Fetterman: Trump ‘Understands’ Importance of Pennsylvania in Election
It is not often former President Donald Trump and Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) agree on something. But the Republican presidential nominee and Democratic senator have concurred on one issue — the road to the White House…
It is not often former President Donald Trump and Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) agree on something.
But the Republican presidential nominee and Democratic senator have concurred on one issue — the road to the White House goes through Pennsylvania.
Fetterman appeared on “Fox News Sunday” and explained how the Keysone State has become the keystone of the Nov. 5 election. The state also made an impact in 2016 and 2020 elections, per The Hill.
Fetterman said the election in Pennsylvania will be “very competitive.”
He pointed to the tens of thousands of people who attended Trump’s Saturday rally in Butler, Pa., the site of the first assassination attempt on Trump in July.
“That’s why I’m spending my time in small rooms all across Pennsylvania and red counties,” Fetterman said.
“I’m going to be all across Pennsylvania because we’re going to fight for every last vote,” the senator added. “And Trump understands that Pennsylvania picks the president. Our side definitely knows this, and we’ve seen that happen both in 2016 and in 2020.”
Fetterman said in September he thought Trump “has created a special kind of a hold” on Pennsylvania voters.
This “hold” deepened in July after the first attempted assassination of Trump.
With a little more than four weeks before the election, the race between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is very close in the battleground states.
A Decision Desk HQ/The Hill average of polls reveals Harris having slight leads in the battleground states of Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Trump has narrow leads in Arizona and Georgia.