{"id":1250151,"date":"2022-01-28T08:52:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T13:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1250151"},"modified":"2022-01-28T08:52:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T13:52:32","slug":"2022-pennsylvania-democrats-skip-joe-biden-event-in-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2022-pennsylvania-democrats-skip-joe-biden-event-in-pittsburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Pennsylvania Democrats Skip Joe Biden Event in Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F2022-pennsylvania-democrats-skip-joe-biden-event-in-pittsburgh%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1250151&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Biden-Senate-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Two Pennsylvania Democrat candidates for statewide office are skipping President Joe Biden\u2019s trip to Pittsburgh on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat candidate for governor and current state Attorney General Josh Shapiro will not attend Biden\u2019s speech in Pittsburgh and Democrat Senate candidate Lt. Gov. John Fetterman will also miss the event where the president plans to celebrate his $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Each Democrat candidate cited scheduling conflicts as a reason to miss the event but praised Biden\u2019s visit in statements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s great to come to the city that helped build America to talk about rebuilding America,\u201d Fetterman said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kake.com\/story\/45748708\/biden-is-aiming-to-hit-the-road-to-reset-his-presidency-he-starts-with-yet-another-stop-in-pennsylvania\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJosh Shapiro is running to be the governor of Pennsylvania and he\u2019s focused on the issues that matter to Pennsylvania families,\u201d Shapiro spokesperson Will Simons <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburgh.cbslocal.com\/2022\/01\/28\/pennsylvania-dems-missing-biden-pittsburgh-visit\/\">said<\/a> to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Biden is suffering low approval ratings in the Commonwealth since the election.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CLAIM: Joe Biden claimed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: \u201cI am not banning fracking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>VERDICT: MOSTLY FALSE. Biden has promised to ban fracking \u2014 repeatedly \u2014 as has his running mate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CnXYzprPaT\">https:\/\/t.co\/CnXYzprPaT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1300505382775816195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A January Muhlenberg College poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muhlenberg.edu\/aboutus\/polling\/politicselectionssurveys\/archivedpolls\/2022-pennsylvaniaelectoralprocesssurvey\/\">shows<\/a>&nbsp;Biden has only a 36 percent approval rating in the state from citizens who voted in the 2020 election while 57 percent of voters disapprove.&nbsp;The poll of 506 2020 general election voters was conducted between December 1 and 13.<\/p>\n<p>Conor Lamb, a Democrat challenger to Fetterman campaigning for the Senate seat, will attend the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden first announced his infrastructure plan in Pittsburgh, and Conor looks forward to welcoming him back and talking about all the good jobs that bill will create in the Pittsburgh area and all over Pennsylvania,\u201d Lamb\u2019s campaign manager Abby Nassif Murphy said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Pennsylvania Democrat candidates for statewide office are skipping President Joe Biden\u2019s trip to Pittsburgh on Friday. 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