On the ground in Pennsylvania: Catholics are key swing voters in Harris-Trump showdown

The fight is on for Pennsylvania!

Tucker Carlson, Jack Posobiec (Catholic), and Alex Jones did a live (uncensored) event in Reading, PA this week.
(They appeared to have alot of support there in Reading!)


@WarriorAngel

On Saturday, October 5th, 2024, President Donald J. Trump will return to Butler, Pennsylvania to hold a rally on the very same ground where he came within a quarter of an inch of losing his life less than three months ago.

President Trump’s return to Butler will mark his first visit to the site of the attack since he was struck by an assassin’s bullet on July 13th—but was saved in what the world has recognized as an act of divine providence.

During his visit, President Trump will honor the memory of Corey Comperatore, who heroically sacrificed his life to shield his wife and daughters from the bullets on that terrible day. President Trump will also recognize the two other Americans who were wounded by the shooter, David Dutch and James Copenhaver. He will express his deep gratitude to law enforcement and first responders, and thank the entire community for their outpouring of love and support in the wake of the attack.

Kamala Harris’ Pennsylvania Problem​

Joe Biden’s local ties and cultural roots kept him competitive in culturally conservative northeastern Pennsylvania. Harris’ prospects in the heavily Catholic, working-class region there are dicier.

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania — America’s second Catholic president was visiting his childhood neighborhood in April, when he employed a bit of ritualized Irish Democratic politicking.

“I’m Joe Biden,” he introduced himself to a patron at a small coffee shop gathering in Green Ridge, long a bastion of Irish-Catholic families who work in law and politics. “I went to St. Paul’s.”

The greeting, an echo of the old Catholic habit of identifying oneself by church parish, was Biden’s homage to the parochial nature of Scranton, home to one of the nation’s highest concentrations of white Catholics.

Biden’s local ties and cultural roots helped lift him to victory in 2020 here in Lackawanna County, the population hub of increasingly red northeastern Pennsylvania. In this most Catholic part of the swing state with the second-highest Catholic population, Biden ran ahead of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 pace, enabling his narrow, one percentage point statewide victory.

But now, as Democrats battle for the state with Kamala Harris as the nominee, their chances of winning in the region or performing well enough there to carry the state are looking considerably dicier. It’s not just the loss of Biden — an older, white, Catholic man with an affinity for the working class — from the top of the ticket that worries local Democrats. It’s the cultural dissonance with Harris, a Californian and woman of color who has spearheaded the party’s post-Dobbs abortion messaging. That profile makes her an awkward fit in a closely watched, economically hard-pressed working-class region that’s historically been a locus of anti-abortion activity.

JD Vance event at Pa. restaurant spirals into chaos after manager briefly turns away pol despite dozens of supporters waiting inside​

This sandwich shop just got caught in a pickle.

Pennsylvania favorite Primanti Brothers is scrambling to avoid blowback after turning away vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance when he tried to make a campaign stop Saturday.

The Ohio senator was initially stopped at the doors of the shop Saturday afternoon while attempting to make a campaign stop – as staff said they were not given advanced notice.

A manager of the store initially turned the campaign away – despite dozens of people waiting inside for a chance to meet the candidate.

After being turned away at the door, Vance addressed disappointed and outraged supporters in a video posted by an attendee to ‘X’.

“[The manager] just freaked out a little bit because there were a lot of people and she didn’t want to make her restaurant part of a campaign stop,” Vance said in the parking lot outside the 90-year-old business.

“We went in there, we paid for everybody’s food, we gave them a nice tip, and of course when I gave them a nice tip I said ‘no taxes on tip’,” Vance added.

The junior senator from Ohio also made clear that Primanti Brothers is still on his good side and attempted to shield the small business from any ire.

“It’s alright, don’t hold it against her, she just got a little nervous. But it’s a great local business, keep on supporting it, and most importantly, on November 5th go vote. Let’s go win this thing.”

Later, Primanti Brothers would allow Vance and his supporters to meet inside the restaurant and issued a statement in an attempt to avoid a conservative boycott.

“Our doors are open to all patrons who wish to dine with us,” the statement reads.