Donald Trump looks forward to Philly debate with Harris, responds to Arlington backlash at Pa. rally

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : "Trump continued to lambaste Harris on Friday evening and played into his signature us-vs.-them way of thinking, exemplified with the former president assuring the crowd that a rowdy audience member was "on our side.
63% : "We win this state, we win the whole thing," Trump said Friday.
51% : "I will tell Pennsylvania to drill, baby, drill," Trump said, echoing what has become something of a slogan for Vance and him.
47% : Meanwhile, the Harris and Trump campaigns have sparred over whether there should be live microphones during the duration of the debate.
46% : Trump argued against this and reasoned that a family had asked him for a photo at a tombstone and that he "absolutely ... wasn't doing it for publicity.
45% : Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist and former environmental lawyer, has said that Trump will "make America healthy again.
39% : Here are takeaways from Trump's Johnstown rally:Trump addressed an incident that unfolded Monday when he visited Arlington National Cemetery at the request of grieving family members who wanted him there as they memorialized the 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the evacuation of Afghanistan.
36% : Trump knocked Harris' flip-flopping record on fracking, as he and running mate JD Vance have done in their recent visits to Pennsylvania, where the oil drilling industry is important to many residents.
34% : ""I would like to get a lot less publicity," Trump said.
31% : Trump had previously cast doubt on his participation in the debate with Harris, citing various gripes, but he confirmed Friday night: "I look forward to the debate with her.
30% : "The Harris and Trump campaigns can't seem to tear their focus away from Pennsylvania heading into Labor Day weekend and a little over a week before the two face off at an ABC presidential debate in Philadelphia.
27% : ""We're going to get toxic chemicals out of our environment, and we're going to get them out of our bodies," Trump said.
19% : Trump is currently in a dead heat in Pennsylvania with Harris, according to an August poll from Emerson College/the Hill, which shows both candidates at 48% among likely voters.
18% : Trump said that if a Republican had performed similarly to Harris on the border, "they'd be stringing them up."Also on the topic of immigration, Trump repeated his claim that other countries are sending convicts to the U.S.
17% : "In the first few moments of his speech, Trump borrowed language from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who suspended his campaign and endorsed Trump in a Pa. court filing last week.
15% : Trump originally backed out of the debate because of his ongoing litigation against ABC News and anchor George Stephanopoulos and the fact that Biden would no longer be his opponent.
11% : During his often-meandering speech, Trump repeatedly railed about illegal immigration, complained about his treatment by the media, attacked Vice President Kamala Harris on fracking, and boasted about the size of his crowd at the 1st Summit Arena.

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