Trump holds rally-style town hall in Lancaster, drumming up rural base on Pa. tour

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

91% : Trump promised to protect Social Security and Medicare, to eliminate tax on tips and Social Security, to lower interest rates to help young people buy a home, and to immediately secure the border to help reduce crime and "make our economy great.
86% : "Trump said one kind thing about Ms. Harris, wishing her a happy 60th birthday, "and many more, and I mean that."
58% : "To me, they're big people," he told broadcaster and podcaster Sage Steele, the moderator of the Lancaster County Convention Center event, when she thanked him for "taking time with the little people."Billed as a town hall, the packed event featured many of the hallmarks of a typical Trump rally: the yacht rock heavy opening playlist, guests clad in sparkling red-white-and-blue jackets and "Make America Great Again" hats and jerseys and buttons, and shirts with slogans ranging from "Jesus is my savior, Trump is my president" to "Kill all pedophiles" and "You missed,
45% : [expletive]" - under a photo of Trump with his fist held high after the attempted assassination on July 13 in Butler, Pa.While he took a handful of questions from audience members, he also used almost every one to tee off on the Biden-Harris administration and to hit the same talking points and pledges he makes at his signature rallies.
34% : "If we don't have strong borders or good elections, we're not going to have a country," said Trump, who also pledged to "drill, baby drill, and frack, baby, frack," and slash Americans' energy costs in half within his first year back in office.
33% : "Trump argued that the wave of immigrants who have come to the country under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have undercut job opportunities for Black and Latino Americans.
33% : Trump has publicly disavowed Project 2025, but several of his former administration members led the effort.
28% : Trump promised to restore authority to police officers because "our cities are blowing up" and law enforcement officers feel hamstrung, he said.
6% : Trump also sparked controversy earlier this year by saying he only recently learned that Ms. Harris was Black, and several years ago he baselessly questioned the citizenship of former President Barack Obama, who was born in Hawaii.

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