Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman said in an interview at the Atlantic Festival that former President Donald Trump had a “special” bond with his state's voters, one that has only deepened since the July 13 assassination attempt.
Trump survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, on July 13, which left Trump slightly injured, two attendees seriously injured, and former volunteer fire chief Cory Comperatore killed. Fetterman said he had no intention of “mansplaining” the situation to Vice President Kamala Harris, but noted that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was a “fantastic” candidate in the 2016 presidential election but ultimately lost to Trump. (Related story: 'I'm a quintessential Democrat': Battleground state voter says Biden-Harris economy and border crisis drove him to Trump campaign)
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“Trump has built a special platform. He's rebuilt the party and he has a special place in Pennsylvania,” Fetterman told interviewer Jeffrey Goldberg. “And I think that's only gotten stronger since the first assassination attempt.”
In head-to-head races in Pennsylvania, Harris leads Trump by 1.0 percentage points. According to According to the RealClearPolling poll average, Enlarge If we include other candidates such as Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein, Independent candidate Cornel West and Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver, the figure comes to 2.17%.
Fetterman, in his interview with Goldberg, said Clinton Take the lead In the 2016 election, he was leading in the polls in Pennsylvania against Trump, but lost to him in the key battleground state.
“Everybody thought the win was a sure thing, but the energy and other factors that I witnessed just didn't match up,” Fetterman told Goldberg. According to He told Fox News: “And sadly, we've found out what happened.”
National polls show Trump trailing Harris by 1.9 percentage points. average The vice president is leading in polls conducted between September 3 and 18. increase If Stein, West and Oliver are included in the survey, the figure is 2.1%.
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