Chambersburg, Pennsylvania – On the final day of the Trump campaign's week-long bus tour through Pennsylvania, a bus bearing hundreds of voters' signatures passed by the giant number 47 as it arrived in Chambersburg, near the Maryland border. .
Passengers hoped the stop, just over the mountains from where the first Republican president gave the Gettysburg Address, would be a springboard for the next election.
Rep. John Joyce (R-PA), who represents an area of south-central Pennsylvania from Ebensburg to Shippensburg, said the 13th Congressional District voted more for Trump in 2020 than any other district in the commonwealth. He said he was proud of what he delivered.
“What I see, what I feel, is common sense, conservative values that President Trump brings to the table. We here in central Pennsylvania need a secure border. We recognize that … to reverse reckless inflation…” As a result, Pennsylvanians no longer have money to buy gas or groceries. ”
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The sides of Team Trump's bus are covered with signs from supporters who spent the week traveling through Pennsylvania. (FOX News/Charlie Crates)
Joyce quipped that as a doctor, he sees President Trump as “always on top of” what the American people want from their leader.
State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Franklin County), Pennsylvania's 2022 Republican gubernatorial candidate, echoed similar sentiments.
“This is the most consequential election of our lifetimes. Our freedoms are at stake. Democrats have weaponized the judicial system,” he said. “They are putting violent illegal aliens on our streets, attacking free speech, and destroying our economy.”
The retired Army colonel and Desert Storm veteran warned that Democratic foreign policy was leading the world to “the brink of World War III.”
“Whether you live in Chambersburg or Philadelphia, if we want America to be free and strong, everyone needs to get out and vote.”
One out-of-state figure on the tour was former California Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado, who served under fellow Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Former California Lieutenant Governor Abel Maldonado speaks with Trump supporters at the Team Trump bus tour stop in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, Thursday, October 17, 2024. ((AP Photo/Kathy Kumonichek))
Although the “Terminator” recently endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, Maldonado said voting for Trump in California was a proud moment, but a little emotional for him and his wife.
Maldonado said they knew their vote didn't mean much because Harris could win the Golden State.
But what he can do, he said, is support Trump and travel to Pennsylvania in hopes of making a difference there.
A few in the crowd initially jeered at the mention of California, but the reaction turned to cheers when Mr. Maldonado said it was once ruled by President Ronald Reagan.
“Ronald Reagan was the last person other than President Trump to have an assassination attempt…and when he came out of the hospital, he told the American people, 'God laid hands on me.' ”
Maldonado, the son of Mexican immigrant farmers, later stopped at state Rep. Barb Grime's farm near Mechanicsburg and told the crowd that the scene reminded him of his home and family farm. spoke.
“The farmer is a real human being. This guy met us at the gate, showed us around, parked us, and he owns this place,” Graeme said of her husband, Tracy.
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Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis of New York speaks at the Trump campaign bus stop near Shermansdale, Pennsylvania (Photo by Charlie Crates)
Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, who was on the tour from neighboring New York, spoke to the audience about the disparity between criminal justice policy on the right and the left.
Turning to the economy, Malliotakis said, “Every time Camara opens his mouth, it sounds like something coming out of Hugo Chavez's Venezuela.”
“My mother emigrated from communist Cuba, so it's scary to hear[Harris]talk about the price controls that caused hyperinflation and empty shelves in Venezuela.”
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pennsylvania), a former House Freedom Caucus chairman who is running a close race against former Lancaster news anchor Janelle Stelson, said momentum appears to be trending in Trump's direction. Ta.
“The Harris campaign continues to try to give her a reason to vote, but each time she fails,” he said.
“Her campaign is collapsing. The most recent event in Pennsylvania was a town hall where she couldn't answer questions or refused to answer questions. So people are saying, 'Look, we… We're not going to endure another four years of misery, we're going to elect Trump, we're going to go back to where things were great, and we're going to move forward. ”
Perry said voters are worried about meeting daily necessities and paying their bills on time.
“They're also worried about their own safety,” he said, arguing that Democrats created these problems.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) later pointed out that she, too, comes from agricultural states like California and Pennsylvania.
“Iowa is in the bag. And I thought it was really important to be on the Trump bus tour and visit with all of you wonderful people. Because, let me tell you, I look out over the audience. And I'm watching.'' (My family) I'm from rural southwest Iowa, so I have neighbors in this crowd. ”
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Joni Ernst (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“My brother is a union worker on the railroad. My sister is a farmer and works for a trucking company. I come from normal, everyday people and work with normal, everyday people.”
In an interview with Fox News Digital, she said she has a positive outlook heading into the election after traveling by bus across the commonwealth.
“There's a really enthusiastic crowd at every stop… They're fired up and ready to involve other voters who might not vote every election,” she said.
“So all we can say is, 'Goodbye, Kamala Harris. Goodbye, Bob Casey, and welcome back to peace and prosperity under President Donald J. Trump and soon-to-be United States Senator Dave McCormick.' That's what it means.
John David Longo, the mayor of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, was with Trump in his hometown of Butler County minutes before the Republican candidate was shot and killed by an assassination attempt in July.
“Ever since that day, watching that guy get shot in the face, I've been really thinking, 'Oh my God, everything this guy has been through and he's giving us I thought, 'This is the least we can do to ask people to vote early.'” What we all need to do is make sure he gets across the finish line. It's about doing things. ” he told FOX News Digital during a bus tour.
Fox News Digital's Matteo Cina contributed to this report.
