Cambria County, where Johnstown is located, went 58 percent for Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. Though Clinton and Kaine found a friendly crowd inside the massive facilities of Johnstown Wire Technologies Saturday, they were in uphill-battle territory for her campaign. The Clinton campaign quickly shot that down, and McAuliffe backtracked. Terry McAuliffe suggested she’d back the deal with some changes. Kaine promised the union crowd that Clinton would oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership, something she’s said before, but which became a squishier issue this week when Gov. She pointed to a recent Moody’s analysis that declared Trump’s proposals would create a lengthy recession. “The state of Pennsylvania has lost one in three manufacturing jobs since China was put in the (World Trade Organization) with Hillary’s support,” a Trump campaign spokesman said.Ĭlinton and Kaine assured the crowd Saturday that she has the only workable economic plan in this race. The Clinton campaign has focused early on Pennsylvania and Ohio, and the Trump campaign put out a statement Saturday, likening Clinton’s visit to Johnstown to “a robber visiting their victim.” They’re a key demographic in important swing states, too, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan, Farnsworth said. “Catholics are one of the key swing groups in American politics,” Farnsworth said. “An aggressive argument by Kaine to counter that can only help the Democrats.” “For a long time Republicans have tried to claim that they were the religious party,” Farnsworth said. This connection could prove important, University of Mary Washington political scientist Stephen Farnsworth said. “‘Men for others’ really stuck with me,” Bonk said, repeating Kaine’s school’s motto. senator.ĭonald Bonk, whose family owned a grocery store in Johnstown for 41 years, said the story Kaine told at the Democratic National Convention, about attending a Jesuit school for boys, had gravity. “The fact that he never lost an election was impressive.”Ĭlinton mentions this on the campaign trail: Kaine has a perfect track record in races for city council, mayor of Richmond, lieutenant governor, governor and U.S. “I was raised Catholic, so that was impressive,” she said. “I’m still sort of pinching myself,” the senator said.ĭiane Enos, a social worker who attended the Johnstown rally, said Kaine “seems to have good values.” Kaine said he reached his son, Nat Kaine, a Marine who deployed this week to Europe, on the telephone Saturday, and that he spoke to the Clintons. E-Pilot Evening Edition Home Page Close Menu
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |