'Very Weird': Jimmy Kimmel Spots Trump's Strangest Scare Tactic Yet

Jimmy Kimmel said Donald Trump debuted a new scare tactic during a recent speech ― and it was odd even by the former president’s often wild standards.

“He gave a speech to members of the NRA in Harrisburg over the weekend where he gave them a very weird reason why he is needed back in the White House,” Kimmel said on Tuesday.

Trump told the crowd that if he’s not elected “we’re not gonna have Pennsylvania, they’ll change the name, they’re gonna change the name of Pennsylvania.”

Kimmel was stumped.

“It sounds a little far-fetched,” he observed. “Joe Biden is from Pennsylvania, why he would change the name of his home state is unclear. But just because something is completely made up doesn’t mean it isn’t worth fighting for.”

Kimmel rolled a mock campaign ad to save the state.

Check it out in his Tuesday night monologue:

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