Trump pledges 'America's new golden age' as he rallies in PA's post-industrial third-largest city

"A very typical hello to Allentown," erstwhile President Trump began his remarks astatine nan PPL Center astatine nan bosom of Pennsylvania's third-largest metropolis connected Tuesday.

Trump's remarks followed respective speeches by section candidates and notably Shadow Sen. Zoraida Buxo, R-P.R., who threw her support down nan GOP nominee aft a comic astatine his Madison Square Garden rally caused controversy.

"Are you amended disconnected now than you were 4 years ago?" Trump asked nan crowd astatine nan arena, which is location to nan Flyers connection Lehigh Valley Phantoms and has hosted performers specified arsenic Neil Diamond.

Trump said astatine magnitude astir nan economy, a perennial rumor since nan clip Billy Joel penned his celebrated anthem astir nan area's economical challenges successful 1982.

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo illustration) (Fox News)

He said nan Democrats including Vice President Harris person helped "kill 50,000 manufacturing jobs this twelvemonth alone," and pledged to "end inflation."

"Kamala has embarrassed us… she doesn't person what it takes," Trump said arsenic he went connected to committedness "America's caller aureate age."

Trump later said Democrats are showing their desperation astatine nan existent authorities of nan election, pointing to erstwhile First Lady Michelle Obama's respective minutes of disapproval during a caller address.

"Michelle Obama was very nasty to me… I've gone retired of my measurement to beryllium bully to Michelle – ne'er said a bad point astir her erstwhile group didn't for illustration her truthful much, but she deed maine nan different time because they're desperate."

Obama had condemned Trump's "lies and ignorance," and claimed his "failures had existent costs."

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However, astir of Trump's remarks focused astir his scheme for his 2nd nonconsecutive term, including securing nan separator and invoking nan Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to woody pinch nan forbidden migrant deluge.

Trump was preceded by Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., whose territory stands astir 20 miles northwest of nan rally site.

Meuser said Trump was correct erstwhile he attempted to correct ABC News anchor David Muir during a caller debate, and took a changeable astatine Democratic vice statesmanlike nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

"A speedy connection connected this Tim Walz characteristic – 1 point you tin opportunity astir him: He's overmuch amended astatine loading tampons into boys bathrooms than he is astatine loading a shotgun," he said.

The Republican who hopes to correspond nan Allentown area successful Congress, State Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Macungie, besides spoke, saying unseating incumbent Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., would thief bring astir nan alteration Trump said of.

"We request leaders for illustration Donald Trump who will make bid astir nan world," Mackenzie said.

State Sen. Jarrett Coleman, R-Allentown, an hose aviator by waste and acquisition who roseate to section governmental prominence arsenic a personnel of nan Parkland School Board during nan tallness of nationalist controversies, utilized his remarks to knock repeated claims that Republicans are nan "extreme" party.

"Let's talk astir who's really utmost here," Coleman said.

He pointed extracurricular to nan historical Soldiers & Sailors Monument successful nan mediate nan 7th & Hamilton Street intersection, and said it was conscionable respective months agone that "Democrats, including Allentown Democrats, were calling to take sides nan police: that's extreme."

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The metropolis of Allentown, PA – nan Commonwealth's 3rd largest – is seen from nan Tilghman Street Bridge (Charles Creitz)

"Kamala Harris bailing retired rioters alternatively of supporting rule enforcement: that's extreme. Allowing abortion up until nan infinitesimal of commencement – thats extreme. Banning state stoves and state lawnmowers – folks, that's extreme."

"And yet those positions are nan item reel from nan statement of Kamala Harris – We're astatine a tipping point, and that's why we're each present today."

"Fire nan nonaccomplishment and prosecute nan fighter," Coleman said.

However, not each high-profile Allentonians were praising Trump this week. On nan latest section of C-Span's Washington Journal, nan city's erstwhile congressman, Republican Charlie Dent, said astir really he will ballot for Harris this year.

Dent, who often traded criticisms pinch Trump while successful office, said he had constabulary disagreements pinch Harris, but that "sometimes, elections aren't astir right aliases near successful position of policy. Sometimes, it's astir correct aliases wrong."

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Blast furnaces and stacks from nan erstwhile Bethlehem Steel HQ guidelines silently on nan Lehigh River connected nan Christmas City's South Side. The area now hosts an intermezo venue, museum, PBS affiliate, and casino. (Charles Creitz)

"I'm going to take honorable complete dishonorable," he said.

"[W]e’ve each seen nan narcissism, nan ADD, nan impulse power issues, nan temper, a deficiency of liking successful policy," Dent added, according to Mediaite.

While nan metropolis itself is heavy Democratic, nan suburbs are a operation of purple and red, starring to its position successful galore caller elections arsenic nan tract of hard-fought narrowly-won victories for either side.

Trump won neighboring Northampton County successful 2016, while President Biden took it backmost successful 2020. Lehigh County, wherever Allentown is based, skews Democratic successful county-wide and larger contests, but hosts a reliably reddish bluish tier on Blue Mountain and confederate tier, wherever erstwhile Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., hails from.