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National political reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Syracuse U grad. I love theater, Philly sports and em dashes.

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2 years
Today in PA Sen news...Oz attacked Fetterman for having two convicted murderers on his staff, calling for him to fire them. They are Lee and Dennis Horton, brothers whose convictions were widely criticized and who ultimately were granted clemency by the Board of Pardons 5-0.
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Biden campaign response to Pa Congressmen calling for investigation into Biden's use of Amtrak for campaign. (Biden paid for the charter) "Anyone can charter a train with Amtrak. Last time we checked, no one can charter the White House South Lawn for a political convention" (1/2)
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Biden gets a standing ovation from the AFL-CIO convention here in Philly. “It’s good to be home,” he says “You’re a gigantic reason why I’m standing here, and I mean it.”
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(2/2) "Instead of wasting time on political stunts, congressional Republicans should stop ignoring Donald Trump's blatant abuses of taxpayer money and government resources." - @thematthill Letter GOP leaders sent to Amtrak:
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Pretty ugly out here. Things being yelled at Shapiro/Fetterman rally attendees as they walk in: “Wait til your grandchild dies of an overdose.” “You support pedophiles.” “If you loved that little boy you wouldn’t vote this way.” Dad just responded: “You people are nazis.”
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I asked Fetterman in May how his Board of Pardons work would impact him in a general election: “I know [attack ads] will come," he said then. "But to be worried about those ads is to say, ‘I’ll let you die in prison because of my own political insecurity'"
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4 years
Pennsylvania's 20 electors have officially cast all 20 of its votes for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
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2 years
Breaking - crudités at the Fetterman party.
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They spent 27 years behind bars, maintaining their innocence, counseling fellow inmates, organizing restorative justice programs. The man who confessed to the murders was released in 2008.
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The brothers, who picked up a man in 1993 unaware he had just committed a robbery and murder, were convicted of second-degree murder, which carried an automatic life sentence. Lee was 27 at the time, a husband and father of four. Dennis was 23 and engaged to be married.
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Sanders campaign just announced they’re opening five field offices in PA - Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Scranton, and Allentown. They’re also staffing up an additional 16 people here.
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Meanwhile, former Congressman Jim Greenwood, a Republican, speaking now as rally gets underway. Says as he walked in, he was called a traiter and told he was going to hell. “I ain’t worried about that. I consider the source,” he tells the crowd. “I am all in for Josh Shapiro.”
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4 years
Lots of Trump boats converging on the Delaware right now
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OLYPHANT, Pa. — Think the country’s divided? Try this duplex.
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Melania’s story is personal and fits perfectly with the ‘Land of Opportunity’ theme. “As an immigrant and a very independent woman, I understand what a privilege it is to live here and to enjoy the privilege and freedoms we have.”
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Statement from GOP on city attorney ID'd in Trump vandalism video is pretty brutal.
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Biden's PA barnstorm today includes stops in all three counties that swung from Obama to Trump in 2016: Erie, Luzerne and Northampton.
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At Biden Town Hall in Greenwood, man challenges Biden on 3 million deportations. “You should vote for Trump then,” he cuts him off. “I’m not gonna do that,” man responds.
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About 700 people checked in and waiting for ⁦ @PeteButtigieg ⁩ at rally outside Reading Terminal Market right now.
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I took a bus from Harrisburg to DC with Trump supporter and trip organizer Ben Philips yesterday. As he drove down, he told me: "It seems like the first day of the rest of our lives." He died in DC yesterday. My story:
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This would not have been a problem in Philly.
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The Post tried eating at NYC’s finest restaurants dressed like Sen. John Fetterman — see how it went
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Outside Biden’s childhood home in Scranton, people stopping to take selfies as cars honk in celebration, driving up and down the street.
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These “Please Disturb” door hangers were put on doors in the Marriott last night where Moms for Liberty is staying for its conference. Members of @AgendaPAC which advocates for LGBTQ issues, did the blanketing.
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“Joe Biden knows there’s a lot more to Pennsylvania than Philadephia and Pittsburgh,” Lt. Gov. John Fetterman says intro-ing Biden in Johnstown.
