Donald Trump holds a rally in Pa.; Kamala Harris heading to Pittsburgh

Former President Donald Trump ended his Saturday rally in Wilkes-Barre with a clear focus on why he has become a frequent visitor to the commonwealth that could determine the election.

“They say that if you win Pennsylvania, you’re going to win the whole thing,” Trump told a crowd of roughly 8,000 supporters at the Mohegan Sun Arena as he was winding down a more than 90-minute speech. “We cannot let these people win Pennsylvania.”

Trump made many false remarks about Harris’ position on immigration issues Saturday evening, including that she wants to let “thousands” of criminals into the United States and would grant “mass amnesty and citizenship for all.”

The comments come as the Trump campaign continues to try to paint Harris as the Biden administration’s “border czar,” though she never held that position. Instead, she was charged with a more diplomatic role in addressing the root causes of migration from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

Former President Donald Trump revived the crowd near the end of his speech, as he told his supporters in Wilkes-Barre he would fight for them and America, if he wins in November.

The crowd, already rising to their feet a few minutes earlier for his remarks about transgender rights, began shouting “fight, fight, fight!” — what Trump said as he rose from the ground in Butler last month after being shot in the ear.

North Carolina seemed to be at the top of Trump’s mind during his speech Saturday evening.

Trump appeared to make a slip-up, addressing the crowd as “North Carolina” instead of Pennsylvania while discussing how he likes to talk in front of crowds for a long period of time.

The crowd has started to thin approximately 70 minutes into his speech in Wilkes-Barre, as he reached the meat of his stump speech.

Throughout his trailing speech, Trump went off script to talk about the Supreme Court, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Vice President Kamala Harris’ appearance and laugh, among other things, going between the teleprompter and off-the-cuff thoughts.

Trump said he has “barely met” Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.) and compared Casey to his father, former Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey.

“He’s cruising on his father’s past,” Trump said of the junior Casey.

Former President Donald Trump claimed when he endorses a candidate, they win. But that’s not really true in Pennsylvania.

Trump, speaking from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre Twp. on Saturday, hosted a rally here in 2022 to stump for his previous endorsed candidates: State Sen. Doug Mastriano, who was running for governor, and celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz.

Trump seemed to reduce Harris’s chances of winning the presidency to her appearance during his rally speech Saturday evening.

“They said, ‘No, her biggest advantage is that she’s a beautiful woman,’” Trump said. He then added “I’m better looking than she is.”

More than 40 minutes into former President Donald Trump’s speech, the crowd was still loving and responding to Trump’s rambling speech.

“We can’t let them steal it again!” one man yelled, before Trump began talking about something off-topic from the election. Interruptions of “We love you Trump!” were frequent.

Former President Donald J. Trump said Saturday that Democrats rejected Gov. Josh Shapiro for the vice presidency because he is Jewish.

“They turned him down because he’s Jewish,” he said during a rambling speech at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre

Trump falsely claimed during his meandering rally speech Saturday that he’s ahead in the polls in Pennsylvania and attributed this so-called lead to Harris’ position on fracking.

Two recent polls, however, one from Quinnipiac and one from the New York Times and Siena College, show Harris leading by three and four percentage points in Pennsylvania, respectively.

Several voters at former President Donald Trump’s Wilkes-Barre Twp. campaign rally said their top concern is the cost of living in Pennsylvania, with less than 100 days before the November election.

“We’re here to support Donald Trump’s policies to make the economy better, to make things more affordable,” said Linda Gubitose, 54, of Wilkes-Barre. “I just want costs to come down.”

Former President Donald Trump said he was given “the worst network” for next month’s presidential debate, which will be hosted on ABC.

“I call it ‘ABC fake news,’” said Trump, who has ongoing litigation against ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos.

“What happened to Biden? I was running against Biden, all of a sudden, I’m running against somebody else,” Trump said during his rambling rally speech in Wilkes-Barre.

The former president said he never heard of Vice President Kamala Harris upon learning that she was the nominee.

Former President Donald Trump has taken the stage at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, nearly 40 minutes after he was scheduled to start speaking at his rally.

