{"id":2338289,"date":"2024-09-07T15:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-07T19:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-mobilizes-in-pennsylvania-to-block-harriss-path-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-07T15:41:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-07T19:41:33","slug":"trump-campaign-mobilizes-in-pennsylvania-to-block-harriss-path-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-mobilizes-in-pennsylvania-to-block-harriss-path-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump campaign mobilizes in Pennsylvania to block Harris&#8217;s path &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">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%2Ftrump-campaign-mobilizes-in-pennsylvania-to-block-harriss-path-washington-examiner%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=2338289&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--><p>On a \u200dcool\u2063 Saturday morning, approximately \u206424 volunteers from the &#8220;Trump Force\u200c 47&#8221; gathered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to support former President Donald Trump against \u2062Vice \u2063President Kamala Harris in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-rand-paul-offers-dr-rachel-levine-as-example-of-radical-agenda-riding-bidens-coattails\/\" title=\"Sen. Rand Paul Offers Dr. Rachel Levine As Example Of Radical Agenda Riding Biden\u2019s Coattails\">upcoming presidential election<\/a>. The volunteers were engaged in door-to-door canvassing and phone banking, aiming to mobilize low-turnout Republican voters to commit to early voting for\u200b Trump. They believe that Trump&#8217;s return\u200b to \u200dpower could restore the country to \u200ca favorable state. <\/p>\n<p>With Pennsylvania&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-and-lara-trump-recruit-poll-watchers-in-pennsylvania-we-want-to-have-an-army\/\" title=\"RNC and Lara Trump mobilize poll watchers in Pennsylvania, aiming to form &#039;an army\">critical 19 electoral votes<\/a> at stake, both campaigns are heavily investing resources in the state. Volunteers hope to reconnect \u200bwith former Trump voters \u200band emphasize\u2064 economic issues such as inflation and energy policy,\u2064 which resonate deeply with\u2064 local constituents. The article\u2064 highlights the differing strategies of the campaigns, with \u200dTrump focusing on grassroots mobilization while \u2062facing challenges in suburban areas that shifted towards Democrats in the last election. Despite a\u200c financial disadvantage in advertising and infrastructure compared to Harris&#8217;s campaign, Trump\u2019s supporters \u2064remain optimistic about reclaiming Pennsylvania\u2019s vote in November, alluding to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gag-order-raises-critical-questions-about-free-speech-future-of-american-elections\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s Gag Order Sparks Concerns for Free Speech and US Elections.\">historical voting trends<\/a> and addressing the electorate&#8217;s key\u2062 issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump campaign mobilizes in Pennsylvania to block Harris&rsquo;s path to the White House<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1755243\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>PITTSBURGH &mdash;<\/strong> On a cool Saturday morning, roughly two dozen volunteers gathered at the Jacob Center with one goal in mind: to persuade as many voters in the area to support former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> over Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> in their battle for the White House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Many of the Trump Force 47 volunteers would go out in pairs to knock on doors in the surrounding neighborhoods in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a>, while others would stay behind and phone bank on behalf of the former president&rsquo;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=iowa_caucus&amp;utm_id=election2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The volunteers were hoping to mobilize low-turnout Republicans in the community to commit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3145190\/early-voting-starts-next-week-other-key-dates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>voting early<\/a> for Trump and giving their phone numbers so that the GOP can continue to remind them to turn out ahead of the November election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I definitely need to see our country getting back on track. And I believe that former President Trump is the person that can do that job,&rdquo; said Carolyn Dorazio, a business attorney from Wexford, a Pittsburgh suburb, and one of the Trump Force 47 volunteers. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s done that job before. I don&rsquo;t think he has any hidden agendas.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Supporters such as Dorazio could be the key to the Trump campaign winning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-sidney-powell-witness-whom-ny-times-described-as-always-the-smartest-person-in-the-room-concludes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-votes-transferred-from-trump-to-biden-in-all-battleground-states\/\" title=\"HUGE! Sidney Powell Witness Whom NY Times Described as &quot;Always the Smartest Person in the Room&quot; Concludes Hundreds of Thousands of Votes Transferred from Trump to Biden IN ALL BATTLEGROUND STATES\">key battleground state<\/a> of Pennsylvania, which is likely to determine the candidate who wins the election.