Donald Trump on Sunday used a speech in the key state of Pennsylvania to urge a “violent” police crackdown on crime in the United States, while his White House rival Kamala Harris stressed the need for immigration reform at a rally in Nevada. Gave.
Pennsylvania is considered the most important of the seven states that will likely decide the November 5 presidential election, but Nevada is also one of the key battlegrounds.
The Republican former president and current candidate, who held a similar rally in swing state Wisconsin on Saturday, reiterated his dark, racially charged message about America collapsing under “invasion” by violent immigrants and other criminals.
Recalling isolated – but widely publicized – incidents of thieves robbing stores in broad daylight in major cities, Trump received loud cheers when he said police should be “extraordinarily tough.”
Perpetrators “need to be taught,” he said, and that can be done “if you’ve had a really violent day.”
“One tough hour – and I mean really tough – the word will get out and this will end immediately,” Trump said.
“The police aren’t allowed to do their jobs” because “the liberal left won’t let them.”
Vice President and Democratic nominee Harris addressed the “serious problems” of border security at a rally in Las Vegas later in the day, where she gave her usual stump speech, emphasizing the need for the economy, health care and immigration reform. ,
“As President, I will double resources for the Justice Department to combat international cartels,” Harris said.
“We know Donald Trump won’t solve them. When he was president, he did nothing to fix our immigration system,” he said, calling for comprehensive reform but without giving details.
In Wisconsin on Saturday, Trump spent much of his speech painting a picture of a failed United States that he said was populated by “huge numbers of brutal criminal aliens that Kamala Harris allowed to invade.”
He claimed that “terrorists are breaking into our country” and cited “a big Congolese prison in Africa” as the source of “a lot of people” last week.
Insult
Anti-immigrant sentiment has been at the core of Trump’s appeal in economically disadvantaged, majority-white parts of the country since his 2016 presidential victory, but as Election Day approaches, the rhetoric grows more extreme. Is going.
After record numbers of illegal border crossings earlier in President Joe Biden’s administration, a tightening of regulations — much to the consternation of immigrant rights and civil liberties groups — caused the numbers to decline this year.
The FBI says there has been a huge decline in crime, including murder, across the country.
Trump has long prided himself on his ability to coin derogatory nicknames or expletives for his opponents, and on Sunday, he reiterated what he broadcast on Saturday, calling Harris, a former top California prosecutor and U.S. senator, a “mental Was said to be “weak in appearance”.
“Crooked Joe Biden became mentally unstable. Tragic. But the lying Kamala Harris, honestly, I believe she was born that way,” Trump said amid loud laughter from the crowd.
Harris did not address Trump’s comments during her rally in Vegas, instead focusing on her usual bread and butter issues — protecting access to abortion services and putting more money in the pockets of everyday Americans.
“When Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedom, as President of the United States I will proudly sign it into law,” she told supporters.
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