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Showing Original Post only (View all)'Please take care of us': Pennsylvania Trump voter begs GOP not to cut Social Security [View all]
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-pennsylvania-2670681371/'
Residents of unincorporated New Castle, Pennsylvania, drove a surge in support for Donald Trump in 2024. Now, they're counting on him not to cut their Social Security benefits, The Washington Post reported.
New Castle used to be a booming industrial town, and a century ago it was a bastion of support for Democratic politicians, said the report: "Before Trump won New Castle, the city had last backed a Republican presidential candidate in 1956, when voters narrowly supported Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) over Adlai Stevenson (D), according to Andrei Pagnotta, a resident who has spent years studying the region’s election results. But the city changed dramatically as factories closed and younger residents moved to more vibrant urban areas ... The city’s population of 21,000 is roughly half what it was during its peak in the 1940s
One resident who plans to switch to the Republican Party and backed Trump despite disagreeing with him on social issues, Lori Mosura, says that she was driven to do so by money being tight. “He is more attuned to the needs of everyone instead of just the rich,” she said. “I think he knows it’s the poor people that got him elected, so I think Trump is going to do more to help us.”
As for her message to Trump now, Mosura said: “We helped get you in office; please take care of us. Please don’t cut the things that help the most vulnerable.”
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'Please take care of us': Pennsylvania Trump voter begs GOP not to cut Social Security [View all]
Demovictory9
Dec 2024
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And, in the recent campaign, he flat out said he didn't need their votes and didn't care about them
Attilatheblond
Dec 2024
#27
New Castle is incorporated as a city. It is located in Lawrence County, which is along the Ohio border.
John1956PA
Dec 2024
#7
Well, Lori, if you can scrape together enough money to buy a Mar-a-Lago membership,
tanyev
Dec 2024
#8
It's beyond me how anyone could look at Trump, look at his first term, look at his lifetime of actions
Docreed2003
Dec 2024
#10
Dumb people believe yard signs such as "Trump: Low Prices. Harris: High Prices."
John1956PA
Dec 2024
#16
What a sad, misguided cow. " . . . I think Trump is going to do more to help us."
Vinca
Dec 2024
#20
We might as well find the dumbest mother fucker around and allow their stupidity to kill is all.
onecaliberal
Dec 2024
#32