Donald Trump on Sunday in Pennsylvania called for a “violent” police crackdown on crime in the United States, while his White House competitor Kamala Harris underlined the need for immigration reform at a Nevada rally.
Pennsylvania is seen as the most critical of the seven toss-up states that will most likely determine the presidential election on November 5, but Nevada is also a key battlefield.
The Republican former president and current contender, who spoke at a similar rally in swing state Wisconsin on Saturday, repeated his gloomy, racially charged rhetoric about an America disintegrating under “invasion” by violent migrants and criminals.
Recounting small but widely reported examples of burglars staging brazen daylight robbery of shops in large cities, Trump received a huge ovation when he stated police should become “extraordinarily rough.”
He stated that criminals “have to be taught” and that this could be accomplished “if you had one really violent day.”
“One rough hour — and I mean real rough — the word would get out and it would end immediately,” Trump told reporters. “The police aren’t allowed to do their job” since “the liberal left won’t let them.”
Harris, the vice president and Democratic contender, addressed the “serious problems” of border security at a rally in Las Vegas later that day.
She reeled off her regular stump speech, highlighting the economy, health care, and the need for immigration reform.
“As president, I will double the resources for the Department of Justice to go after the transnational cartels,” Harris said.
“We know Donald Trump won’t solve them. When he was president, he did nothing to fix our immigration system,” she added, calling for comprehensive reform but without offering details.
Written by Jennifer Amarachi
