CHAMBERSBURG, PA – On the closing day of a weeklong Team Trump bus tour through Pennsylvania, the coach — decaled with a giant number “47” and signatures from hundreds of voters it crossed paths with — pulled into Chambersburg near the Maryland line.
Those aboard hoped the stop – just over the mountain from where the first Republican president delivered his Gettysburg Address – would help usher in the next.
Rep. John Joyce, R-Pa., who represents a swath of southcentral Pennsylvania from Ebensburg to Shippensburg, said he was proud to see the 13th congressional district deliver the most votes to Trump than any other in the Commonwealth in 2020.
“What I’m seeing; what I’m feeling is the common sense, conservative values that President Trump brings to the table; we here in Central Pennsylvania recognize that we need a secure border . . . to turn around the reckless inflation that is causing Pennsylvanians not to have the money to pay for gasoline and groceries.”
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The side of the Team Trump bus is covered in autographs of supporters from its weeklong journey through Pennsylvania. (Fox News/Charlie Creitz)
Joyce quipped that as a physician, he sees Trump keeping his “finger on the pulse” of what Americans need from their leader.
State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin County, Pennsylvania’s 2022 GOP gubernatorial nominee, echoed the sentiment.
“This is the most consequential election of our lifetime. Our freedoms are on the line: The Democrats have weaponized the justice system,” he said. “They are dumping violent illegals onto our streets, attacking free speech; destroying our economy.”
The retired Army colonel and Desert Storm veteran also warned that Democrats’ foreign policy has led the world to the “Brink of World War III.”
“Whether you live in Chambersburg or Philadelphia, everybody needs to get out and vote if you want to make America free and strong.”
One out-of-state figure on the tour was former California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, who served under fellow Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Former California Lieutenant Gov. Abel Maldonado speaks with Trump supporters at a Team Trump bus tour stop Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024 in Rutherfordton, N.C. ((AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek))
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