JD Vance blames economic woes on Harris leadership during election eve night rally in Pennsylvania

Donald Trump's moving mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, blamed Kamala Harris' mediocre enactment implicit the past 4 years for the economical woes Americans person faced, specified arsenic accrued lodging costs, mislaid jobs, ostentation and higher than mean recognition delinquency rates, during a rally successful Pennsylvania Monday night. 

"She's been successful Washington for 4 years, and the effect is that our chap citizens are seeing recognition paper delinquency rates going done the roof, unaffordable housing, unaffordable market prices," Vance said connected Election Day eve from a venue successful Newtown, Pennsylvania. 

"You know, 8% of our chap citizens can't spend to wage their car payments close present due to the fact that of Kamala Harris' policies. The authorities of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, has seen a bigger summation successful the outgo of groceries than immoderate authorities successful the full union. Pennsylvania families are being crushed by the outgo of everything from groceries to housing."

In battleground Pennsylvania, 1 of the astir coveted states for some candidates this predetermination cycle, inflation remains higher than the nationalist average. In September, nutrient prices successful Philadelphia were up 3.7% annually, compared to the nationalist mean of 1.3%. Meanwhile, vigor prices successful the Philadelphia metro country person accrued astatine much than treble the complaint of the nationalist average.

Republican vice statesmanlike nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during a run rally connected Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, successful Newtown, Pa. 

Vance described Harris' grounds erstwhile it comes to the system arsenic a "failure" and insisted she has nary program to hole it. He blasted the vice president implicit her attack to taxes arsenic well, noting that she plans to fto erstwhile President Trump's tax cuts expire, which Vance said volition pb to "every azygous person" paying thousands of dollars successful other taxes each year.

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"She thinks we ought to rise taxes connected American citizens and reward overseas corporations that vessel American jobs overseas," Vance argued from his podium Monday night. "You cognize what Donald J. Trump thinks? President Trump thinks that we ought to chopped your taxes and punish the corporations that are shipping American jobs overseas."

American jobs would beryllium astatine hazard nether a imaginable Harris administration, Vance besides added, pointing retired that a caller jobs study showed 28,000 backstage assemblage jobs disappeared past month. "We mislaid 46,000 manufacturing jobs nether Kamala Harris' leadership," helium told the crowd. "But you cognize what? You cognize who we did hire? We hired a batch of authorities bureaucrats."

While Vance insisted that Harris' argumentation grounds was mediocre connected the economy and proves she would bash small for Pennsylvanians' cost-of-living concerns, the Ohio Senator praised erstwhile President Trump for already delivering a beardown system erstwhile helium was president. 

Republican vice statesmanlike nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, gestures to the assemblage aft speaking during a run rally connected Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, successful Newtown, Pa.

"We privation the president who had ostentation astatine 1.5%." Vance implored rally goers. "We cognize that Donald J Trump's enactment delivered the fastest rising take-home wage successful 40 years successful the United States of America. He already did it."

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Vance added that Trump has plans to summation the proviso of housing, thing the Harris run has besides proposed, and said that the erstwhile president would combat to little owe involvement rates arsenic well.  

Republican vice statesmanlike nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, leaves the signifier aft speaking during a run rally connected Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, successful Newtown, Pa. 

Vance, Trump and Harris each spent clip successful Pennsylvania connected Election Day eve, arsenic they campaigned crossed galore battleground states. Trump rallied Monday successful Reading and Pittsburgh, portion Harris spent clip successful Allentown, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. During Harris' rally successful Allentown, she told rally goers that she would fortify the system by cutting taxes connected the middle-class, portion raising them for the nation's astir affluent and for corporations. She besides insisted she would marque mundane costs, similar childcare, much affordable, and enactment to trim costs for seniors.  

"It is my pledge to you that erstwhile I locomotion successful the White House – alternatively of stewing implicit an enemy's database – I volition walk each time moving connected my to-do database connected your behalf afloat of priorities that are astir improving your beingness astir bringing down the outgo of living," Harris said from Allentown Monday. "About banning firm terms gouging connected groceries, astir making lodging and kid attraction much affordable. My program volition beryllium astir cutting taxes for workers successful middle-class families and tiny businesses. Lowering wellness attraction costs, including the outgo of location attraction for location attraction for our seniors."