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— Former President Donald Trump said in an interview with the Washington Examiner that his message to undecided voters in Pennsylvania ahead of November’s general election is that his administration would bring prosperity to Pennsylvanians through common-sense approaches to energy, border security and strengthening manufacturing.
« We are going to bring the cost down on energy, and that is going to bring down the cost of everything », Trump said.
The former president added that he wants voters to know he would take the country to a better place not just on costs but on the massive influx of illegal immigrants who have crossed the southern border since the beginning of the Biden-Harris administration.
Data from the Department of Homeland Security showed encounters with illegal immigrants at the southern border soared after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris entered the White House, with at least 6.5 million migrants crossing the border in that time frame.
« They have taken over our cities », Trump said in reference to the increase in crime in the United States.
Trump was in Johnstown, a once-mighty manufacturing city located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, just two days after Harris sat down with CNN host Dana Bash for her first interview in the 39 days since Biden was pushed out of the race and Harris was named the Democratic presidential nominee.
In the interview, Harris dismissed the notion that she would ban fracking and stated that she said so in her debate with former Vice President Mike Pence in 2020. But a quick read of the transcript shows Harris only said Biden would not ban fracking. She did not mention her viewpoint. Harris followed up her fracking claim by quickly saying her values on climate change have remained the same.
Trump questioned why, if Harris is so supportive of fracking, she hasn’t lifted the pause on exports of liquid natural gas that Biden placed on the industry.
« I would lift that immediately », Trump said. « I would get rid of everything that she’s done. »
Trump said Harris is accountable for everything that has happened in the Biden-Harris administration, especially because Biden made a point of saying Harris was always the last person in the room with him on big and small decisions.
