Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) pointed to Elon Musk’s actions in Pennsylvania as shifting the needle for Trump within the state.
Transcript by way of CNN:
TAPPER: Simply earlier than the election, you predicted on this present that the outcomes can be shut, however that Kamala Harris and the Democrats would in the end carry Pennsylvania. They — that clearly didn’t occur.
You received in Pennsylvania by interesting to not solely individuals within the city facilities like Philly or Pittsburgh, however interesting to blue-collar staff in purple counties who voted for Trump this time round. Is the Democratic Social gathering nonetheless the social gathering of the working class?
FETTERMAN: Effectively, after all.
However I described the scenario, and now I’ve already claimed that it’s going to be extremely shut. And I’ve additionally claimed that Trump is the strongest that he’s been within the three cycles there. And now issues that have been actually distinctive that occurred, the assassination try, that was in Butler. That’s 45 minutes from the place we’re sitting proper now, after which Musk. Musk is not only a typical type of a surrogate. We’re all in that scenario. We’re all in that enterprise. Now we have surrogates. Now we have endorsements. And lots of of them usually don’t actually matter a lot, however now Musk made himself actually energetic, and he was described as shifting to Pennsylvania.
And I do consider that helped transfer the needle in that too. So Trump got here in, within the strongest place, and he carried Pennsylvania and carried all the swing states. In order that’s what — that’s what’s mirrored, that he got here in a powerful place, that — there’s going to be a variety of sizzling takes. There have been a variety of sizzling takes earlier than this election.
Musk’s unlawful lottery and misinformation adverts within the state of Pennsylvania positively had some type of influence. It’s uncertain that they bought Trump’s voters to the polls, however they positively may have depressed Democratic turnout in key elements of the state. Elon Musk wasn’t the explanation that Trump received Pennsylvania. The dearth of Democratic turnout was why Trump received Pennsylvania, however in response to Sen. Fetterman, Musk was a think about Pennsylvania.
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Member of the Society of Skilled Journalists and The American Political Science Affiliation
