Senator John Fetterman claims former President Donald Trump has a “special connection” with Pennsylvanians, especially after the assassination attempt in Western Pennsylvania on July 13.
Fetterman made this observation during a conversation with The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg at the 2024 Atlantic Festival on Thursday. It’s astonishing how he acknowledges Trump’s influence yet fails to grasp the deep-rooted support for Trump among the people.
“Trump has created a special kind of hold within the coronet he’s remade – the party – and he has a special kind of place in Pennsylvania, and I think that only deepened after the first assassination attempt,” Fetterman said during the interview.
NEW: Dem Senator John Fetterman says Donald Trump has a "special" bond with Pennsylvania that only got stronger when he was shot in Butler.
The statement was Fetterman's attempt to get Harris' attention about the current situation in his home state.
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“I also want people to understand, you know, and it’s not science, but there is, there’s energy and there are kinds of anger on the ground in Pennsylvania — and people are very committed and strong,” he continued. “And I joked that his signs became like the state flower – and you see that everywhere.”
NEW: Dem Senator John Fetterman says Donald Trump has a "special" bond with Pennsylvania that only got stronger when he was shot in Butler.
The statement was Fetterman's attempt to get Harris' attention about the current situation in his home state.
"I trust her instincts &… pic.twitter.com/p7QIs1qbMD
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 22, 2024
Trump is returning to Butler, Pennsylvania for another rally in October. “By the way, we’re going back to Butler and we’re going to go back in October. We’re all set up and we’re the people are fantastic in Butler. It’s a big it’s a great area,” Trump told Elon Musk in an X spaces discussion last month.
“These are incredible people. Like the three that, in the case of Corey, killed, and the other two. The families are great, I’ve gotten to know them. But we’re going back to Butler.”
Despite what some pollsters claim about Vice President Harris leading over her Republican challenger, Fetterman remains unconvinced. He points to polls showing Hillary Clinton with a commanding lead before the 2016 election as if Democrats never learn from history.
“Everybody thought that it was in the bag, but that’s not the energy and the other kinds of things that were really consistent with what I’m witnessing all across,” Fetterman recalled. “And then, sadly, we saw what happened.”
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