Earlier today, Trump participated at a roundtable in Pennsylvania to garner support from American farmers. Trump said he would impose a national sales tax with or without Congress.

Former president Donald Trump is running 20 minutes late for his speech.

He was slated to start at 7pm ET/4pm PT in Indiana, Pennsylvania.

In a few minutes, Donald Trump will speak at an event at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, about 55 miles east of Pittsburgh. We’ll be covering Trump’s remarks.

Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer condemned Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib after accusing Michigan attorney general Dana Nessel of potential bias in bringing charges against pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Michigan. Nessel later said Tlaib’s comments were antisemitic.

“The suggestion that Attorney General Nessel would make charging decisions based on her religion as opposed to the rule of law is antisemitic,” Whitmer wrote in a statement to CNN’s Jake Tapper, host of State of the Union.

“Attorney General Nessel has always conducted her work with integrity and followed the rule of law. We must all use our platform and voices to call out hateful rhetoric and racist tropes.”

New York Republican representative Anthony D’Esposito gave part-time jobs to his lover and his fiancée’s daughter after winning his seat in Congress in 2022, the New York Times reports.

D’Esposito’s hiring decisions are possible violations to congressional ethics rules, especially those against nepotism and engaging in relationships with employees under one’s supervision.

Both were employed in his district office, with the fiancée’s daughter earning $3,800 a month and the woman involved in the affair earning $2,000 a month.

Anthony D’Esposito last year.