President Donald Trump on Tuesday visited the Mack Trucks facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania, to tout his economic agenda in a battleground district ahead of this fall's midterm elections.
Trump spoke to a crowd at the Mack Trucks facility while accompanied by Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., who represents the Keystone State's 7th congressional district where the plant is located. Mackenzie is running for reelection and will face Democratic challenger Bob Brooks this fall.
The president touted the impact of his economic policies on Pennsylvania, saying that they've helped boost job creation in the commonwealth with a particular focus on manufacturing jobs.
"More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country. And we've created over… 32,000 new jobs just starting in Pennsylvania alone. But you have to get credit for that," Trump said. "And in the last few months alone, we've added 2,600 Pennsylvania manufacturing jobs, and that number's going to go much higher as the factories start to open."
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