MOUNT POCONO, Pa. \u2014 President Donald Trump traveled to this hardscrabble and politically competitive part of the country Tuesday to tout his economic record \u2014 insisting that he’s already the architect of “lower prices” and “bigger paychecks,” as a massive sign behind him proclaimed \u2014 while voters here and across the country say their bank accounts are still squeezed. <\/p>\n
“The only thing that is truly going up big, it\u2019s called the stock market and your 401(k)s,” Trump told a crowd of more than 1,000 supporters packed into a cozy ballroom at the Mount Airy Casino Resort, nestled in the Pocono Mountains. <\/p>\n
In hallmark fashion, he veered far off script and off the topic of affordability at times. He attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. \u2014 prompting a chant of “send her back” to Somalia \u2014 denigrated windmills, mocked transgender people and called his predecessor, Joe Biden, a “son of a b—-.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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