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Economy | Pennsylvania

Under Trump, Pennsylvania’s Fracking, Steel, and Coal Jobs Down

By Chai Karve on October 29, 2020.

According to an analysis of economic data since early 2017, jobs in Pennsylvania’s coal, fracking, and steel industries have declined during President Donald Trump’s time in office despite his extensive promises on the 2016 campaign trail to preserve them.

Education | Pennsylvania

GOP Sen. Dan Laughlin Claims to Support Public Education, But Voted to Slash Funding

By Chai Karve on October 5, 2020.

During a debate last week, GOP Pennsylvania State Senator Dan Laughlin claimed to be “totally on board with public education” despite supporting legislation that would cut funding for public schools and funnel money to private schools. 

Accountability | Michigan

Trump’s Mishandling of COVID-19 Led To Economic Collapse In Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

By Chai Karve on June 25, 2020.

As the United States enters what looks to be a prolonged recession, more and more of the small town and rural voters in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin who sent President Donald Trump to the White House in 2016 are turning away from the president and towards Vice President Joe Biden. These voters are likely attracted to Vice President Biden’s long record of public service, including his instrumental efforts in helping steer the U.S. out of the Great Recession in 2009. 

Accountability | Pennsylvania

Biden’s Public Service, Pennsylvania Roots Contrast Trump’s Inherited Wealth and Chaotic Presidency

By Chai Karve on June 25, 2020.

With less than five months until the general election, more and more of the rural and small-town Pennsylvanians who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 are turning away from the President and towards former Vice President Joe Biden. Recent polling shows the VP with a commanding, 10-point lead in Pennsylvania. Voters in Pennsylvania are done with President Trump’s chaotic, weak, and divisive leadership, and they are responding positively to Joe Biden’s life experience and dignified record in public service.

Accountability | Pennsylvania

After Ignoring Warnings, Trump’s Negligence Flames Coronavirus Outbreak in Pennsylvania

By Cole Driver on March 26, 2020.

President Trump was warned by his own intelligence officials in January that COVID-19 was an imminent threat faced should the virus catalyze within U.S. borders,  and instead of taking immediate action to prevent further spread of the disease, the president continued to publicly deny it’s very existence. 

Accountability | Pennsylvania

In Scranton, President Trump Doubles Down On Threat to Slash Medicare & Social Security

By Cole Driver on March 6, 2020.

In a town hall on Fox News in Scranton, Pennsylvania last night, President Donald Trump admitted - for the second time in recent months - that he will seek to cut Medicare and Social Security if reelected to a second term.

Health Care | Pennsylvania

Trump Lawsuit Could Skyrocket Healthcare Costs, Kick 858,000 Pennsylvanians Off Insurance

By Cole Driver on March 3, 2020.

As President Trump travels to Pennsylvania on Thursday for a Fox News town hall, the Supreme Court has signaled it will hear the case for a Trump-backed lawsuit that could potentially strip millions from their health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act, including over 850,000 Pennsylvanians.

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