Headlines. Later, we are joining joined by Terry Madonna of Franklin Marshall to talk about pennsylvanias role as a battleground state this election year. We have an obligation under the constitution, should we choose to take it vantage of it, with a president of the same party as the senate to advance a nomination. Republicans say we do not care about anything. Senate, thehe institution. Just move forward. Everything americans value hangs in the balance. The looming battle over President Trumps Upcoming Supreme Court nominee dominates capitol hill come out with Senate Democrats warning they will retaliate if they win control the chamber and the white house on election day. We will talk with democrats only on this wednesday, september 3. What is the best strategy for your party on filling Supreme Court vacancy . Eastern,ve in the central part of the country, 202 7488000. Mountain pacific, 202 7488001. You can also join us by texting with your first name, city, and state at 202 7488003
Journal looks at key battleground states with political reporters and analysts on the ground. Focusing on key battleground states, with reporters on the ground, what has changed, what policy issues are motivating this year. And clues about how people might vote in each state in november. Today we turn our attention to the keystone state of pennsylvania, and Franklin Marshall College Professor and poster Terry Madonna joins us from harrisburg this morning. Lets begin with what happened in pennsylvania in 2016. 2016, then candidate donald j. Trump carried the state of pennsylvania by 44,000 votes. He won the state because of the turnout and the high proportion of votes that he got in central pennsylvania, and also in the southwestern part of our state, in the old mining and mill towns. I call it small towns and rural pennsylvania, and in the northeastern part of our state, largely because he developed what has generally been referred to as the rustbelt strategy, ofre he campaigned in par
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Doesnt mean anything to me because they dont tell the truth. But cdc reported, january 31st, not one person has died. And i issued a travel restriction from china. Think of it. So nobody died. And i issued. You cant get earlier than that. So we have nobody died, and i said china, you cant come in im sorry, because i saw what was going on. Wasnt so much what i was told. It was that i saw what was going on and i didnt like it. But i didnt speak to tony about it. I didnt speak to very many people about it. I didnt like it. So what did i do . Ready . January 31st, in the United States, not one person had died because of the, again, the wuhan virus. So i issued travel restrictions on that date even though nobody died and i got brutalized over it by the press, because i was way too early. I shouldnt have done it. Brutalized by the press. But you know, ive been brutalized for the last four years. I used to do well before i decided to run for politics. But, i guess im doing okay, to the best o