Hillary Clinton turned her attention to a critical down-ballot contest that could help determine control of the Senate, sharply criticizing the incumbent Republican senator for failing to distance himself from Donald Trump.
It was the first time Clinton has devoted a substantial portion of her stump speech to not only boosting a Democratic candidate, in this case Katie McGinty, but also attacking her Republican opponent, Sen. Patrick J. Toomey. And it marks a shift in the campaign's focus toward helping Democrats regain control of the Senate, as they grow more confident in her prospects at the top of the ticket.
He still refuses to stand up to Donald Trump,” Clinton said of Toomey. “Pat Toomey heard Donald attack a grieving lone star family who lost a son in Iraq. He heard Donald call Mexican immigrants rapists. He heard him say terrible things about women. He heard him spread the lie that our first black president wasn’t really born in America.
Toomey came within 1.64 percent of defeating then-U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in the 2004 Republican primary election. That was a 17,146-vote margin out of more than a million ballots cast in the race.
The day after that close call, Specter, who had secured support from then-President George W. Bush and then-U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum to seek votes from conservatives, rolled back to the political center so swiftly it appeared that he might have been wearing roller skates.
“If he doesn’t have the courage to stand up to Donald Trump after all of this, then can you be sure that he’ll stand up for you when it counts?” Clinton said of Toomey.
In a statement, a spokesman for Toomey painted the Republican as an “independent” voice in the Senate.
Today is just further proof that hyper-partisan, ethically challenged Katie McGinty will be a rubber stamp for everything Hillary Clinton wants to do in Washington,” spokesman Ted Kwong said. “Pat Toomey has been, and will continue to be, an independent leader in the Senate on issues ranging from gun safety to ending Wall Street bailouts.
Clinton will appear with McGinty later Saturday in Philadelphia. She urged the crowd of about 1,800 people packed into a gymnasium at Taylor Allderdice High School to send McGinty to the Senate to help advance her agenda, if elected.
We have got to get things done for the people of Pennsylvania and America, and Katie will help us break through the gridlock, actually make a difference in people’s lives, Clinton said.
It was the first time Clinton has devoted a substantial portion of her stump speech to not only boosting a Democratic candidate, in this case Katie McGinty, but also attacking her Republican opponent, Sen. Patrick J. Toomey. And it marks a shift in the campaign's focus toward helping Democrats regain control of the Senate, as they grow more confident in her prospects at the top of the ticket.
He still refuses to stand up to Donald Trump,” Clinton said of Toomey. “Pat Toomey heard Donald attack a grieving lone star family who lost a son in Iraq. He heard Donald call Mexican immigrants rapists. He heard him say terrible things about women. He heard him spread the lie that our first black president wasn’t really born in America.
Toomey came within 1.64 percent of defeating then-U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in the 2004 Republican primary election. That was a 17,146-vote margin out of more than a million ballots cast in the race.
The day after that close call, Specter, who had secured support from then-President George W. Bush and then-U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum to seek votes from conservatives, rolled back to the political center so swiftly it appeared that he might have been wearing roller skates.
“If he doesn’t have the courage to stand up to Donald Trump after all of this, then can you be sure that he’ll stand up for you when it counts?” Clinton said of Toomey.
In a statement, a spokesman for Toomey painted the Republican as an “independent” voice in the Senate.
Today is just further proof that hyper-partisan, ethically challenged Katie McGinty will be a rubber stamp for everything Hillary Clinton wants to do in Washington,” spokesman Ted Kwong said. “Pat Toomey has been, and will continue to be, an independent leader in the Senate on issues ranging from gun safety to ending Wall Street bailouts.
Clinton will appear with McGinty later Saturday in Philadelphia. She urged the crowd of about 1,800 people packed into a gymnasium at Taylor Allderdice High School to send McGinty to the Senate to help advance her agenda, if elected.
We have got to get things done for the people of Pennsylvania and America, and Katie will help us break through the gridlock, actually make a difference in people’s lives, Clinton said.
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