Trump in La Crosse: Town hall touches on IVF, economy, more
LA CROSSE, Wis. - Former President Donald Trump campaigned in battleground Wisconsin on Thursday night, participating in a town hall in La Crosse.
Former Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard moderated the town hall. She has backed Trump as the 2024 Republican nominee for president.
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"The stakes could not be higher than they are right now," Gabbard said.
The town hall's questions touched on a number of issues, including the economy.
"I’ve noticed that everything has become more expensive," Luke, a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse junior, said. "I also would like to buy a home someday, and that just seems impossible now."
"Your groceries are going to come tumbling down, and your interest rates are going to be tumbling down, and you’re going to go out and buy a beautiful house," Trump replied.
Trump also announced plans for government-paid in vitro fertilization.
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"It is a pretty difficult process. It is very, very expensive," Gabbard said of her own experience.
"The government is going to pay for it, or we’re going to mandate your insurance company to pay for it, which is going to be great," said Trump.
Democrats reacted to Trump's pitch for free IVF. A spokesperson for the Harris-Walz campaign accused the former president of lying.
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La Crosse is part of Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District – a swing area of a swing state. Trump won it in 2016 and 2020; those same years, voters reelected longtime U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, a Democrat. That changed in 2022 when Kind retired and Republican Derrick Van Orden narrowly won the seat. Van Orden will face Democrat Rebecca Cooke on the November ballot.