WASHINGTON – Presidential candidate Donald Trump took a quick tour of Gettysburg National Military Park after delivering a speech near the historic Civil War site on Saturday.
Trump was greeted by park visitors and spent time speaking with a park ranger. He was joined by campaign staff as well as former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
The visit followed Trump’s speech laying out policies he’d seek to enact during his first 100 days as president.
The Republican nominee summarized the policy proposals he’s introduced over the course of the campaign. He says he’ll clean up corruption by pushing for new congressional term limits and by increasing restrictions on lobbying by former government officials.
He said he’ll deport without delay immigrants who are imprisoned for violent crimes. And he says he will cancel visas for countries that refuse to take such people back.
Trump also threatened to sue all of the women who have come forward in recent days accusing him of groping and sexual assault. He said the women are “liars” attempting to undermine his campaign. All will be sued once the election is over, he said Saturday.
He continued to make the case that the election is rigged against him, and complained that “corrupt” media are fabricating stories to make him look “as bad and dangerous as possible.”
Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, delighted thousands Saturday at the Circleville (Ohio) Pumpkin Show. He walked the streets, greeted supporters and climbed atop a flatbed trailer to examine prize-winning 1,500-pound pumpkins.
It was among several unannounced stops for Pence before his Saturday evening rally with Trump in Cleveland.
Circleville is reliable Republican territory. Mitt Romney won 58 percent in surrounding Pickaway County four years ago. Trump is trying to maximize his advantage outside Ohio’s largest cities in hopes of flipping a state President Barack Obama won twice.
Pence delivered the hard sell on Trump to conservative Christians in presidential battleground Ohio.
He told a Faith and Freedom Coalition gathering in Circleville that Trump is the right man to pick Supreme Court justices. He emphasized that Trump supports overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
Pence said Democrat Hillary Clinton would empower more “unelected judges” to use “unaccountable power” to make “unconstitutional decisions.”
The Indiana governor also said Trump would roll back a longstanding federal ban on churches engaging in explicit political activity, including endorsing candidates.
