Washington Examiner Chief Political Correspondent Byron York contended that former President Donald Trump’s viral visit to a McDonald’s showed his dedication to winning over uncommitted voters, contrasting his opponent in the 2024 election.
With just over two weeks left before Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign has recruited the help of celebrities, such as musicians Usher and Lizzo, on the campaign trail, a tactic York noted is par for the course for the Democratic Party ahead of the election. Trump, meanwhile, spent the past weekend in Pennsylvania working a brief shift at a McDonald’s before spending Sunday evening watching the Pittsburgh Steelers game.
“And what Trump is doing is in Pennsylvania, the Trump campaign believes that there are voters out there who want to vote for Donald Trump who didn’t vote for him in 2020 or 2016,” York said on Fox News’s Fox and Friends. “Didn’t vote for anybody. It’s not like they voted for Hillary Clinton or something. But they’re out there, and they haven’t voted, and they can be drawn to the polls, and that’s what Trump is focusing on right now.”
Trump’s attendance at the Steelers game Sunday featured sports fans shouting “U-S-A,” a common chant at Trump’s rallies. York explained that Trump’s supporters do this because they equate supporting the former president to supporting “patriotism” and the country.
Regarding Harris’s campaign, York argued that the “dilemma” Harris faces is how she has run her campaign as “a change candidate.” The problem with this, however, is that she has already been in the White House as vice president for almost four years and chooses to point to Trump whenever she is confronted about this.
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The former president’s weekend in Pennsylvania comes as Monday is the final day for state residents to register to vote for the 2024 presidential election. Both Trump and Harris are seeking to win Pennsylvania, one of several swing states, and both are frequently holding rallies to win it in the Electoral College.
On Sunday, Republican National Committee Co-Chairwoman Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law, indicated that the record-breaking turnout for early voting in swing states, such as Georgia and North Carolina, bodes well for the Trump campaign. She noted how the Republican Party has been pushing for early voting much more this election cycle, and Trump supporters have heeded this call to vote as soon as they can.
