Pennsylvania Capital-Star‘s Ben Wasserstein covered our swing-state bus tour stop in Harrisburg:
Skovgard was one of a dozen former Trump voters traveling through Pennsylvania and Michigan to urge Republican voters to pick Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, this November.
The tour, launched by Republican Voters Against Trump, stopped at a Sheetz in Harrisburg Friday morning before taking off for an event in Pittsburgh that evening.
Pennsylvania is seen as a “must-win” state for both campaigns, with its 19 electoral votes.
The vote margin was thin in Pennsylvania for the past two presidential elections with Trump winning in 2016 by around 44,000 and Joe Biden winning in 2020 by around 80,000 votes.
For comparison, the city of Harrisburg has a population of around 50,000.
Sarah Longwell, executive director of Republican Voters Against Trump, is leading the tour and said Trump abandoned Republican policies.
“Donald Trump came and hijacked the Republican Party and he totally has cast aside any dedication to free markets, American leadership in the world, limited government,” she said. “These are principles that Donald Trump completely eliminated from the Republican party when he hijacked it.”