Before the US presidential elections, there is a fight for votes in Pennsylvania – one of the so-called swing states. Among those involved in the election campaign of the Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, she is known from the movie “Mamma Mia!” American actress of Polish origin, Christine Baranski. – I plan to go door to door – she said in an interview with the correspondent of “Fakty” TVN, Marcin Wrona. She added that “Pennsylvania can decide the outcome of the election.”
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are seeking votes from Americans of Polish descent in Pennsylvania – one of the key states for the results of the US presidential elections. While During the September presidential debate, Harris directly addressed “800,000 Polish Americans in Pennsylvania”, saying that Trump will sell Ukraine to Putin and Moscow's next target will be Poland.
After this debate, leaders of Polish American communities in Pennsylvania officially supported Harris, but they do not represent the entire population of Polish descent in this state.
A committee was even created to support the Democratic candidate. – “Polonia dla Harris” is a committee that was created when Kamala Harris took Joe Biden's place in the fight for the White House on behalf of the Democratic Party. The Committee organizes, among others: virtual meetings with Harris supporters, and today the bus of the “Polonia for Harris” committee hit the roads of Pennsylvania – reported Marcin Wrona, correspondent of “Fakty” TVN.
He added that there are 800,000 voters with Polish roots in Pennsylvania.
Christine BaranskiALLISON DINNER/EPA/PAP
“I support Harris 100 percent.”
Among the people involved in the election campaign of the Democratic presidential candidate is actress of Polish origin, Christine Baranski. With an actress known, among others, from the films “Mamma Mia!”, “Chicago”, “The Grinch”, “The Birdcage” and the series “The Big Bang Theory” and “The Gilded Age” talked to the correspondent of “Fakty” TVN, Marcin Wrona.
– I support Kamala Harris one hundred percent. “I'm here because I'm a member of the Polish community in Buffalo, so I'm active here in Pennsylvania, which – as we know – is an important swing state and could decide the outcome of the election,” Baranski admitted.
– I'm going to go door to door. (…) There are many Americans of Polish descent here, with whom I have a bond because of my love for Polish culture and history – added the actress. She also said she understood “Kamala Harris's message to the working class.”
Marcin Wrona also talked to Łukasz Lipiński from the “Polonia for Harris” committee. – Most Americans with Polish roots vote for Democrats, which is why Kamala Harris expects a large turnout and appreciation of our campaign efforts. We are counting on Americans of Polish origin, he admitted.
Fighting for Polish votes in Pennsylvania. The “Polonia for Harris” campaign has started“Fakty” TVN
Polish diaspora in the USA
On Tuesday, the influential website Politico published the article “Kamala Harris warns Americans of Polish descent not to vote for Donald Trump. Many will vote.”
In 2016, most Poles voted for Trump, but four years later they turned away from him in favor of Biden. This variability, according to the Politico website, calls into question the sense of using the concept of the American Polish community as a group with specific views or beliefs.
“Once cohesive Polish communities are now scattered, and generational integration increasingly weakens the sense of any unified point of view among the American Polish community,” writes Politico.
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are fighting for votes in Pennsylvania Marcin Wrona/Fakty TVN
How the Polish community will ultimately vote is therefore not certain. Politico emphasizes that the political views of American Poles also change with the age of voters. 78-year-old Jacek Kuligowski from the Polish American Citizens Club in Dupont assured that he would vote for a Democrat, motivated by the party's position towards Russia's invasion in Ukraine. – For me, Putin is Joseph Stalin's bastard – he said.
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Another Politico interlocutor, Magdalena, who is an example of someone from the younger generation, said that Harris's warnings about Poland “don't concern her.” – I don't live there anymore. I'm interested in what's here. And people here can't afford groceries, she said. She will vote for Trump because, as she said, “we should help Ukraine, but it affects our economy and our citizens.”
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