Donald Trump is leaning into one big advantage.
He’s going to try to put away the race.
Now Donald Trump is ready for one fight that left Kamala Harris a nervous wreck.
Donald Trump’s appeal to working-class voters is stronger than ever
The road to the White House this election runs through the Rust Belt swing states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
Working-class voters are the key demographic in those states.
Former President Donald Trump ran as the champion of the forgotten men and women of the working class in the 2016 Election.
He’s built a unique connection with them, unlike any other political candidate in recent memory.
Cook Political Report publisher Amy Walter appeared on PBS Newshour, where she noted that both Presidential candidates are making a major effort to court working-class and union voters.
Vice President Kamala Harris used Labor Day to travel to Michigan and Pennsylvania.
She deployed President Joe Biden to Pennsylvania to lean into his phony “Blue-Collar Joe” persona to try to earn some goodwill from voters.
Biden is officially back:
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— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 2, 2024
Biden rambled incoherently as he struggled to speak in public.
Trump has concrete policies to help Americans
Walter noted that Trump had a policy agenda to appeal to working-class voters in the Rust Belt.
“But when you talk about people who feel like they’re defined by, not necessarily that they belong to a union, but consider themselves to be working class — and this is where I think Trump has done a job — a good job of getting beyond just the cultural attachment,” Walter stated. “But he’s talking to them about workers, particularly putting workers first, specifically in a place like Michigan.”
She pointed out that Trump has a plan to help workers in Michigan.
“Hey, those electric — the electric battery mandates and electric car mandates, we don’t like them, you don’t like them, going to get rid of them,” Walter said. “We’re going to put tariffs on cars coming from overseas. That’s going to help your job. We’re not going to let the country get flooded with those foreign cars anymore.”
Kamala has avoided policy to run a campaign based on joy and good vibes that she hopes will carry her to Election Day.
Trump has gone to places like Michigan with a concrete policy agenda to boost manufacturing and protect American jobs.
He’s been on the warpath against electric vehicles and mandates for them since last year, which would decimate the American auto industry.
Democrats and their media allies tried to seize on Trump warning of a “bloodbath” for the American auto industry at a campaign rally in March.
He explained that China is building massive auto plants in Mexico to avoid tariffs and flood the American market with cheap electric vehicles.
Biden was able to narrowly win Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania in the 2020 Election because he spent decades creating a phony persona to appeal to working-class voters.
Kamala is an out-of-touch, liberal San Francisco Democrat who has never had to appeal to them in a campaign before.
Donald Trump making further inroads with working-class voters in the Rust Belt could flip the swing states there and send him back to the White House.
