Trump speaks to the media as he arrives for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images)
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, has a busy schedule of events in Pennsylvania this weekend, starting Saturday evening with a rally in Latrobe where he approvingly described the anatomy of the late golfer Arnold Palmer.
“This is a guy who was all man,” Trump said of Palmer, “when he was in the shower with the other pros, they came out and said, ‘Oh my God, that’s incredible.’”
It was perhaps the most surprising comment the former president made at the event, where after speaking about Latrobe-born Palmer for about 15 minutes, he moved on to talking about familiar themes and grievances. He criticized Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president; blamed President Joe Biden and Harris for inflation and a “crisis” at the southern border, and marveled at how SpaceX, whose CEO Elon Musk has recently become an outspoken Trump supporter, managed fly and land a rocket booster during a recent test flight.
Trump attended the meeting by several Republican allies, including U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser (R-9th District) and GOP U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick. Former Pittsburgh Steelers Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown appeared on stage before Trump, with Brown mocking Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Democrats’ vice presidential candidate, as “not a real coach” and calling him “Tampon Tim’ mentioned.
Republicans have criticized Walz for a policy he signed last year as part of Minnesota’s budget that requires public schools to provide free menstrual products to all students who need them. Trump has falsely claimed this it meant schools in Minnesota were forced to put tampons in boys’ bathrooms.
On Sunday, Trump will visit a McDonald’s in Bucks County, where he will reportedly work on the chip cooker, and later he will host a town hall in Lancaster — his first town hall in the state since the Oct. 14 town hall in Montgomery County ended. strangely enough, with the former president bobbing on stage for half an hour to songs from his playlist.
Trump is also expected to attend Sunday night’s Steelers game in Pittsburgh “as a guest of an individual suite holder,” a team spokesman said.
Musk will hold a town hall in Pittsburgh on Sunday afternoon, with McCormick announcing he will attend. It is the latest in a series of town halls Musk has planned to support Trump ahead of Pennsylvania’s voter registration deadline on October 21.
Pennsylvania Democrats have planned counter-programming outside of Sunday’s Steelers game, with a “tailgate for Kamala” planned at 6 p.m. And the Democratic National Committee unveiled a billboard Sunday morning opposite the stadium, with the text ‘Trump was a disaster for PA.’
Harris and Trump are still in a near dead heat, with less than three weeks to go until the general election. Both have campaigned vigorously in Pennsylvania in recent weeks. Harris will be in Chester County on Monday for a “moderated conversation” with former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney, with similar events planned in Wisconsin and Michigan.
On Wednesday, Harris will participate in a town hall with CNN’s Anderson Cooper in Philadelphia, on the date of a canceled debate with Trump.
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