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Battleground state voters signal possible shift as inflation rages: 'Under President Trump, it was better'
Pennsylvania residents expressed increasing concern about some Democratic policies, signaling a desire for change within the key battleground state.
“Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy spoke directly with voters in Allentown – a blue-leaning city that is 54% Hispanic – about their frustration, specifically with the economy.
One Allentown local said inflation has grown “excruciatingly high” over the past few years.
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“I can’t afford hardly anything,” another said.
Concern about rising grocery prices, gas prices and wages keeping up with costs were echoed throughout the community.
Although recent polling shows Kamala Harris performing better than Biden did among Hispanic voters, Republicans have made significant gains among the key demographic in recent years.
CNN elections analyst Harry Enten laid out recent polling showing that former President Trump jumped nearly 30 points in voters’ views of him being able to handle immigration and border security.
According to an April Axios/Ipsos poll, Latino Americans overwhelmingly believe Trump would be better for the economy and immigration than the Biden administration. The poll found that 20% of Latinos think Biden is “good for the U.S. economy,” while 42% of respondents said the same about Trump. As for immigration, 22% said Biden is “good” on the issue, while 29% said the same for Trump.
Former President Trump is ready to debate Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photographer: Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images | Photographer: Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The residents of Allentown reflect the trends seen in those polls.
“More Latino voters, Indian voters, they’re moving more into the right, more into Donald Trump,” one resident said. “Under President Trump, it was better. There was more people spending money, people who were like traveling more, spending, getting haircuts more often.
“Two years ago, everybody hated him. Now [the] majority are like, ‘no, I’m voting for Trump,’” another resident added.
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A number of residents expressed a possible interest in voting Republican, rather than sticking to the Democratic ticket.
“I was a Democrat, and I started to realize the policies that I was voting in wasn’t my standards or what I believed,” a woman told Campos-Duffy.
Another woman added, “The Republican Party has the values that we hold dear: That is God, family, life.”
Residents again and again offered stories of people shifting to the right. One man argued, “we got to get Trump into office” in order to fix the economy.
Earlier this week, VP Harris touted her economic message in Philadelphia at a rally to introduce Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.
“We fight for a future where we build a broad-based economy, where every American has the opportunity to own a home, to start a business, and to build wealth,” she said. “We fight for a future where we bring down prices that are still too high and lower the cost of living for America’s families, so that they have the chance not just to get by, but to get ahead,” she said.
Fox News’ Gabriel Hays, Remy Numa and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.
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GREENE TWP., Pa. (WKBN) – A 17-year-old Greenville boy on a minibike was killed in a crash over the weekend in Mercer County.
The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
A family member identified the victim as Ethan Guthrie, who attended Reynolds High School.
A Pennsylvania State Police report states that the teenager was driving a minibike traveling westbound on state Route 58 in the eastbound lane. A 2003 Lincoln Town Car driven by a 23-year-old man from Jamestown was traveling east in the eastbound lane.
The report states that the Town Car swerved to the right to avoid a head-on crash, while the minibike swerved to the left and hit the front end of the Town Car.
Guthrie, who was wearing a helmet, was transported to UPMC Greenville but died from his injuries.
Pennsylvania State Police were investigating the crash.
Hanna Erdmann and Kristen Hephner contributed to this report.
Rhode Island State Police said Tuesday that a dump truck that was left in the up position struck a bridge over Route 146 in Lincoln.
The crash happened at about 11 p.m. Monday at Breakneck Hill Road.
State police said their preliminary investigation showed the truck dumped a load of material south of Breakneck Hill Road, headed north with the dump body in the “full up” position and struck the overpass.
The driver complained of pain, but no other injuries were reported.
State police said Route 146 was shut down at 11:09 p.m. and re-opened at 2:10 a.m. after the truck was removed and Department of Transportation inspectors cleared the bridge. Traffic was detoured during the closure.
State police said they towed away the truck for inspection.
They said the truck is owned by A. Furtado’s Paving in East Providence, a private company sub-contracted by DOT. It was part of a paving project on Route 146.
Rabies is significantly on the rise among wild animals in Vermont, according to Vermont health officials. In response, the state and federal government are ramping up joint efforts to vaccinate wildlife against the disease.
Officials plan to put over 900,000 doses in bait they’ll distribute across 10 counties in Vermont. Workers in early May will drop the bait from low-flying aircraft in rural areas, and place it by hand in more densely-populated places.
Little blister packs covered in a waxy green coating will hold the vaccine. They’re scented to attract raccoons and skunks.
If you encounter these blister packs while you’re out, it’s important to leave them alone so wild animals can find them, said Vermont public health veterinarian Natalie Kwit.
“The way it works is they pick them up, they bite into it. It’s kind of like a pressurized liquid packet, and it bursts in their mouth, and then they swallow it, and it gets them vaccinated,” she said.
If your pet accidentally eats one of these blister packs, Kwit said they should be fine. But the health department wants you to call anyway to let them know.
Rabies is a deadly virus that attacks the brain and nervous system. Infected animals spread the disease through their saliva. In Vermont, it is most often found in raccoons, skunks, foxes, and bats.
There were 66 rabid animals reported in both 2024 and 2025, more than double the previous annual average in Vermont. So far this year, 16 animals have been found to be rabid. While counties across northern Vermont have been affected, the greatest number of recent cases have been in Orleans County.
The vaccine bait drop is a joint project between the state and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which has been running the program across the eastern seaboard since the 1990s.
Officials also plan to conduct the regular, annual statewide bait drop in August. This year is the fourth consecutive year that Vermont has scheduled an extra bait drop in response to rising cases.
Rabies cases are up nationally, although officials say they’re still trying to understand why.
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