Editors note: Today we were up in Erie so we decided to stop by the rally for Vice President Kamala Harris. Here are photos from the standing room only event at Erie Insurance Arena. Unfortunately we were unable to attend the Erie events held by former President Donald Trump earlier this year, as we have done in the past.
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Vice President Kamala Harris made a stop in Erie, Pennsylvania Monday to emphasize the importance northwest Pennsylvania has had on elections in the 21st century, picking the winner since 20008. "Erie County is a pivot county," said Harris in front of a full Erie Insurance arena. How you all vote in presidential elections often ends up predicting the national result."
Thousands attended the Erie rally, many traveling some distance in order to see the vice president and hear what she had to say about the election that in just a little over 20 days away. Several local dignitaries spoke. Senator John Fetterman came donning a Pittsburgh Steelers hat a day after the they demolished the Raiders.
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Below are more photos we captured at the rally.
Below are more photos we captured at the rally.
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Addendum: As a small community journalist it is always interesting when the "circus comes to town. I told a national journalist back on the George W. Bush era that you're in my town here, you don't push me around.
We are important.
And northwest Pennsylvania is critically so to both the Democrats, who hope to snag Erie county and garner enough votes to cancel out the rural voters who mostly vote Republican.
It is always interesting covering these campaigns that are so focussed on the big issues, they often miss the little picture of all the folks, all around, that mean a great deal to the little piece of this great puzzle they are in control of and that affect their community. The community is where life is.
The journalists, for the most part that follow national politics try to tap into those lives in order to know the fabric that makes up America. We all have our way of seeing that slice of America.
The truth is we're all important and deciding who leads this nation is also important. It does define us.
We are important.
And northwest Pennsylvania is critically so to both the Democrats, who hope to snag Erie county and garner enough votes to cancel out the rural voters who mostly vote Republican.
It is always interesting covering these campaigns that are so focussed on the big issues, they often miss the little picture of all the folks, all around, that mean a great deal to the little piece of this great puzzle they are in control of and that affect their community. The community is where life is.
The journalists, for the most part that follow national politics try to tap into those lives in order to know the fabric that makes up America. We all have our way of seeing that slice of America.
The truth is we're all important and deciding who leads this nation is also important. It does define us.
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