Former President Donald Trump is back in Pennsylvania on Tuesday as the Republican presidential candidate makes a push for the Keystone State's coveted 19 electoral votes a week away from Election Day.
On Oct. 29, 2024, Trump sat down with another GOP politician for an afternoon roundtable in Delaware County ahead of a nighttime rally in the Lehigh Valley that caused schools to close ahead of Trump's arrival.
A roundtable about business in the Philadelphia suburbs
The 78-year-old GOP standard bearer was joined by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee for a Building America’s Future roundtable Tuesday afternoon in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
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The event featured Southeast Pennsylvania residents upset with the Biden-Harris administration’s Medicare policies and other issues, organizers said.
The event was hosted by the non-profit group "Building America's Future."
Despite it being billed as an event about senior issues, Trump largely spoke about immigration and said he thinks the border is the number one issue.
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Allentown schools close ahead of Trump’s Lehigh Valley rally
The former president closed out his Keystone State visit with a rally at the PPL Center in downtown Allentown, Lehigh County, an area with a large Latino population.
This comes two days after crude and racist remarks about Latinos and Puerto Rico were made during a Trump rally in New York over the weekend.
Trump was joined on stage in Allentown by Puerto Rico Shadow Senator Zoraida Buxó and addressed the Latino community in his remarks.
"Nobody loves our Latino community and our Puerto Rican community more than I do," Trump said.
The Allentown School District said in a statement that schools will be closed “out of an abundance of caution” since the rally is “expected to bring large crowds, heavy traffic and potential disruptions that may impact the safety and security of our students and staff.”
Trump's visit comes a day after rock legend Bruce Springsteen, singer/songwriter John Legend and former President Barrack Obama held a get-out-the-vote rally at Temple University's Liacouras Center in North Philadelphia.
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