According to Donald Trump, Charleroi in Pennsylvania is the latest city to struggle with an increase in illegal immigration.
At a rally in the state where the election remains uncertain, the former president heard members of his supporters from that state say on Monday that their hometowns have become “disgusting.”
Speaking at Ed Fry Arena on the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, just 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of Pittsburgh, Trump criticized the impact of illegal immigration on small American communities.
According to Trump, the number of Haitian migrants living in the western Pennsylvania city has grown by 2,000 percent.
Reports from earlier this year indicate that things have gotten so bad that the school district in Charleroi spent $400,000 on teachers and interpreters for English as a second language.
Donald Trump said Charleroi, Pennsylvania is the latest city to be hit by a massive influx of Haitians after the nation turned its attention to Springfield, Ohio, amid claims the migrants were eating residents’ pets
According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of just over 4,000, making the influx of immigrants living there truly overwhelming for the small community.
The breaking news comes after the city of Springfield, Ohio, came under national scrutiny after Trump and his running mate Senator JD Vance surfaced allegations that Haitian migrants were stealing and eating residents’ pets, cats and ducks in the parks.
Trump asked the question on Monday at his rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania, to thousands of people who came from Charleroi.
“Is it different?” he asked the cheering crowd.
“Yes!” shouted the women from the stands, adding, “It’s disgusting.”
The former president spoke at a rally in Butler on July 13, just an hour from where he was shot.
A protester who identified herself only as Jen told DailyMail.com that the fact that Trump survived two assassination attempts proves that God wants him to be president again.
Trump spoke at an arena on the campus of Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Monday, September 23
Trump criticized a spring statistic claiming the Haitian migrant population in the small Pennsylvania town of Charleroi had grown by as much as 2,000 percent
Before the Monday night rally, Trump attended a meeting with farmers in Smithton, Pennsylvania, where he pledged to lower energy bills.
“I love the farmers,” Trump said at the event 30 miles south of Pittsburgh. “I feel very comfortable with the farmers.”
“I’ve always won against the farmers and that’s because I produce,” he added. “Promises made — promises kept. Your energy bill will be halved in 12 months.”
Meanwhile, the former president’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, spent Monday afternoon and evening mobilizing supporters in North Carolina, another swing state in Pennsylvania.
The state’s governorship race has been thrown into disarray after a report emerged last week alleging that the Republican candidate for governor of the state made lewd, inappropriate and concerning comments on the pornographic forum Nude Africa.
Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson allegedly claimed on the site that he was a “black Nazi” and a “pervert,” among other questionable comments, according to a shocking CNN report that the candidate vehemently denies.