August 29, 2024 Delaware County, PA – Senator Bob Casey held a campaign rally in Delaware County, Pennsylvania on Thursday, emphasizing his support for women’s rights and economic policies that benefit families. The event featured a passionate speech from Casey, who focused on the differences between his policies and those of his opponent, David McCormick.
Casey highlighted his record on issues like women’s reproductive rights, affordable childcare, and the Child Tax Credit, while condemning McCormick’s positions on these issues. He also criticized McCormick’s support for the 2017 tax cuts, which he argues disproportionately benefited corporations and wealthy individuals.
“My opponent has already lauded and praised the 2017 billionaire and corporate giveaway in that tax bill that Republicans rammed through the United States Senate,” Casey said. “That was a $2 trillion debt bill that jacked up the debt by $2 trillion. If they do it again in 2025, it’s not going to be $2 trillion, they’re going to jack up the debt by more than $4 trillion. We have to stop them from doing that.”
Casey also addressed a question about “shrinkflation,” a term used to describe the practice of reducing the size of products while keeping the price the same. He said that his opponent is “100% opposed to any price-gouging bill” and that he believes corporations should be held accountable for this practice.
“We’ve done two ‘greedflation’ reports, one ‘shrinkflation’ report, one ‘streamflation’ – you know, when streaming services jack up the prices,” said Casey, referring to his reports on corporate price-gouging. “The idea that some people are advancing that price gouging or corporate profits or greedflation or however you describe that – and I’ve described it in multiple ways – that that has absolutely nothing to do with inflation is just not indicated by the evidence.”
Casey also emphasized the contrast between his work for Pennsylvanians and his opponent’s record. While Casey was fighting for women’s rights and families, McCormick was running “the biggest hedge fund in the world” that invested heavily in China.
Joining Casey at the rally was U.S. Representative Mary Gay Scanlon, who represents Pennsylvania’s Fifth Congressional District. Scanlon emphasized the importance of voter turnout in Delaware County, a traditionally swing county in the state.
“We’re seeing a lot of new volunteers coming out, people who are newly energized by the Harris-Wills ticket,” Scanlon said. “The contrast between candidates, whether it’s Senator Casey or Mr. McCormick or whether it’s the top of the ticket all the way down the ticket, because we’ve got a lot of elections on the ballot here in Delaware County, the contrast between candidates is huge.”
Scanlon also expressed concerns about the “Project 2025” plan, a set of policies being promoted by some Republicans that she views as detrimental to the interests of working Americans.
“There’s a lot of things in there that are not traditional American policy,” Scanlon said, referring to the plan. “It does undermine Medicare protection, Social Security, obviously those are things that would impact citizens.”
Sherry Luce, Pennsylvania director of “Red Wine and Blue,” a nationwide organization of over 600,000 women, also spoke at the rally. Luce criticized McCormick’s stance on abortion, accusing him of supporting a ban with no exceptions, including for rape and incest.
In the final reporter’s answer session, Casey highlighted his work on a project to reconnect Philadelphia’s Chinatown to the rest of the city’s downtown area. He highlighted how he secured federal funding for the project through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, an initiative he supported in the Senate.
“It was a great win, Now we just got to make sure the money gets out the door and the project gets done.”
Casey stated “I was working for the people of Pennsylvania.”
After the rally, Senator Bob Casey and Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon held a cordial conversation and question-and-answer session with attendees.
The rally concluded with a call for action from both Casey and Scanlon, urging voters to turn out in November to support Democratic candidates.
