The Saturday Wrap-Up - Trump Goes Toe to Toe with the British Financial Empire - February 22, 2025
Yesterday marked the fifth week of Donald J. Trump's presidency, and we delve into four major developments that defined the week.
We have exclusive on-the-ground reports of Senator JD Vance and Congressional candidate Martell Bivings, speaking to working men and women in Detroit. We have reports of President Trump moving ahead in Pennsylvania, election integrity lawsuits, and voting in hurricane-affected areas.
JD Vance speaking at an event in Detroit -- we can make this country great again for the workers of Detroit.
Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance gave a powerful answer to a question posed to him at an October 8 rally in Detroit. Asked "why should Black Americans vote for your ticket?," Vance told the story of Detroit, how Blacks and Whites alike come from the South and from Appalachia to work hard and be able to raise a family and have a life. "The destruction of the manufacturing economy in Michigan has been disastrous for Black Americans as well as for a lot of middle class White Americans too. We can make things in this country again, we can build things in the United States of America again, and, when we do, it’s going to bring prosperity to Black and White alike."
Speaking at a campaign rally for Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance in Detroit on October 8, Congressional candidate Martell Bivings contrasted his path to fight for the forgotten men and women of Detroit, to the path taken by fellow Howard University graduate, Kamala Harris. Bivings drilled down on Harris's tie-breaking vote for the so-called Inflation Reduction Act and how that has pushed the cost of basic living expenses out of reach for the average person in the Detroit Metro area, which comprises Bivings's 13th Congressional District. Bivings is a young Black Detroiter and his support for Donald Trump is exemplary of the new Republican Party.
President Trump recently held a series of rallies in Pennsylvania, including his historic return to Butler. Recent polls in this important swing state show Trump is ahead. Even deep blue Philadelphia is shifting toward Republicans. Trump won the state in 2016, and Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in 2020 by just 80,000 votes.
Trump is going full speed ahead with rallies in Pennsylvania.
Working-class voters in Philadelphia, a once reliable voting bloc for the party, have drifted right in recent years. And they’ve been disproportionately affected by rising prices over the last several years, an issue many blame Democrats for.
Pennsylvania voters are moving toward Trump, based mainly on economic issues.
According to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jim Kohn, a retired truck driver, voted for Democrats much of life — that is, until Trump came along in 2016. He’s planning to vote for Trump for the third time and he believes more of his neighbors, frustrated with inflation and the high cost of goods, will, too. “When Trump was President, everything was cheaper,” he said. “Now, everything is so sky high.”
Deep blue Philadelphia is trending Republican. Workers see a clear difference between Trump's economic policies and the Biden/Kamala disasters.
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