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Sara Innamorato tosses support behind Bernie Sanders
JULIAN ROUTH
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
JAN 30, 2020 6:00 AM
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Deeming him the type of leader who can rebuild the trust between the Democratic Party and America's working class, State Rep. Sara Innamorato is endorsing Bernie Sanders for president.
The Sanders campaign is set to roll out the endorsement Thursday morning and is expected to refer to Ms. Innamorato as a "beacon of Pennsylvania's progressive moment" who has led locally on issues that are important to the Vermont senator's campaign.
"What I see in Bernie Sanders is a willingness to engage with community leaders to think of community-centered, people-centered policy solutions that don't just come from the top down," Ms. Innamorato said.
Ms. Innamorato, who represents the 21st legislative district spanning Aspinwall, Millvale and parts of Pittsburgh's East End, dismissed warnings from other Democratic campaigns that a Sanders nomination would alienate rural voters.
"When you really go into these places, the collar counties, and talk about what is keeping people up at night, it's their health care," Ms. Innamorato said. "It's their access to opportunity. They're afraid that oil and gas is going to be the only industry they know in their community, and they're not sure that it's not making them sick."
The Sanders campaign, as part of its focus on winning back the "blue wall" states that Donald Trump carried in 2016, has focused resources on organizing volunteers in Pennsylvania -- which have hosted more than 800 phone banks, canvasses and events, according to a campaign official.
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