He made his way to the podium to his usual entrance tune: Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.”

While many of former President Donald Trump’s supporters were optimistic about the former president’s chances to return to the White House, not every attendee at his rally was certain.

Barbara Majorana, 76, of Clarksville, said she has one big fear as potentially blocking Trump from getting reelected: the Swifties.

The crowd at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Northeastern Pennsylvania was still filling in as of 3:30 p.m., decked out in their Make America Great Again-finest.

Several attendees said it was their first time at a Trump rally Saturday in the crucially important part of the state Trump needs to win, as he starts to slump in statewide polls against Vice President Kamala Harris.

Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R., Pa) said he is “old enough to remember the real Bob Casey.” Except Santorum wasn’t referring to Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa), but Casey’s father: former Pennsylvania Governor Robert P. Casey.

“The real Bob Casey was the guy who was so popular because he stood up to his party because he fought for what he believed was right, not for what the left wing of his party was pushing,” Santorum said.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick made it a point to highlight his connections to Pennsylvania, citing his time growing up in Bloomsburg and his mom’s upbringing in Punxsutawney, at former President Donald Trump's rally in Wilkes-Barre.

McCormick's defense comes as the campaign of his opponent, Sen. Bob Casey (D., Pa.), has labeled him in a campaign ad as “Connecticut Dave."

In what Sen. Cory Booker (D., N.J.) has called “the swingiest of all states,” Luzerne County would qualify as one of the “swingiest” of Pennsylvania 67 counties

According to the Pennsylvania State Department’s latest statistics, registrants are almost evenly split between the two major parties, with Democrats outnumbering Republicans 87,043 to 86,001. That’s a mere 1.2% difference.

Northeast Pennsylvania is known for its coal mining history, the Pocono mountains, regional pizza — and, increasingly — determining presidential elections.

Former President Donald Trump will make his first stop of the 2024 campaign in the Northeast on Saturday in Wilkes-Barre, following a three-week turn in the race, which has become tighter in the critical swing state with less than 100 days until Election Day.

Vice President Kamala Harris will head into the Democratic National Convention this week riding an upswing of support since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race last month.

Two recent polls – one by Quinnipiac and one by the New York Times and Siena College – showed Harris up by three and four percentage points in Pennsylvania, respectively.

Former President Donald Trump will be back in Pennsylvania Saturday for a rally taking place just two days before Democrats gather in Chicago for the DNC.

It will be Trump’s seventh visit to Pennsylvania this year and at least the fifth time he’s rallied in Wilkes-Barre since 2016. The Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza can hold around 8,000 people.

Former President Donald Trump is drawing fire from one of the country’s top veterans groups over remarks he made about Medal of Honor recipients during an event at his New Jersey golf club.

Speaking Thursday night, Trump said the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, is “actually much better” than the Medal of Honor because veterans are in “bad shape” or “they’re dead” when they receive it.

Vice President Kamala Harris will appear in Pennsylvania Sunday alongside her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as well as second gentleman Doug Emhoff and Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz.

The Harris-Walz ticket will be in the commonwealth for a bus tour in the Pittsburgh area that is scheduled to make several stops across the western portion of the state.

Sen. JD Vance (R., Ohio), Donald Trump’s running mate, will be back in Philadelphia Monday to deliver remarks at DiSorb Systems, Inc., a waste management product manufacturer in North Philly, the Trump campaign announced Friday.

Vance was in Pennsylvania Thursday, where he spoke at a campaign event at a VFW post in New Kensington in Westmoreland County. He also campaigned in South Philly earlier this month, where he invited Pennsylvanians who had been affected by crime and the opioid crisis to the stage

The first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will take place at the National Constitution Center on Sept. 10, ABC News announced Friday.

The debate will begin at 9 p.m. and air live on ABC, ABC News Live, Disney and Hulu, the network said. It will be moderated by Linsey Davis — an anchor on ABC News Live’s Prime — and David Muir, the managing editor and anchor of World News Tonight.

Vice President Kamala Harris announced a sweeping set of economic proposals on Friday meant to cut taxes and lower the cost of groceries, housing and other essentials for many Americans.

Here is a look at what Harris is proposing: