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Former President Donald Trump is set to return to the Lehigh Valley next weekend for a campaign rally as he seeks a second term in the White House.
A rally has been scheduled for the Schnecksville Fire Hall on Old Packhouse Road in North Whitehall Township at 7 p.m. April 13, according to his campaign website.
A spokesperson for the Republican National Committee confirmed Trump’s visit but shared no further details.
It will be Trump’s first visit to the Lehigh Valley of the 2024 election cycle. He will face President Joe Biden in the November general election, and recent polls in Pennsylvania indicate a close race. Pennsylvania, a key swing state, has 19 electoral votes, tied with Illinois for the fifth most votes that could determine the presidency.
The last time Trump visited that area was October 2020, when, in the closing days of his reelection campaign, he held a rally in Hanover Township, Northampton County. During that visit, he falsely claimed only “massive fraud” could explain a reelection loss, touted his response to the covid-19 pandemic and criticized Joe Biden as a “die-hard globalist” and said he would hurt Pennsylvania’s manufacturing industry.
Biden won Pennsylvania by a margin of about 80,000 votes in 2020.
The event also will take place ahead of the April 23 primary. Trump already has clinched the Republican nomination for president.
Biden visited the Lehigh Valley in January, touting his economic initiatives with small business owners in Emmaus and firefighters in Allentown.
Trump’s campaign is taking place in the shadow of his numerous legal battles, some of which could be decided before the election. The Republican nominee is facing multiple felony counts across two state courts and two federal districts for his alleged illegal business dealings, handling of classified documents and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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