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3 years
News: state Rep. @malcolmkenyatta 's endorsement announcement coming Wednesday is SEIU (all four affiliated locals), sources tell me. Hearing several Philadelphia electeds will also back his U.S. Senate run then.
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2 years
Political fundraising texts give real ex-boyfriend texting after midnight energy.
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Natalie Allison
2 years
For the last few days, Dr. Oz has been threatening in his fundraising texts to “call it quits” if more people don’t donate >
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“We’ve got a president from Scranton!” @Scranton_Mayor Paige Cognetti tells crowd.
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Buttigieg opens with his unity message for a post Trump era: “Our country is made of people...you can’t love our country if you hate half the people who are in it.”
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Update in PA: That 600,000 vote lead Trump had when we all woke up is now under 300K with still about 690k mail-ins left to count.
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"So over and over, county elections officials across Pennsylvania said the same thing: They’re not thinking about who’s winning, or about all the eyes on Pennsylvania. They’re busy counting votes." Read @Elaijuh on the people behind Pa's vote count.
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5 years
Spotted ⁦ @JulianCastro ⁩ chatting with a voter in Detroit on his way to the debates. (He’s watching tonight, debating tomorrow).
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2 years
Inbox: The Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers endorses Conor Lamb for Senate. The teachers union represents more than 3,000 active professionals in the Pittsburgh Public Schools, as well as 350 retirees in the Pittsburgh area.
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Malcolm Kenyatta is running for auditor general. He’s announcing his candidacy today in Harrisburg, along with several early Dem endorsements. “I’ve been called an underdog a lot of times and I do believe we need an underdog as the watchdog,” he said.
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Excited to share that I'm taking on the role of national political reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer! I can't wait to continue covering my favorite topic from the lens of this critical state and to lead our coverage of the 2024 presidential election.
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Elmo is also here at Girard. Biden and Harris slated to speak in about 15 min.
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2 years
Fetterman crowd reacts to CNN calling the governor’s race for Josh Shapiro
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PA Senate fundraising update: Mehmet Oz puts up some underwhelming numbers ending Q2 with $1.1 million cash on hand after a quarter where the campaign brought in $3.8 million, including a $2.2 million loan from Oz. Fetterman raised $11 million and had $5.5 million cash on hand.
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4 years
Biden's first virtual town hall just had a LOT of technical difficulties. I don't think it went live until close to 7:20 (unless it was just my feed) & it just ended at 7:45. Not sure if it was supposed to only be 25 minutes. The challenges of campaigning during the coronavirus..
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Dauphin County Dems, one of the last large county Dem groups to vote, broke down this way: Kenyatta: 57% Fetterman: 28% Conor: 14% Kenyatta fell just short of the endorsement.
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In Keynote montage at DNC, ⁦ @malcolmkenyatta ⁩ thanks Biden for supporting his right to marry the man he loves. Fiancé pops on screen and adds “Appreciate you, man.”
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Oz is now in Kensington where he just picked up a needle as he talked about the drug crisis here with barber shop owner Jose Alicea-Muniz.
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Sheila Armstrong tells Oz about her nephew and brother who were shot and killed in Philly. She says she’s “fed up with the system that’s playing politics with the lives of people in this community.” That’s Democratic state Rep. Chris Rabb seated next to her.
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4 years
At least 100+ boats out here. Though they don’t teach boat crowd counting in j-school.
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“We’ve been called the armpit of Lackawanna County. Trump supporters have been called white trash, the rednecks, and the hillbillies. And now they’re like, ‘Yeah, OK, we are. And, you know what? We just registered Republican and we’re gonna vote.’”
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For months there were warnings that if the presidential election dragged on past Election Day, Philadelphia could be the site of mass civil unrest or political violence. But something very different happened. The city danced. Read ⁦ @anna_orso
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2 years
NEW: Fetterman's primary care doctor released a letter via the campaign showing he's in good physical health, "has no work restrictions." Story here:
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Asked to name a *living* Democrat that they admire at this GOP Senate debate: Gale - no answer Sands - JFK Barnette - Joe Manchin Bartos - Joe Manchin and Joe Lieberman Bochetto: Joe Manchin
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Instead of incessantly refreshing the PA results page, I spent today out talking to voters in Northeast Pa. and people on both sides had some thoughtful, dare I say hopeful (?) takes given the tension of the moment:
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Pennsylvania fish and game says at least 500 boats are out here.
