Governor Shapiro: “[Bob Casey] Hears your Concerns, he Understands What you’re Dealing with in your Communities and he Gets Stuff Done for All of us.”
PENNSYLVANIA – On Monday, Senator Bob Casey and Governor Josh Shapiro rallied with over 150 supporters in Bucks County. Senator Casey and Governor Shapiro highlighted the critical issues at stake in this year’s election, including voting rights, womens’ rights, and workers’ rights, and Senator Casey’s fight to defend them.
Gov. Josh Shapiro campaigned for U.S. Sen. Bob Casey in Lower Bucks County on Monday, telling supporters gathered at Neshaminy Brewing in Croydon that Casey “understands what you’re dealing with in your community.”
“The senator is always there for us to deliver a check, to make sure key legislation passes that helps Pennsylvanians, like capping insulin at 35 bucks for our seniors,” Shapiro said. “When you think about authenticity, when you think about someone who’s like us, who shares our values, who gives a damn about us, who can go to those halls of power and not forget where he came from, that is Bob Casey.”
“On all those issues, I’m on one side. My opponent’s on the other,” Casey said. “[David McCormick] will never vote for any of those bills to protect voting rights, women’s rights and workers’ rights.”
Casey ran through a list of recent legislative accomplishments in his stump speech, including: […] the national $35 per month cap on insulin, the ABLE Program, a federal savings account for people with disabilities, and the PACT Act, which provides health care to veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange and other toxins.
Casey contrasted his positions with his Republican opponent Dave McCormick, pledging to support the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would provide and protect access to abortion care, and the PRO Act, which would protect workers rights to unionize.
“On all those issues, I’m on one side, my opponent’s on the other,” Casey declared. “[David McCormick] will never vote to support any of those bills to protect voting rights, women’s rights and workers’ rights.”
“The reason why I think Bob Casey is so effective is because he still shows up in places like Croydon,” Shapiro said. “He still gets in his car and he shows up in communities big and small. Places where you’ve got tall buildings lining the streets and places where you’ve got one-story buildings lining our main streets. Urban, rural, suburban communities. Bob Casey shows up, he is authentically Pennsylvania.”
Casey, who is seeking a fourth term in the U.S. Senate against Republican businessman Dave McCormick, highlighted his commitment to public education, affordable healthcare, and veterans’ care. He pointed to his support for measures that have poured millions into Bucks County schools, established a $35 monthly cap on insulin prices nationally, would create federal savings accounts for people with disabilities, and expanded healthcare for veterans exposed to burn pits and Agent Orange through the PACT Act.
“This is about rights and fights,” Casey said. He added that women’s rights, civil rights, and workers’ rights [were on the line.]
Casey also reaffirmed his support for continuing the Child Tax Credit, which has provided financial relief to tens of thousands of families in Bucks County.
The senator criticized McCormick’s policy positions and accused him of prioritizing “big corporations and rich people” over middle-class families. “I think that’s wrong. We should give a tax cut to the middle class,” [Casey] said.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro traveled alongside U.S. Sen. Bob Casey to Lower Bucks County Monday to make the case why the state’s senior senator should be reelected to a fourth term.
“Bucks County is not only the swingiest of all the swing counties, in the swingiest of all the swing states – and I mean that only in the political sense – but it’s also the county that is going to determine who is in the leadership of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate,” Shapiro said.
“I ask all of you, Bucks County, not just to think of yourselves as agents for Bob Casey, but to think of yourselves as agents of democracy and freedom,” [Gov. Shapiro] said. “To understand the critical role that you play in our nation, the critical role that you play here in this Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the birthplace of freedom and democracy.”
“When he shows up, he does something that most elected officials don’t do: He listens,” Shapiro continued. “He hears your concerns, he understands what you’re dealing with in your communities and he gets stuff done for all of us.”
