Trump speaks to the media as he arrives for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images)
Former President Donald Trump, the GOP nominee for president, has a busy schedule of events in Pennsylvania this weekend that kicked off Saturday evening with a rally in Latrobe where he approvingly described the anatomy of the late golfer Arnold Palmer.
“This is a guy that was all man,” Trump said of Palmer, “when he took showers with the other pros, they came out of there they said, ‘oh my God, that’s unbelievable.’”
It was perhaps the most surprising comment the former president made at the event where, after speaking about Latrobe native Palmer for roughly 15 minutes, he resumed talking about familiar themes and grievances. He criticized Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president; blamed President Joe Biden and Harris for inflation and a “crisis” at the southern border, and marveled at how SpaceX, whose CEO Elon Musk is a recently vocal Trump supporter, was able to fly and land a rocket booster in a recent test flight.
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Trump was joined at the rally by several Republican allies including U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser (R-9th District) and GOP candidate for U.S. Senate Dave McCormick. Former Pittsburgh Steelers Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown appeared on stage ahead of Trump, with Brown mocking Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democrats’ vice presidential nominee, as “not a real coach,” and calling him “Tampon Tim.”
Republicans have criticized Walz for a policy he signed last year as part of Minnesota’s budget, that requires public schools to provide free menstrual products to any students who need them. Trump falsely claimed it meant Minnesota schools were being forced to put tampons in boys’ bathrooms.
On Sunday, Trump will visit a McDonald’s in Bucks County where he will reportedly work the French fry cooker, and later will hold a town hall in Lancaster — his first town hall in the state since the Oct. 14 town hall in Montgomery County that ended strangely, with the former president swaying along on stage to songs from his playlist for a half hour.
Trump is also expected to visit the Steelers game in Pittsburgh Sunday night “as a guest of an individual suite holder,” according to a team spokesperson.
Musk will hold a town hall in Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon, with McCormick announcing he would attend. It’s the latest of a series of town halls Musk has planned to support Trump ahead of Pennsylvania’s Oct. 21 voter registration deadline.
Pennsylvania Democrats have counter-programming planned outside the Steelers game Sunday, with a “Tailgate for Kamala” scheduled for 6 p.m. And the Democratic National Committee unveiled a billboard Sunday morning across from the stadium, reading “Trump was a disaster for PA.”
Harris and Trump remain in a virtual dead heat with less than three weeks to go before the general election. Both have campaigned vigorously in Pennsylvania in recent weeks. Harris will be in Chester County on Monday for a “moderated conversation” with former GOP Congresswoman Liz Cheney, with similar events planned in Wisconsin and Michigan.
On Wednesday, Harris will participate in a town hall with CNN’s Anderson Cooper in Philadelphia, on the date of a canceled debate with Trump.
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