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@PhillyMayor ⁩ Kenney endorses ⁦ @ConorLambPA ⁩ for Senate. “I wanna win,” Kenney said. “I don’t wanna be a mercenary about it — all the things I like about him are true — but as much as I respect everybody else in the Dem field, I believe he’s the person that can win.”
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Biden just brought Jana Curtis’ daughter on stage to get a round of applause. Curtis, who founded Get the Lead Out Riverwards, had just spoken about the terror of realizing her daughter had a blood level four times what it should have been when she was 12 months old.
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Official today: I'm covering the 2020 presidential election for the @PhillyInquirer ! I'll be looking mostly at the race through the lens of battleground PA, with a focus on voters. Send tips/story ideas to jterruso @inquirer .com. Where's everyone watching the debates?
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Jill Biden hosted a virtual fundraiser tonight with @RGIII @EmmittSmith22 and @calvinjohnsonjr . Joe Biden crashed it early on, football in hand, to say hi. Jill threw some friendly shade at Smith for being a Cowboy while wearing her Eagles T-shirt.
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Fetterman’s absense at a Black clergy forum has sparked criticism over how willing he is to face scrutiny. “If you’re gonna run for this position you have to make time for this community,” said Rev. Mark Tyler of Mother Bethel. W/ ⁦ @JonathanTamari
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Buttigieg has a huge crowd here. Among the biggest. He tells crowd ��answering the crisis of belonging in America means understanding where everyone has a place in the future.”
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Rally is packed and some people had to be turned away. Energy is high and several women pointed out to me that they missed the Eagles opener for this.
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Small group standing by Biden’s motorcade outside City Hall, some listening to his speech on their phones. Cole Berman, 24, standing with the flag said “this is a movement in our history we need to recognize and focus on.” Said he’ll vote for Biden in person in Montco today.
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Andrew Yang on stage now says he was inspired to run for president by Andy Stern, a former leader of SEIU from Philly who also recommended a dividend (similar to Yang's $1,000 a month plan).
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Malcolm Kenyatta talks a lot about his working class background on the campaign trail. In a field with two white men from more affluent backgrounds -- and across the aisle from a GOP field with four millionaires, he's hoping it helps him stand out.
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Inbox: Biden coming to Philly for MLK day tomorrow to volunteer at Philabundance.
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New: Biden is coming to Philadelphia next Saturday to rally with union members. It'll be his first political event since announcing reelection.
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Fetterman returns to the Senate with a vote to advance a nominee for deputy under secretary of defense toward nomination. He walked into the largely empty chamber with Sen. Casey, who also voted yes.
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Scott Richardson, who owns Occasionally Yours catering in Swarthmore, just told Biden he voted for Trump in 2016 but no longer has faith in him. “He didn’t do any long-range planning,” he said of Covid response. “Anything we’ve done has been a reactive thing.”
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VP Harris met with William and Robert Buckley (president and vice president of the construction company that is rebuilding I-95.) She then posed with workers on-site. I-95 Southbound near the collapse site was closed during the brief visit.
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7 years
Broad and Walnut. #eagles #SuperBowl
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PA Dems just posted then took down this tweet referring to William Way funding getting pulled (…by Senators from their own party).
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2 years
Oz campaign says this morning that Fetterman saying he’ll debate is just another distraction from him not debating. Gonna need more coffee for today.
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Pole climbing champions
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Lee has been challenging authority since she was a teenager arguing with a teacher about Christopher Columbus’ role in history. Her political career has been an ongoing battle against the status quo. My profile on PA’s first Black congresswoman.
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Fetterman, Davis and Shapiro closing out the rally here in Bucks. A lot of “go save democracy” rallying calls. But working the crowd beforehand, that’s what people are feeling. “Stakes are through the roof,” one voter said.
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Toomey says if Fetterman “is not able to communicate effectively, engage with the press..his colleagues…he would not be able to do the job. It’s just not possible to be an effective Senator if you cannot communicate.”
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And the first of many Crisco-defying pole climbers. #eagles #SuperBowl
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4 years
Can’t tell you how many people keep telling me to “stay safe in Philly,” as if it’s on fire. It is not.
