Trump announces next stop in crucial Pennsylvania this weekend

By Jonathan D. Salant (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS)

Donald Trump’s next stop in Pennsylvania will take place Saturday in Wilkes-Barre — the county seat of Luzerne County whose residents gave the former president 57% of their votes four years ago.

Trump is scheduled to speak at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, continuing to appear at indoor venues following the attempted assassination in Butler on July 13. His speech is to come two days before the Democratic National Convention begins in Chicago.

“Hard-working Americans are suffering because of the Harris-Biden administration’s dangerously liberal policies and radical Democrats are failing the Keystone State,” the campaign said in announcing Trump’s appearance.

The rally comes following a week-long tour of swing states, including Pennsylvania, by Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

“Vice President Harris is the only candidate out on the campaign trail in swing states fighting to win this election. OK by us,” Harris campaign spokesman James Singer said.

The Harris campaign, meanwhile, announced it would put up 10 billboards in Pennsylvania — two in Pittsburgh (I-376 near Forward Avenue and the Homestead High Level Bridge near 8th Street) — plus four each in Harrisburg and Philadelphia. There also will be billboards in six other battlegrounds.

“In the final weeks leading up to Election Day, voters across the battlegrounds are tuning into the clear choice before them: a vision for America that prioritizes the needs of working people, that prizes our rights and freedoms, and that helps all communities get ahead, or a dark vision that drags us backwards and puts billionaires ahead of working families,” said Abhi Rahman, the Democratic National Committee’s deputy communications director.

And the Democratic National Committee on Monday announced an effort to reach Americans living abroad, working to get them registered and help them obtain absentee ballots. That includes 340,840 Pennsylvanians, more than any other battleground state.

“This election will be won on the margins, and every single vote counts,” said Roger Lau, deputy executive director of the Democratic National Committee. “With the largest investment in Democrats Abroad this cycle, we’re going to win this election by engaging voters inside and outside the U.S., and this investment shows our commitment to leaving no stone left unturned.”

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