Kamala Harris and Donald Trump quotes from their campaign stops in the Philly area

With most political experts saying Pennsylvania is the key swing state in Tuesday’s presidential election, it’s not surprising that Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have each decided in recent months to make the state a second home.

Combined, the candidates made it more than 50 stops and spent more than half a billion dollars on advertising in Pennsylvania as they tried to secure those crucial 19 electoral votes.

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And after all that time, energy and money, the polls Harris and Trump are still in a dead heat heading into Election Day.

To look back at some influential moments on the campaign trail, here are five quotes from each candidate in Southeastern Pennsylvania:

Kamala Harris

1. “In 91 days, the nation will know Coach Walz by another name: Vice President of the United States.”

– Bee Temple University’s Liacouras Center on Tuesday, August 6iMeet Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate.

2. “I know people are deeply disturbed by what is happening to that community in Springfield, Ohio, and it has to stop. And we have to say that you cannot be trusted to stand behind the seal of the President of the United States of America, engaging in that hateful rhetoric that, as usual, is designed to divide us as a country, is designed to make people point fingers at each other.”

– At a panel of the National Associate of Black Journalists in Philadelphia on Tuesday, September 17 ccriticizing Trump and running mate Senator JD Vance for spreading unsubstantiated claims that Haitian migrants in Springfield stole and ate neighbors’ pets.

3. “What is at stake in this race are the democratic ideals for which our founders and generations of Americans before us fought. In this election, the Constitution of the United States itself is at stake. We are here today because we share a core belief – that we must put country before party.”

– At Washington Crossing Historic Park in Bucks County on October 16where dozens of Republicans who support Harris’ candidacy joined her on stage.

4. “(Abortion) is probably one of the most fundamental freedoms that we Americans can imagine, namely the freedom to literally make decisions about your own body. And on some issues, I think we have to agree to put partisanship aside.”

– At a CNN town hall in Delaware County on Wednesday, October 23suggesting she would be open to ending the filibuster to codify abortion rights into federal law.

5. “Here in Pennsylvania, each of us now has the opportunity to make a difference. Because right now we are faced with a real question: What kind of country do we want to live in? The beauty of living in a democracy is that we , the people, have the choice to answer that question. So let us answer not only with our words, but also with our works.”

– In the Church of Christian Compassion on Sunday, October 27.

Donald Trump

1. “Few communities have suffered more under the Biden administration than Philadelphia. Under Crooked Joe, the City of Brotherly Love is ravaged by bloodshed and crime.”

– At Temple University Liacouras Center on Saturday June 22Trump’s first campaign rally in Philadelphia.

2. “Those two people who died are patriots. We love them. And because of them we got great music, right?”

– At the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Montgomery County, in front of a town hall on Monday, October 14 that turned into an impromptu concert after two medical emergencies prompted Trump to interrupt the question-and-answer session and play about 40 minutes of music.

3. “It actually requires great expertise to do it well and quickly.”

— Into a McDonald’s Feasterville–Trevose, Bucks County, on Sunday, October 20when he manned the chip station and answered questions through the drive-thru window.

4. “I shouldn’t have left, I mean, honestly. We did so well…”

-At an airport in Lititz, Lancaster County, on Sunday, November 3as he reflected, said he regretted leaving office the state of border security at the end of his term.

5. “I know it well, and we have helped you through many bad storms. No president has done more for Puerto Rico than I have.”

— During a roundtable discussion in Drexel Hill on Tuesday, October 29a few days after a comedian called Puerto Rico a “floating trash island” during a Trump rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City.