@PhillyPolice
Philadelphia Police Department
4 years
**Yesterday' s Civil Unrest Information Update** Over the Last 24 Hours: 2 arrests 0 injured officers 0 Looting incidents 0 damaged vehicles 0 ATM explosion
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New: ⁦ @DA_LarryKrasner ⁩ endorses ⁦ @ewarren ⁩ following ⁦ @PhillyMayor ⁩ endorsement last week.
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Fetterman crowd as MSNBC makes a projection…
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Fetterman DelCo rally takeaways: -Longest speech I’ve seen Fetterman give at one of these - spoke for about 25 min. -He’s giving a more direct response to the crime attacks -Regional debut of a “MOZ-triano” pun 🙄 -DelCo was the rowdiest crowd I’ve seen yet
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Just checked with the party. Lamb needed 176 on the second ballot. He got 169 so he did come VERY close to hitting that 2/3 threshold for the endorsement. Ok, now everyone enjoy what's left of your snowy Saturdays...
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@DrBiden ⁩’s interest in education started w/ her English teacher at Upper Moreland HS. One reason she prefers being called Dr. B (not that she needs one) is because “Mrs. Biden” was always Joe’s mom. More from my profile with her this fall 👇
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My dispatch from ⁦ @AndrewYang ⁩ rally at the Art Museum last night where the crowd gleefully chanted “Math!” whenever data was mentioned and shouted out what they’d do with $1,000 a month.
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Overheard on Broad: “How bad do you think the wawa line is right now?” #eagles #SuperBowl #philly
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GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who has two scheduled events in the Philly area tomorrow says he’s also going to “Kensington, Pennsylvania right outside of Philadelphia.”
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Vivek Ramaswamy
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I’m not running to lead a political party. I’m running to lead a nation. Reagan showed up to the South Bronx in 1980. I visited the South Side of Chicago & I’m headed to Kensington, PA tomorrow. We don’t hide. 🇺🇸
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Lt. Gov. Austin Davis here introducing Biden at South now.
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To be clear he was asking Biden to commit to no deportations if elected. Biden asked him, someone commits capital murder they shouldn’t be deported?
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Homestretch news: Biden will be in Philadelphia Sunday and then in Pa again Monday when he, Jill Biden, Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff will “barnstorm the state,” fanning out across all four corners of Pa. Exact details still TK.
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Pa. - and more specifically Philly - could make a pretty determinative announcement this morning. About 50,000 votes are still outstanding in Philadelphia, which is due to update results this AM. Trump’s lead over Biden in PA stood at about 18,000 votes as of Friday morning.
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Fetterman news: The campaign will hold a "Women for Fetterman" rally in MontCo on Sunday, 9/11. U.S. Reps. Madeleine Dean and Mary Gay Scanlon and MontCo Commissioner Val Arkoosh will attend. The topic will be abortion rights.
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5 years
Not a huge surprise Castro would endorse Warren given they've become good friends and the overlap among their supporter bases.
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Julián Castro
5 years
Today I'm proud to endorse @ewarren for president. Elizabeth and I share a vision of America where everyone counts. An America where people⁠—not the wealthy or well-connected⁠—are put first. I'm proud to join her in the fight for big, structural change.
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Write-up from the Buttigieg rally in Philly tonight:
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Typically you don't pay much attention to who's greeting POTUS on the tarmac but this week it carries particular significance: Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, Sens. Casey and Fetterman, and Reps. Brendan Boyle and Madeleine Dean were all at PHL this morning.
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Sophie Hills
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. @POTUS is greeted in Philly by both @JohnFetterman and @SenBobCasey . He shook hands with both and they spoke for a min. Biden went back to the senators and spoke for several more minutes after walking through the line of greeters
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Trump in Bucks County says "This is the state where the story of American independence began - it's the state where the American Constitution was signed - 3 days from now this is the state that will save the American dream."
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PA Senate scoop: President Biden will do a fundraiser with Fetterman in Philly 10/20.
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Biden is threading the phrase “because you voted,” throughout this speech, crediting Black voters several times with getting him and Harris elected and connecting that support to promises he said he’s delivered on.
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