Former President Barack Obama has a “tough talk” at the Black voters for Harris event in East Liberty. He addressed that Black men have not been as enthused about Harris as during his first run, and he sought to encourage them to join Harris’ movement
More of Obama's speech to Black voters in Pittsburgh
Mail-ins skew heavily for Dems in PA. District is already heavily Dem, so could be an early night. Control of PA state house is on the line
Out of 4,041 mail-in ballots, Dem Powell received 3,331 votes. GOP Autenreith received 697.
A tip of the cap to the 13 mail-in voters who filled out a ballot and wrote-in a candidate. This is a special election so filling out and returning a ballot is only for this District 21 race, nothing else was on the ballot
Pittsburgh's congressional delegation is weighing in on the guilty verdict of the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman.
Congresswoman Summer Lee has been advocating for federal funds to increase mental health services for the local Jewish community. Lee said the survivors inspire her.
Sen. John Fetterman said the verdict is a step towards justice and "We all must continue to stand in solidarity with Pennsylvania's Jewish community against the evil of antisemitism."
Sen. Bob Casey said the guilty verdict is "clear rebuke of hate and antisemitism." But he noted that antisemitic events reached a new high in the U.S. in 2022, and said we must ensure "this never happens again."
BREAKING: Jury in Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting trial has ruled Robert Bowers guilty on all 63 counts, including several hate crime charges. Trial will now move into sentencing phase, which is estimated to last about 6 weeks. Sentencing phase should resume June 26.
Full @TribLIVE story: A jury found Robert Bowers guilty on all 63 counts against him, including that he killed the victims because they were Jewish. Shooting occurred Oct. 27, 2018 at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. By @PaulaReedWard and @JVTheTribtriblive.com/local/bowers-f…
The federal government is seeking the death penalty against Robert Bowers. His sentence will be determined during the penalty phase, which is expected to last six weeks. That phase will begin on June 26 triblive.com/local/bowers-f…
Opening statements from the prosecution in the Pittsburgh synagogue trial with stories of the 11 victims, starting with Cecil and David Rosenthal, who were described as "the boys" and walked from their group home to take their place to welcome congregants at the Tree of Life.
The 11 congregants' routines for the Sabbath were all described in detail, including how Melvin Wax would park farther away than necessary, so other congregants could park closer.
The prosecution details the accused, Robert Bowers, and his online history of posting his hatred of Jews, and how he praised the Holocaust and blamed Jewish refugee groups for bringing "invaders" into the U.S. Prosecution details Bowers' last social media post, shown below.
John Fetterman has declared victory in the PA senate race. His supporters anxiously await for the candidate to speak and have been cheering as NBC news has projected his victory.
Here is fetterman
Fetterman said he said he was humbled by support, and lauded his campaign strategy to focus on all 67 counties in the state.
“We launched this campaign almost two years ago, and we had our slogan, ‘every county, every vote.’ And that is exactly what happened, we jammed them up”
Andrew Baldasare, a Republican official from suburban Pittsburgh has been hit with a cease and desist order after illegal electioneering complaints were made against him. PA election law says no campaigning inside or with in 10 feet of doors to polling places.
Additionally, a voter in North Fayette told me judge of election praised PA-17 GOP cand Jeremy Shaffer while she was signing in to vote. A local election lawyer says this is also illegal. Shaffer was standing outside polling place, campaign says this judge is not part of campaign
Statement from campaign of Chris Deluzio, the Dem running in PA-17, in response to electioneering allegations in N. Fayette: “This is pretty simple - Election officials and poll workers should not be trying to influence voters at the polls. Republicans need to knock it off”