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US Election Day: Gaza And Fascism Loom As US Votes - Owen Jones In Pennsylvania

The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen Jones

Government, News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

I’m in Pennsylvania at Donald Trump and Kamala Harris rallies as the world’s only superpower votes - and what I found disturbed me.


I’ll be covering the election throughout the night as the results come in, with commentary from the US left about what happens next.


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0:00.0

It's Judgment Day, guys. The world's last remaining superpower is about to elect its next president, which has dramatic consequences, of course, for all of us.

0:08.1

This is Pennsylvania. It is a working-class heartland, and it is notable that both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are campaigning across this state on the last day of the election.

0:20.0

That's because this state will help determine,

0:22.6

very likely, who ends up in the White House. A couple of things I want to explore here. I want

0:27.6

to explore how the flatlining of wages for so many American workers, for most American workers in real terms,

0:35.6

since the 1970s, how that's driven a lot of the anger

0:40.3

and division which has manifested itself in various different ways and I want to find out about

0:46.3

if Kamala Harris ends up president will her supporters who've lined up in some cases to stop Donald Trump president, are they going to hold her to account and take on the divisions which define this country?

0:59.8

We've got to lot to go and investigate.

1:02.2

We're going to Trump and Harris rallies. I just want to ask you all, why do you think Trump's doing so well here?

1:24.6

Because I mean it's 50-50 who knows how Pennsylvania is going to go? But he's got a big base.

1:29.3

What's that about?

1:30.3

I don't know.

1:31.3

I think it's probably because people are a lot more grounded here.

1:35.3

So since I've moved here, it's definitely a lot more poverty, unfortunately.

1:41.3

Do you think that's to do with a lot of the decline of steel and industries?

1:45.0

That used to be the beating heart.

1:46.0

Yeah, it's not like that anymore.

1:48.0

So their backbone, you know, once it left, they had to adjust to it.

1:53.0

Now one of the things I'm really interested in is the phenomenon of working class support for Donald Trump.

1:57.0

It exists.

1:58.0

I might not like it.

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