According to reports, there are growing concerns within the Democratic Party that Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is not effectively connecting with voters in Pennsylvania, a battleground state that is likely to determine the outcome of the election. It is said that
According to Politico, sloppy election management and staff members who lack relationships with Democratic political leaders in the Keystone State are undermining the campaign. The paper notes that Democrats are concerned that their campaign's state director lacks an understanding of Philadelphia, the state's largest city, while campaign staff invite local Democratic politicians to events in the state. It is said that the government is not effectively deploying surrogate mothers across the state.
Politico reported that it spoke to 20 Democratic politicians, allies and party leaders for this article, who reported that they were unsettled by Harris' campaign.
Popular Pennsylvania Democratic Mayor warns Trump is 'getting his message out' Harris: 'I have more to gain from Colbert'
Politico reported that some in Pennsylvania's Democratic Party are becoming restless about Vice President Harris' campaign. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris campaign for comment on Politico's report, but did not receive a response.
Ryan Boyer, one of the state's union leaders, pointed to Nikki Lu, the Harris campaign's Pennsylvania state manager, as part of the problem that allegedly affected the campaign in the battleground state.
“I'm concerned about Nikki Lou,” Boyer, business manager for the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council, told the show. “I don't think she understands Philadelphia.”
“We need young African American men to come home, we need African American women to come out in record numbers, and we need disaffected African American women to come out in record numbers.” We need Americans too,” he added. “We have surrogate mothers in this area who are highly trusted in our community, and Nikki Lou was slow to reach out to them.”
Harris plays mashup of Trump's 'enemy' comments after crowd chants 'Lock him up' at Erie rally
Mr. Lu is a native of Pittsburgh, which is located on the west side of the vast state and about 300 miles from Philadelphia. The campaign is focused on increasing voter turnout in both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, the newspaper said.
Vice President Kamala Harris during a debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Tuesday, September 10, 2024. (Doug Mills/New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
At separate private meetings in Philadelphia last month, Latino and Black Democratic leaders discussed increasing their presence at events and how their campaigns can engage with diverse voting bases. He warned of concerns, including calling for a “more sophisticated understanding” of the issue. According to five people who attended the meeting.
“It feels like we can win here, and despite the Harris campaign, we're going to win,” said a Pennsylvania Democrat who spoke to Politico on condition of anonymity. “Pennsylvania is in a real mess and it's incredibly frustrating.”
A town in PA is buzzing with rumors that immigrants are living in a Civil War-era orphanage building.
The Harris campaign told Politico that it has done a better job of reaching out to minority voters in the state than the Trump campaign, but responded to a question from the newspaper about concerns that Lew lacked understanding of Philadelphia. didn't touch it.
“Our campaign is running the largest and most sophisticated campaign in Pennsylvania history,” Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Harris' national campaign manager, told Politico. “We have 50 affiliated offices and approximately 400 staff in the field,” she said. “Starting in August 2023, we've invested in ads targeting Black and Latino voters, and we're now spending more on outreach to these communities than any presidential campaign to date. .”
“We will do everything possible.”
Fox News Digital interviewed Salvatore J. Panto Jr., the longtime Democratic mayor of Easton, a suburb of Allentown about 120 miles north of Philadelphia, who said, “Democrats are getting an out message from Republicans.'' I am receiving it,” he said.
“There's one commercial where Kamala Harris says, 'Well, that's Bidennomics,' and I think that's hurting the issue because the Trump campaign is saying, 'Things are really bad.' Because I think I could have conveyed it better,” Pant said during his speech. Monday interview with Fox News Digital.
Biden's old backyard is now a key battleground in Pennsylvania filled with 'purple' votes
Former President Trump gestures during a campaign rally at Findlay Toyota Arena on Sunday, October 13, 2024 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“You get that kind of thing better on Stephen Colbert's show tonight than you do on Kamala Harris' campaign. She should point out that his 2025 plans are very different from hers.” “And she's not afraid to talk about her plans.”
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Voters in the Keystone State are seen as likely to determine the outcome of federal elections, and political attention has once again focused on Pennsylvania this election cycle. Trump narrowly won the state in 2016 against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, but lost to President Biden in 2020.
Fox News Digital's Charles Creitz contributed to this report.
