L. MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. – They stood in the rain for hours raising their voices and waiving homemade signs.
“I don’t like what Trump is doing to our country,” said protester Debbie Meeker.
The protestors hoped President Trump might catch a glimpse of their signs as he went into the Mack Trucks facility in Lower Macungie Township.
“Remind him that he works for the people, not for himself, and stop using or wasting our tax dollars,” said protester Rosa Uribe.
“I think he’s coming here to once again spread his own false reality about what he believes that Pennsylvanians are going through,” said Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel.
Siegel says the protestors are fueled by tough economic times, inflation and high gas prices.
Trump visited Mack following an announcement the company would be building military dump trucks. Siegel says he is happy the contract will provide jobs but says it doesn’t outweigh the damage the Trump Administration has done to our country.
“One $47-million contract to the union and UAW doesn’t make up for the fact that this administration has decided to defund health care and food benefits for veterans and families to build ballrooms and monuments to themselves,” Siegel says.
The rain-soaked protestors agree.
Their signs and chants are a plea for change.
“He’s trying to make this authoritarian state, where once again, people have to stand up and say no. With the lack of civility, where citizens are turned against one another, we have to stop and say no more,” said protester Michael Corso.
The protests were peaceful and wrapped up after the president arrived at Mack Trucks.