In his latest resurrection of an unusual campaign strategy, Donald Trump told Philadelphia voters whom was trying to woo that they live in one of the most corrupt places in the world.
He beat up on the city at a Philadelphia rally Saturday night, baselessly claiming the 2020 presidential vote was clearly rigged there because he lost.
Trump claimed the city was "one of the most egregious places anywhere in the world" for election cheating.
"They used COVID to cheat, they used a lot of things to cheat, but we're not going to let it happen again," Trump insisted in his unproven, undetailed claims.
The crowd at Temple University's Liacouras Center was largely silent after his comments, but negative shouts and some boos could be heard.
Earlier this month Trump bashed Milwaukee, Wisconsin, site of next month's Republican National Convention, in a meeting with GOP lawmakers as "horrible."
Defenders said he was referring to the crime rate in Milwaukee. But crime is down dramatically this year.
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania are key swing states in the presidential election. Only twice between 1932 and 1988 has a presidential candidate won the White House without also winning Pennsylvania.
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State Rep. Michael Kenyatta, who represents Philadelphia, shrugged off Trump's insults, complaining that the former president is "still crying about getting beat in the last election."
Despite Trump's claims, Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt, a Republican, was widely praised for his work as an elections commissioner to protect the integrity of the 2020 presidential vote even in the face of threats against him and his family from Trump supporters and harsh criticism from the candidate who lost.
