Pennsylvania official rebukes Donald Trump for saying capital city 'looked like a war zone'
REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
At a campaign rally Tuesday, Trump said the city of 49,673, which he had recently flown over in his private jet, "looked like a war zone where you (once had) these massive plants," according to The Associated Press.
A Harrisburg city official fired back Tuesday night:
"Mr. Trump has made an unfortunate mistake in disparaging Pennsylvania's capital city after a mere glance from the window of his airplane," Joyce Davis, the city's director of communications, said in a statement released Tuesday.
"Harrisburg is renowned as the heart of our commonwealth and a capital of unique beauty and charm. Mr. Trump should know that Harrisburg and its residents are an integral part of the United States, which he is vying to lead."
along w/ insulting babies & a Gold Star family, Trump also compared Harrisburg to a "war zone" Harrisburg responds: pic.twitter.com/HuVFSmORK9
- Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) August 2, 2016
Throughout his presidential campaign, Trump has repeatedly insisted that he is going to win Pennsylvania, which is a crucial battleground state.
"I think we're going to win Pennsylvania easily," Trump said during a news conference in North Dakota after he clinched the GOP nomination in May.
Trump's war zone comment came amid a string of attacks within the last week targeting a Gold Star family, fire marshals, House Speaker Paul Ryan and a crying baby.
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