What he called them · Between terms · № 106
Told a Pennsylvania rally that Philadelphia 'has become a killing field'
“So Philadelphia has become, as you heard, many times over the last short period of time, worse than it's ever been, it's become a killing field.”
- Said
- , Political rally, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
- Subject
- Philadelphia
- Target
- American cities
- Place
- Philadelphia
- Topic
- Justice & the courts
- Era
- Between terms
What happened
In the same speech he called for the death penalty for drug dealers. He used 'killing field' for other places as well: on Oct. 1, 2022 in Warren, Michigan, he told the crowd 'Your cities and towns have become an absolute killing field' before describing a shooting in Detroit, and on Aug. 3, 2024 he said Atlanta was 'like a killing field.'