With almost two weeks until Election Day, the 2024 presidential candidates want to secure as many votes as possible states on the battlefieldincluded Pennsylvanianow that the campaign is entering its final phase.
Former president donald trump was back in the commonwealth on sunday after a meeting in Latrobe on Saturday as both he and Vice President Kamala Harris battle for Pennsylvania’s crucial 19 electoral votes. A CBS News poll conducted in early September, the pair were tied at 50% each in the Keystone State.
Trump made a stop at the McDonald’s in Feasterville, Bucks County, where he donned an apron and worked the drive-thru. The former president distributed food to pre-selected supporters in five cars from the restaurant’s drive-thru window.
The restaurant was closed to the public that morning. Hundreds of people tried to catch a glimpse of Trump from across the street.
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“It’s a great franchise. It’s a great company,” Trump said of McDonald’s, later adding that he loved Pennsylvania and always has.
“Now I’ve worked at McDonald’s,” he said. “I have now worked fifteen minutes longer than Kamala.”
Harris has said she worked at the fast food chain while in college. Without citing any evidence, Trump on Sunday disputed that she was ever a McDonald’s employee.
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While he did not say whether or not he would keep the uniform, the former president handed out fries to the media and joked with reporters that handing out the food could be construed as a bribe.
When CBS asked Philadelphia what he thought about people who said Harris might be more unifying, Trump responded, “Unifying? I think she’s the most divisive person I’ve ever seen. ..I think I’m the one who brings everyone together.”
He then addressed the question of how the economy, the number of jobs and the border were doing during his time in office.
When asked if he would accept the results of the 2024 election, the former president told another reporter during the drive-thru: “Yes, if it’s a fair election, always.”
Huge crowds gathered outside the McDonald’s at 334 E Street Road hours before Trump was scheduled to arrive around 1:30 p.m.
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Trump will host a town hall in Lancaster on Sunday evening, where he is likely to discuss inflation, job growth and fracking, according to his campaign. Trump will speak at the Lancaster Convention Center at 5 p.m. ET.
The former president was also in the Keystone State for one on October 14 town hall event in Oaksabout 20 miles outside of Philadelphia. The event made headlines after it was abruptly cut short when two attendees needed medical attention and the former president stormed the town hall by choosing to play various songs from his playlist for about 40 minutes, sometimes swaying along to the music.
On Sunday in Philadelphia, Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida will join the Trump-Vance campaign and host a Black Men’s Barbershop Talk Roundtable from 4 p.m.
Donalds, a staunch Trump ally, and local community leaders will discuss the “economic struggle, community safety and the negative impact of Kamala Harris’ policies on the Black community,” a Trump-Vance press release said campaign partially . According to the campaign, the roundtable aims to provide Black men with a platform to express their stories and engage directly with leaders.
Kamala Harris is back in Pennsylvania on Monday
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker will also campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris in North Philly on Sunday afternoon. Parker will be joined by New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain as they highlight the importance of voting in a battleground state like Pennsylvania and are expected to criticize Trump’s Project 2025 agenda and its impact on trade unions.
Harris will appear on Monday with former Congresswoman Liz Cheney in Chester County to kick off a series of moderated conversations during a tour of three battlefields. The Democratic presidential candidate and Cheney will first speak in Pennsylvania before traveling to Wisconsin and Michigan. The vice president will lay out her future agenda for the country if elected, according to a press release from the Harris-Walz campaign.