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Carolyn Dorazio, a Trump Force 47 volunteer, smiles as she prepares to canvass on behalf of former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s campaign in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. Photo by Mabinty Quarshie <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The easiest path to 270 Electoral College votes for either Harris or Trump involves winning the Keystone State&rsquo;s 19 electoral votes. Both campaigns and their allies are investing heavily in the state through paid advertising and multiple campaign stops ahead of the presidential debate in Philadelphia on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the Democratic excitement over Harris&rsquo;s campaign after she replaced President Joe Biden as the nominee and polling showing the two candidates essentially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3144130\/swing-state-scorecard-kamala-harris-trump-rankings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>tied in Pennsylvania<\/a>, Republicans still believe Trump will win the state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think Trump will win. It&rsquo;s always been Trump country,&rdquo; Dorazio said. &ldquo;If you go out into the countryside, and I would like to see that, not the urban areas, control things that the entire state is involved in the process.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s struggles with suburban voters in the Philadelphia collar-county area were especially notable during the Pennsylvania primary, where Trump won nearly 84% of the vote but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Nikki-Haley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Nikki Haley<\/a>, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, won almost 17%, roughly two months after ending her presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia&rsquo;s collar counties include Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware counties, which shifted in favor of Democrats in 2020, helping Biden win the state by a little more than 88,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign, however, is focused on gaining back voters in the state that voted for former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Barack-Obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Barack Obama<\/a> and then flipped to Trump in 2016 as one key to winning again in November.<\/p>\n<p>They aim to remind voters that under Biden, grocery and gas prices have risen, Harris once called to ban fracking before reversing her stance after she became the nominee, and point to the immigration problems at the southern border, a Trump official told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The official also noted the campaign was not worried that Haley voters would defect to Harris in November.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trump Force 47 volunteers assemble Trump Vance lawn signs in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. Photo by Mabinty Quarshie <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>David Gehring, 37, another Trump Force 47 volunteer from South Hills, a Pittsburgh suburb, claimed Trump would win because his 2016 defeat of Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania by a little over 44,000 votes broke Democratic dominance in the state since 1988. Also working against Harris is that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3143523\/battleground-ballots-pennsylvania-counting-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Keystone State<\/a> has never voted for a woman in a presidential race, nor has it had a woman governor or senator. <\/p>\n<p>When volunteers talk to their neighbors, though, they meet at the pocketbook level on issues such as inflation and the energy sector, which is a key segment of the Pennsylvania electorate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We cannot concede here,&rdquo; Gehring stressed in an interview with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;We cannot let the Democrats take this and shut this energy down. It&rsquo;s incredible. It&rsquo;s important.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign has opted for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3143117\/harris-trump-campaign-battleground-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>unconventional approach<\/a> this cycle by ceding get-out-the-vote opportunities to allies including Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s Turning Point Action, Elon Musk&rsquo;s America PAC, and Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. <\/p>\n<p>SBA Pro-Life America, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-facilitated-gruesome-taxpayer-funded-experiments-with-aborted-fetuses\/\" title=\"University Facilitated Gruesome, Taxpayer-Funded Experiments With Aborted Fetuses\">anti-abortion group<\/a>, has made at least 310,266 visits to Pennsylvanians in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Scranton, and Erie as of Monday. The goal has been to mobilize less engaged anti-abortion voters who could boost Trump&rsquo;s efforts, while the America PAC has sent out mailers in the Keystone State urging votes to make a plan to vote early.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trump Force 47 volunteers showed the Washington Examiner a piece of mail from the America PAC in support of former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. Photo by Mabinty Quarshie <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Harris campaign&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3145486\/harris-keeps-pressure-campaign-announces-new-donors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>financial advantage<\/a> over Trump has allowed it to spend more on advertising and opening field offices in Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdImpact_Pol\/status\/1832227019096256956\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>AdImpact<\/a>, in Pennsylvania alone, there is nearly $26 million in future ad reservations in support of the vice president while there are nearly $23 million in future ad reservations for Trump. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In Pennsylvania, we have 50 coordinated offices while Trump&rsquo;s campaign trails and won&rsquo;t say where they are located,&rdquo; wrote Harris campaign Chairwoman Jen O&rsquo;Malley Dillon in a memo published Saturday. A previous campaign memo in August claimed the campaign also had almost 300 staffers in the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Trump campaign official told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that they have more than two dozen offices in the Keystone State, but they did not give specifics on how many staffers they have employed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s financial advantage doesn&rsquo;t appear to stress Republicans in the state. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The thing about Harris is she&rsquo;s not honest. So she can push out as much information as she wants, but most of it is just fictitious,&rdquo; Gehring said. &ldquo;No matter how much money she spends, she&rsquo;s pushing lies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1755243\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1755243\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s campaign is rallying in Pennsylvania to hinder Harris&#8217;s presidential ambitions. On a brisk Saturday morning, about twenty volunteers convened at the Jacob Center with a singular focus: to encourage local voters to back former President Donald Trump instead of Vice President Kamala Harris in their race for the White House. Many members of the Trump Force 47 team set out in pairs to canvass neighborhoods, while others remained behind to make phone calls for Trump&#8217;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The volunteers aimed to engage low-turnout Republicans in the area, urging them to commit to voting early for Trump and providing their contact information so that the GOP could remind them as Election Day approaches. Carolyn Dorazio, a business attorney from Wexford and one of the volunteers, expressed her belief that Trump is capable of steering the country back on course. &#8220;He\u2019s done that job before,&#8221; she stated confidently.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters like Dorazio could play a crucial role in securing Pennsylvania\u2014a key battleground state likely pivotal for determining who wins the election\u2014given its 19 electoral votes are essential for reaching 270 Electoral College votes. Both campaigns are heavily investing in Pennsylvania through advertising and numerous campaign events leading up to an upcoming presidential debate.<\/p>\n<p>Despite enthusiasm among Democrats following Harris&#8217;s nomination and polls indicating a tight race between her and Trump, Republicans remain optimistic about Trump&#8217;s chances in Pennsylvania. Dorazio remarked on Trump&#8217;s enduring popularity there: &#8220;If you go out into the countryside&#8230; it\u2019s always been Trump country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The campaign is particularly focused on regaining support from voters who previously backed Barack Obama but switched allegiance to Trump in 2016. They plan to highlight issues such as rising grocery and gas prices under Biden&#8217;s administration, Harris&#8217;s past stance against fracking which she later reversed, and ongoing immigration challenges at the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>David Gehring, another volunteer from South Hills near Pittsburgh, believes Trump&#8217;s narrow victory over Hillary Clinton broke decades of Democratic dominance in Pennsylvania since 1988. He also pointed out that no woman has ever won a presidential election or served as governor or senator from this state.<\/p>\n<p>When engaging with neighbors during canvassing efforts, volunteers emphasize economic concerns like inflation and energy policy\u2014critical issues for many Pennsylvanians. Gehring stressed that they cannot allow Democrats &#8220;to take this [energy sector] down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This election cycle sees an unconventional strategy from Trump&#8217;s campaign as they collaborate with allies such as Charlie Kirk\u2019s Turning Point Action and Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America rather than solely relying on traditional get-out-the-vote efforts themselves.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Harris\u2019s financial edge has enabled her team to invest more heavily into advertising campaigns across Pennsylvania compared with Trump&#8217;s resources; however, Republican officials express confidence despite this disparity.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, both campaigns are gearing up intensely ahead of what promises to be a fiercely contested election season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2338290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Trump-Force-47-Pittsburgh-scaled-768x1024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4087,3728,4021,5836,3634],"class_list":["post-2338289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-campaign","tag-election","tag-harris","tag-pennsylvania","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Trump-Force-47-Pittsburgh-scaled-768x1024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2338289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2338289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2338290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2338289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2338289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2338289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}