Donald Trump said the latest town plagued by a spike in illegal immigration is Charleroi, Pennsylvania.
During a rally in the battleground swing state on Monday, the former president heard from members of his crowd who say their hometown has become ‘disgusting.’
Speaking at the Ed Fry Arena on the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania just 60 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, Trump slammed the effect illegal immigration has on small American communities.
Trump says that the population of Haitian migrants living in the western Pennsylvania town has grown by 2,000 percent.
It has gotten so bad, reports from earlier this year note, that the school district in Charleroi has spent $400,000 on English Language-Learner teachers and interpreters.
Donald Trump said Charleroi, Pennsylvania is the latest town plagued by a massive surge of Haitians after the nation turned its attention to Springfield, Ohio amid claims these migrants were eating residents’ pets
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There are just over 4,000 residents in the town, according to the 2020 census – making this influx of immigrants living there truly overwhelming for the small community.
The latest comes after the Ohio town of Springfield was thrust into the national spotlight after Trump and his running mate Sen. J.D. Vance highlighted claims that Haitian migrants were stealing and eating residents’ pet cats and ducks in the parks.
Trump asked thousands at his rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania on Monday who was from Charleroi.
‘Is it different?’ he asked those who cheered.
‘Yes!’ the women shouted from the bleachers, addining: ‘It’s disgusting.’
The former president was speaking just an hour from where he was shot during a rally in Butler on July 13.
A rally goer who identified herself only as Jen told DailyMail.com that Trump now surviving two assassination attempts is proof that God wants him to be president again.
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Trump spoke at an arena on the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Monday, September 23
Trump slammed the statistic from the spring claiming the population of Haitian migrants in small town of Charleroi, Pennsylvania grew by a whopping 2,000 percent
Ahead of the Monday evening rally, Trump attended a town hall with farmers in Smithton, Pennsylvania where he vowed to lower energy bills.
‘I love the farmers,’ Trump said at the event 30 miles south of Pittsburgh. ‘I’m very comfortable with the farmers.’
‘I’ve always won with the farmers and that’s because I produce,’ he added. ‘Promises made — promises kept. Your energy bill, within 12 months, will be cut in half.’
Meanwhile, the former president’s running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, spent Monday afternoon and evening rallying supporters in Pennsylvania’s fellow swing state of North Carolina.
The state’s gubernatorial race has been thrown into disarray following a report last week claiming the GOP nominee to lead the state house made lewd, inappropriate and concerning comments on pornographic forum Nude Africa.
Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson allegedly claimed on the site to be a ‘black Nazi’ and ‘perv,’ among other questionable comments, according to a bombshell CNN report that the candidate vehemently denies.
