{"id":1625677,"date":"2022-08-29T12:47:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T16:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1625677"},"modified":"2022-08-29T12:48:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T16:48:23","slug":"pa-dem-senate-candidate-fetterman-skips-biden-gun-control-and-crime-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pa-dem-senate-candidate-fetterman-skips-biden-gun-control-and-crime-event\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Dem Senate Candidate Fetterman Skips Biden Gun Control and Crime Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fpa-dem-senate-candidate-fetterman-skips-biden-gun-control-and-crime-event%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=1625677&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><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden plans to visit Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on Tuesday, but Democrat Senate candidate John Fetterman will not be joining him.<\/p>\n<p>Biden plans to deliver remarks about crime and gun control and outline his \u201cSafer America Plan\u201d in reaction to a spike in crime in many of America\u2019s major cities.<\/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>Fetterman will not attend Biden\u2019s event, a spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katieglueck\/status\/1562906261754040320\">confirmed<\/a> to New York Times reporter Katie Glueck, citing a scheduling conflict with a planned fundraiser for his campaign in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">John Fetterman will not attend Biden&#8217;s event (<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bJ5LWRU1E4\">https:\/\/t.co\/bJ5LWRU1E4<\/a>) in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., next week because of a pre-planned fundraiser in Pittsburgh, a spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Katie Glueck (@katieglueck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katieglueck\/status\/1562906261754040320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since taking office, Biden pivoted away from the Democrat-fueled effort to \u201cdefund the police\u201d and instead vowed to fund and reform law enforcement.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>A significant part of Biden\u2019s anti-crime message is his desire to ban \u201cassault\u201d weapons, which include many semi-automatic rifles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all got to do it,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/08\/26\/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-at-a-democratic-national-committee-grassroots-rally\/\">said<\/a> during a campaign rally with Democrats in Maryland last week. \u201cWe\u2019re going to do it for all our kids gunned down on our streets every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In July, Fetterman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2022\/07\/05\/fetterman-calls-assault-weapons-ban-after-july-4th-parade-massacre\">announced<\/a> his support for a federal \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban along with high-capacity magazines.<\/p>\n<p>Biden made it clear in his speech last week that every Democrat running for office had to support an \u201cassault weapons\u201d ban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis November, you have to ask every candidate, \u2018Are you for banning assault weapons or not?\u2019 And if you\u2019re not, we\u2019re not going to vote for you. Period,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman is currently polling ahead of Republican Senate candidate\u00a0Mehmet Oz, despite questions about his health after suffering a stroke in May. Fetterman has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/news\/2022\/08\/oz-pounces-on-fetterman-for-not-committing-to-any-debates-come-talk-to-us.html\">refused<\/a> to commit to any political debates with Oz ahead of the election.<\/p>\n<p>An August 25 Emerson College poll <a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/pennsylvania-2022-fetterman-holds-four-point-lead-over-oz-for-us-senate-shapiro-leads-mastriano-by-three\/\">shows<\/a> Fetterman with a four-point lead over Oz, but a\u00a0Franklin &#038; Marshall College poll released on the same day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fandm.edu\/uploads\/files\/773839533928346973-f-mpoll-august2022-summaryreport.pdf\">shows<\/a> Fetterman leading Oz by 13 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden plans to visit Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on Tuesday, but Democrat Senate candidate John Fetterman will not be joining him. 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