By the way, Platner is the type of guy that Democrats used to run in working class states. It's why the "Senate map is against us" was a self-inflicted wound by the party. It was a conscious decision by Democrats to abandon working class voters because they felt they could win more suburban voters. This plan made them a lot of money but doesn't win them elections.
As Schumer said:
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“for every blue-collar Democrat we will lose in western PA, we will pick up two, three moderate Republicans in the suburbs of Philadelphia.”
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