Posted on 09/20/2024 8:24:17 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman continues to be a thorn in his party's side from time to time. This is one of those times. And Kamala Harris and her campaign staff would be wise to listen to him. At issue for the mercurial senator is Donald Trump's relationship with some Keystone State voters, and how they now see the former president — and it's not good news at all for Kamala.
Fetterman not only said Trump has a special hold on his state; he also suggested the hold has grown stronger as a result of the first assassination attempt, which happened in Butler, Pa.
Trump has created a special kind of a hold … and he’s remade the party and he has a special kind of place in Pennsylvania, and I think that only deepened after that first assassination attempt.
And as is often the case in elections, Fetterman said voter "anger on the ground," which is likely primarily among blue-collar workers, will also be a factor in the state's election.
I also want people to understand … there’s energy and there’s kinds of anger on the ground in Pennsylvania, and people are very committed and strong. Trump is going to be strong and … we have to respect that.
Fetterman refused to bite when he was asked if he planned to give any advice to Harris.
I’m not going to sit down with a sitting vice president and tell her or say ‘Hey, no, no you better.' I’m certainly not going to mansplain that [to] the vice president, and she’s perfectly capable.
Oops. Fetterman was on a good roll, but Harris is "perfectly capable"? At what?
Flip-flopping like pancakes on a hot griddle? Word salads? Refusing to directly answer direct questions about her policies and the failures of the disastrous Biden-Harris administration? Avoiding interviews and press conferences with real journalists asking hard questions?
The list goes on, but the notion that Harris is perfectly capable of running an honest campaign, much less serving as president of the United States, is laughable — and scary as hell.
Recent polling in Pennsylvania is all over the proverbial map. Harris is up, "here," Trump is up, "there," and the numbers change daily. The bottom line seems to be a toss-up in the Keystone State, the election results of which could very well decide the election.
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As concerns about the state of the economy and inflation continue across the country, with roughly eight out of 10 registered voters (81 percent) saying the economy will be very important to their vote in the election, nowhere is it more important than in Pennsylvania.
The Trump campaign believes it can pull away some Black and Latino voters from Harris by appealing to minority voters who are socially conservative and worry about the state of the economy.
Biden won Pennsylvania in 2020 over Trump by 1.2 percentage points, while Trump carried the state by less than one percentage point over Hillary Clinton in 2016.
We're all tired of hearing it, but it's almost always the case; Pennsylvania will come down to voter turnout.
He respects Trump. And ties the politically correct line on the wasted whore.
I think Kamala Harris is a tough sell here in the Keystone State.
Hope so, but what about all the democRAT cheating that always seems to go on in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh?
Pennsylvania tidbits.
1) GOP registration is growing.
2) Population of Pennsylvania has declined over the past 4 years. About 40,000. This is a low enough number that it can be a matter of non-migration. Meaning, fentanyl and normal birth/death ratio issues. It is not the sort of change that would lead us to find out what sort of voters departed.
3) Blacks 12.6%. Hispanic of the Puerto Rico sort and 8%
4) Independents are only at 15%. ChatGPT quoted an article in the NY Sun to get the number
Shrinking cities
I’M THINKING FETTERMAN IS THE SMARTEST LEFTIE IN THE GROUP.
I HOPE HE DECIDES TO JOIN US...WE COULD US AN IDIOT SAVANT.
AND, I AM BEGINNING TO REEVALUATE HIM.
lol. uncle fetterman unexpectedly becomes the sanest dem left in their sick party.
based on his opinion alone, and i think he knows PA, if it weren’t for the fraud, i think Trump has already won PA. the polls are useless.
Well...when a “take” sounds good, it is nice to hear...but it is all a hypothetical.
The only time it is bad news for one candidate is when they actually lose and good news for the other candidate when they actually win.
So, when Pennsylvania is actually called for Trump on election night...that’s when it is bad news for Harris.
Fetterman is aiming to get on Trump’s good side, since he sees 2024 election is Trump’s.
Come on Maris,
Fetterman is so so bad
"I also want people to understand … there’s energy and there’s kinds of anger on the ground in Pennsylvania, and people are very committed and strong. Trump is going to be strong and … we have to respect that." Fetterman
Ping
I think there’s voter unrest, apprehension, fear and anger on the ground all over America. And it’s all because of Biden and Harris and what that regime that installed him in 2020/1.
There’s more of it out there than MSM wants to let everyone know, and it’s getting harder to hide it (e.g., Aurora and Springfield for example?). News dissemination from top to bottom (Mainstream to drive time) is controlled and highly biased so much that there’s no point in listening to them anymore.
It was Fetterman that pulled PA in 2020. Fetterman isn’t running 2024
Fetterman ran for the Senate in 2022 not 2020.
Bfl
Fetterman’s parents are life long Republicans. I think it’s rubbing off...and Fetterman seems to be a realist. I wouldn’t be surprised if he switches parties someplace down the road.
I heard the governor of PA say that they have Philadelphia, Pittsburg and a whole lot of Alabama in between.
The Philly area is so big....and so Dem...I’ll dig up the vote map for 2020.
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