Former President Donald Trump on Friday night attempted to appeal to senior voters in Reno, Nevada, by claiming that the Democratic Party “destroyed” them by ruining the economy with high inflation while seniors are still on a fixed income.
The speech comes as Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris focus their campaigns on seven critical swing states ahead of next month’s presidential election. The election appears to largely be coming down to Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Trump joked that he was “not a senior” for at least 10-15 more years, despite being 78-years-old, and said that he would eliminate taxes on things like social security and help build the economy back up.
“For the seniors, think of it. You’ve been destroyed on fixed incomes with inflation, they have destroyed you because of energy and because of the way they spent, like so stupidly, on the green new scam,” Trump told the crowd. “But you’ve been destroyed. Now, we have no tax on Social Security benefits for seniors. We owe that to you.” […]
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