Walz campaigns with Fetterman in deep red York County

WEST MANCHESTER TWP — The day after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz debated U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) in New York, he rallied supporters in York County, a traditionally protected Republican area.

“Did anyone watch last night’s debate?” Walz asked the crowd of more than 2,000 people at the York fairgrounds. “Not bad for a football coach, not bad.” The audience rewarded Walz with thunderous applause.

The Democratic vice presidential candidate said the 90-minute primetime showdown was a “civil but spirited debate,” adding that he was not disrespecting Vance. He described the GOP vice presidential candidate as a “smart talker” but accused him of trying to “rewrite history” and “mislead Americans” about former President Donald Trump’s past.

“This is gas lighting,” Walz said.

Survey conducted after the debate Politico/Focaldata found that voters were split 50/50 about who won Tuesday’s debate, and average of other surveys showed that although Vance had a slight advantage, most viewers saw no clear winner.

“I talked to the Americans yesterday,” Walz said. “Especially at that moment, I felt like Senator Vance was speaking to an audience of one,” suggesting Vance was trying to peaceful Trump down.

Walz said there was one moment toward the end of the debate that he described as “totally disqualifying” for Vance.

“Mike Pence did his duty, kept his oath, and chose the Constitution over Donald Trump,” Walz said, referring to the former vice president’s decision to certify the 2020 election results while ignoring Trump’s comments.

“You see, in that 88th minute last night, when Senator Vance’s damned lack of response made it clear that he would always make a different choice than Mike Pence,” Walz added.

Tim Walz and JD Vance engage in a tense, largely cordial vice presidential debate

Vance he stated on the record that he would not vote for approval election results and would instead call on states to “submit alternative voter rolls.”

“Tim Walz’s post-debate cleanup in Pennsylvania will not help Pennsylvanians endure another four years of rising prices, open borders and global disaster,” Trump campaign spokesman Kush Desai told the AP. “This will simply be another reminder to Pennsylvanians to cast their ballots to return to the peace, prosperity and stability of the Trump administration.”

However, Tuesday’s clash between Vance and Walz is the last scheduled debate in this series Harris AND Vance they previously said they would be open to more.

Walz stood by hay bales during Wednesday’s rally, touting Harris’ agenda on a wide range of issues but placing particular emphasis on rural voters. He referred to his upbringing in a diminutive town in Nebraska.

“We need to take our values ​​into account and talk about them in areas where we know we don’t just care about your vote,” Walz said. “We believe that these rules will improve your lives. We believe these things will help you.”

“Kamala has laid out a plan and she talks about an opportunity economy that includes agricultural and energy communities, just like this area of ​​Pennsylvania, where things that matter are accepted,” he added.

Vance highlighted Harris’ position on increasing the diminutive business tax credit, first-time homeowners are planningand focus on trying to solve the problem of price gouging by vast corporations. He also discussed women’s reproductive rights and supporting gun safety laws, even though he was a gun owner himself.

Walz also suggested that Pennsylvania should implement same-day voter registration like Minnesota.

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman (R-Pa.), a York County native who has been a fixture in Democratic outreach in rural areas of the Commonwealth, touted his roots in the region and repeated an attack on Vance that Walz has made for several months in the past.

“The other vice presidential candidate,” Fetterman said. “I work with him.”

“So you might think, is he really that weird,” he added. “And I’m here to say yes, I can confirm it.”

Fetterman, a former lieutenant governor who won the 2022 U.S. Senate race, compared Vance to his opponent, Mehmet Oz.

“They were both once fulfilled people, but then they decided to sell their souls to focus solely on MAGA,” Fetterman said.

Fetterman said he is “calling on” the media to cover the election, saying there is a “clear difference” between the Democratic and Republican mandates.

York County Commissioner Doug Hoke said it doesn’t matter to Harris-Walz’s mandate whether you’re from a red or blue state, and added that Trump’s tenure hasn’t helped his community, which is largely rural.

“Trump had his chance, but as president he did the opposite,” Hoke said on stage. “Trump showed us what he would do. It will turn us away from rural America to help big corporations, special interests and billionaires.”

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Edward Ritter, a York County native and engineer, is running for Pennsylvania House District 47 as a Democrat against state Rep. Joe D’Orsa (R-York).

Ritter told the Capital-Star that he was a Republican for 40 years, but switched to Independent in 2014 and recently switched to the Democratic Party to challenge D’Orsi. He describes himself as a “middle-of-the-road” man running in a conservative district, but he believes certain messages from the Harris-Walz ticket could sway some voters.

“I admit they will never delight the number one MAGA voter,” Ritter told the Capital-Star. “But secondly, they must respond strongly to January 6 and the result on January 6, because it was absolutely an attempt to overturn a free and fair election. And it was, it was mean. It was beyond all expectations.”

He said he had several Republican friends and neighbors who had promised to vote for him and who said they “couldn’t stand” what happened on Jan. 6.

“So I think if they focus hard on that, they’ll attract some independents,” he said of Harris’ campaign. “They will attract some Republicans. You know, Republican law and order voters, not MAGA voters.

Wednesday was Walz’s fifth visit to Pennsylvania since joining the Democratic Party for vice president, and his second visit to central Pennsylvania.

Walz is campaigning in Erie, an influential county in Pennsylvania

September 24 The first “Republicans for Harris” coalition was formed as part of the Harris campaign. in-person meeting with remarks by Georgia Gov. Geoff Duncan, former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh of Illinois and former U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock of Virginia in Lancaster County as part of a broader effort to venture into rural areas and regions they previously leaned toward towards conservative views.

The campaign includes 50 coordinated offices across the Commonwealth, including field offices in Conservative areas, including York County.

IN 2016Trump won York County by 29 points over Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump defeated Biden by 25 points in York County 2020.

Harris was originally scheduled to join Walz on the bus trip, but instead went to Georgia after Hurricane Helene.

Walz arrived at Harrisburg International Airport on Wednesday afternoon and was greeted by Fetterman, his wife Gisele Fetterman, Attorney General Michelle Henry, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Angela Ferritto, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Maurice Cobb and the Pennsylvania Building and Construction Trades Council Chairman Rob Bair.

After the rally in York County, Walz went to Flinchbaugh’s Orchard and Market in York County and to Mofongo Restaurant, a diminutive Puerto Rican family business located in Reading, a city populated by Hispanics According to 2020 census data, 69%..

The Trump campaign also tried this recruit Latino voters in the area and opened a campaign office in Reading in June.

Questionnaire consistently shows Harris and Trump deadlocked by Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes.

Cook Political Report assesses the presidential race in Pennsylvania as a failure.

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