Trump and Vance promote a “crime-free America” at campaign events in the Midwest

Vice President Kamala Harris is the “most radical presidential candidate ever,” Trump claimed. “She is so far left you can't even imagine it” and “backtracks on issues like police funding.”

“She has always been in favor of defunding the police,” Trump added.[Minnesota Gov. Tim] Walz is just as far left. Nobody has ever seen anything like it, and the press gives them free rein.”

If re-elected, Trump said he would increase federal support for local police to “stop the crime wave in Kamala.”

Trump claimed during Tuesday's event that there had been a 43% increase in violent crime in the country during the Biden-Harris administration, including a 58% increase in rape and an 89% increase in aggravated assault.

“They tried to pretend everything was great,” Trump said. “Crime in America is out of control.”

He said he would give local police “a lot of help” to make the country’s streets safe for everyone.

“We want a crime-free America,” Trump said. “We will end violent crime in the United States.”

In his speech, Trump said that most of the country's 25 largest cities were run by Democrats, but people were leaving these cities for fear of violent crime.

“For the past four years, the Marxist left has waged a war on law enforcement in America,” Trump said, citing New York as an example.

“New York State is in terrible shape,” he said. “Law enforcement is decimated. There is no justice in New York.”

He called Harris the “leader of this crusade against the police” and accused her of “pro-crime and anti-police tendencies.”

Trump said he would support police and “crack down on Marxist district attorneys who refuse to do their jobs” and called Harris the “godmother of sanctuary cities” while accusing her of protecting illegal immigrants who were crack dealers from deportation during her tenure as California's attorney general.

Trump said Harris created the $950 cap on prosecuting shoplifters, eliminated bail for violent criminals and raised money to bail out arsonists and rioters in Minneapolis.

“You're going to see a level of crime like you've never seen before,” Trump warned, saying he would ensure the Justice Department worked with the victims of crime, not the perpetrators.

Before Trump's rally on Tuesday, Harris' campaign team called Howell the “Ku Klux Klan capital of Michigan,” even though the city is represented by Democrat Elissa Slotkin and President Joe Biden will hold an event there in 2021.

Slotkin won the Democratic Party nomination for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Debbie Stabenow, against former Representative Mike Rogers.

Howell is located about 55 miles northwest of Detroit.

During his visit to Kenosha early Tuesday, Vance said voters have a choice between two approaches to policing and public safety.

“Vice President Kamala Harris, the actual sitting president, says she wants to defund the police,” Vance said. “She's a person who wants to change violent crime laws so that people who commit sex crimes against minors are not considered violent offenders.”

Vance compared Harris to Trump, who he said supports police and “supported the Democrats” during his presidency by making it easier for police to do their jobs.

Trump's pro-police policies “ensure that every child in America has access to a fundamental right: public safety in their neighborhood,” Vance said.

“The vast majority of violent crimes in this country today remain unsolved,” Vance added. “If you are attacked – God forbid – in your own community, the crime is more likely today to remain unsolved.”

He said the current leadership in the White House is the reason why violent crimes often go unsolved.

Vance said Trump would abolish sanctuary cities and replace them with law-abiding cities, deport illegal immigrants and introduce the death penalty for drug dealers.

Trump will also oppose frivolous lawsuits against police officers and stand up to “lenient prosecutors,” Vance said. “All of this is just common sense.”

Vance referred to the 2020 Kenosha riots, saying Trump promised to send police if requested, but Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers initially refused help but accepted it a few days later when the riots turned violent.

Vance said that even without Trump's additional help, Kenosha – located about 40 miles south of Milwaukee – would still be recovering from the unrest.