Trump asks Pennsylvania crowd, 'Are you better off now than you were four years ago?'

Former President Trump echoed Ronald Reagan connected Saturday during a spirited battleground outdoor rally astatine Arnold Palmer Regional Airport successful Latrobe, Pennsylvania, asking, "Are you amended disconnected present than you were 4 years ago?"

Trump blasted the Biden-Harris medication close disconnected the bat, calling the existent White House a "nightmare of inflation, invasion, and humiliation."

The Republican statesmanlike nominee besides commented connected his attendance astatine the Catholic Charities' Al Smith Dinner connected Friday night, wherever Vice President Kamala Harris was noticeably absent.

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Trump recalled, "she's the lone 1 successful years, decades that didn't amusement up. She didn't amusement up." 

"And [Harris] ended up doing a portion that was pathetic," said Trump. "And it was an insult to Catholics, frankly, due to the fact that she was really benignant of knocking them oregon knocking religion that she had the different lawsuit the different time wherever she said, you're successful the incorrect determination erstwhile they started talking astir a definite taxable close present successful the which fundamentally was a sound connected Christianity and a sound connected religion, due to the fact that she doesn't cognize what the hellhole she's saying."

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks astatine a run rally, Saturday, astatine Arnold Palmer Regional Airport successful Latrobe, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump was joined by a slate of speakers during Saturday night's rally, including erstwhile NFL prima wide receiver Antonio Brown.

"I privation to accidental I cognize the media is going to telephone maine crazy, maine and Trump brainsick for having maine talk here," Brown said. "But I privation to marque this clear. We are not. They are."

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The assemblage was some ample and optimistic, with galore children contiguous astatine the rally dressed up arsenic the erstwhile president and section steelworkers wearing hard hats. 

Trump opened his astir two-hour stump with a tribute to his precocious person and PGA play fable Arnold Palmer.

Supporters perceive arsenic Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks during a run rally astatine Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, successful Latrobe, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

"But determination was cipher that had his magic. He was a thriller. He was unbelievable. He, helium knew however to triumph and helium knew however to,, conscionable bash immoderate it was that electrified a crowd," Trump said. "If I had him present close present with me, this assemblage would beryllium going perfectly crazy. They'd say, Trump, get disconnected this stage. We privation Arnold Palmer to speak."

Trump said helium was bully friends with and named 1 of the villas connected his Doral, Florida, spot aft Palmer, who was a native of Pennsylvania, and died successful 2016.

Trump focused overmuch of his vigor and attraction connected the Keystone State, particularly connected manufacturing jobs.

"For astir of American history, Pennsylvania was the commercialized and concern powerhouse of the United States. But twelvemonth aft year, globalist extremist near politicians and incompetents similar Kamala Harris person waged a warfare connected your Commonwealth," Trump said.

Former President Trump was welcomed onstage by Pennsylvania steelworkers, who gave him a commemorative hard hat. (Pool)

"They've annihilated your alloy mills, decimated your ember jobs, assaulted your lipid and state jobs, and sold disconnected your manufacturing jobs to China and overseas nations each implicit the world. Under the Trump administration, we are going to instrumentality backmost what is ours," helium said.

Pennsylvania rank-and-file steelworkers with the Mon Valley Works national were welcomed onstage by Trump, who offered him a commemorative hard hat. 

"The president saved the alloy manufacture with tariffs, you saved it with tariffs," said a steelworker. "And you're my hero, and you're the top president ever. We emotion you. So steelworkers for Trump and the rank-and-file Mon Valley Works wanted to endorse you."

Trump plans connected introducing a "Built successful America" argumentation should helium triumph successful November, which would bring much manufacturing jobs backmost to Pennsylvania and the state at-large.

Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Trump speaks astatine a run rally, Saturday, astatine Arnold Palmer Regional Airport successful Latrobe, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

"So if we triumph Pennsylvania, we triumph the full damn thing, right? And starting connected time 1 of my caller administration, I volition extremity Kamala Harris's warfare connected Pennsylvania energy. Because, you know, she's going to prohibition you know, she's going to prohibition fracking, right? 100%," Trump said.

"You know, she was against fracking, against each this stuff. And past each of a sudden, astir a twelvemonth and a fractional ago, erstwhile she was getting killed successful the polls, she said, I similar fracking precise much," helium added.

According to a precocious September Fox News Poll, 60% of Pennsylvanians who are registered voters enactment fracking.

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"Pennsylvania, if you privation to extremity this disaster, you indispensable get retired and vote," Trump said. "You person to spell and vote. Get everybody you can."

The Trump run did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.