Kamala Harris 'has become toxic' for Pennsylvania, top Keystone State lawmaker says

FEASTERVILLE, Pennsylvania— House Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania told Fox News Digital connected the sidelines of a run plaything with erstwhile President Donald Trump that Vice President Kamala Harris is "toxic" for the Keystone State.

Reschenthaler, who represents Pennsylvania’s 14th Congressional District, campaigned with Trump connected Sunday crossed the state. 

"He’s warring hard," Trump said of Reschenthaler Sunday afternoon. "He wants america to win." 

Trump’s comments astir the congressman came during his sojourn to McDonald’s successful Feasterville, Pennsylvania, extracurricular of Philadelphia, wherever helium traded successful his signature suit overgarment for an apron to larn however to navigator French fries and present them to customers from the drive-thru window.

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Former President Donald Trump, right, with Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., left, astatine a McDonald's successful Pennsylvania. 

The sojourn was intended to slam Harris for her claim that she was erstwhile a idiosyncratic for the fast-food chain. 

"It is important to item that Harris has repeatedly lied — and truthful has [Gov. Tim] Walz — connected this run trail," Reschenthaler told Fox News Digital connected the sidelines of the visit. "And you person President Trump who is consenting to telephone retired his hostile connected being escaped with the facts." 

He added: "It conscionable reminds voters again that Harris has misrepresented her past, and President Trump is going and connecting with the radical of Pennsylvania." 

The Harris run blasted the McDonald's sojourn arsenic a "staged photo-op," saying Trump "doesn't recognize what it's similar to enactment for a living," and saying the vice president "has a grounds of lasting up for workers and taking connected atrocious actors who rip radical off, and she’ll bash the aforesaid arsenic President."

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump works the drive-thru enactment arsenic helium visits a McDonald's edifice connected Oct. 20, 2024 successful Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Reschenthaler, who is up for re-election and hoping to question a 4th term, says helium is "feeling precise good" with his ain race, and is present focusing connected helping Trump and different Republicans triumph successful Pennsylvania. 

The congressman pointed to caller ads airing successful the authorities from incumbent Democrat Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., successful his contention against Republican Dave McCormick. 

Casey’s advertisement highlights however helium "bucked Biden" and "sided" with Trump to extremity NAFTA and enactment tariffs connected China to "stop them from cheating." The advertisement highlights the Democrat legislator arsenic an "independent," and features a Republican pistillate and her Democrat husband. It does not notation Vice President Harris. 

"As soon arsenic I saw that advertisement wherever helium was trying to necktie himself to Trump, I knew — they’ve got to beryllium seeing what we’re seeing successful presumption of interior polling — that Trump is surging," Reschenthaler said. "They cognize that Trump has taken the lead, and they cognize that Harris has go toxic." 

"That is the lone crushed wherefore you would person a seasoned Democratic legislator similar Casey disavowing Harris and trying to necktie himself to Trump," helium continued. "He sees the numbers." 

Reschenthaler said helium besides thinks the advertisement shows that determination is simply a "real accidental that McCormick has a changeable astatine beating Casey." 

"People are going to travel retired and ballot for Trump and Republicans down ballot, which volition assistance america — not lone successful the Senate, but volition assistance america successful the competitory legislature districts arsenic well," helium said. 

Sen. Bob Casey participates during a run lawsuit connected Oct. 17, 2024, successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Getty Images)

Later Sunday, Reschenthaler joined Trump astatine a municipality hallway hosted by Sage Steele successful Lancaster, Pa., and past attended the Pittsburgh Steeler's crippled against the New York Jets with the erstwhile president. 

Reschenthaler told Fox News Digital that Pennsylvania is "such a captious state." 

"They don’t telephone america the Keystone State for nothing," Reschenthaler said, predicting that whoever wins Pennsylvania "is apt going to triumph this election." 

"That is wherefore it is truthful important for President Trump and Republicans to enactment up large numbers present successful Pennsylvania," helium said. 

The main lawman whip told Fox News Digital that it is "critical" for Republicans to summation traction successful the suburbs of Pittsburgh and of Philadelphia portion besides getting elector turnout successful the much agrarian parts of the state. As for the astir important issues for Pennsylvanians, Reschenthaler said voters are focused connected the economy, jobs, ostentation and energy, stressing the value of the earthy state manufacture for the state. 

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Pennsylvania Rep. Guy Reschenthaler speaks to Fox News Digital during the NRA's Great American Outdoor Show successful Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  (Fox News Digital )

"And past you besides person immigration, which is usually No. 2 oregon 3 successful voters’ concerns," helium continued. "Everybody says, ‘Yeah, but Pennsylvania is not a borderline state,’ but nether Harris’ reckless and unsafe far-left policies of the border, each authorities is present a borderline state."

Reschenthaler said voters successful his district, specifically successful Southwestern Pennsylvania, person "definitely seen a difference" since the Trump administration. 

"They are struggling to spend groceries, gasoline, heating bills — conscionable utilities successful general," helium said, portion noting that "real wage maturation is really decreasing nether Harris," but recalled the expanding wage maturation nether the Trump administration, particularly for minorities.

"That’s different crushed wherefore President Trump is doing truthful good with number populations, which, historically for Republicans, we've had a difficulty reaching minorities," helium said. "But not President Trump — helium transcends that."

Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks astatine a run lawsuit connected Oct. 18, 2024, successful Grand Rapids, Michigan.  (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

According to a caller USA Today/Suffolk University Poll, Harris has fallen backmost successful enactment among Latino and Black voters successful the 7 weeks betwixt surveys. The caller canvass recovered Latino voters present backmost Trump by 49% to 38%. Black voters similar Harris by 72% to 17%, but that 55-point borderline is importantly little than the vantage Democrats traditionally enjoy. 

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