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During a swing through Central Pennsylvania, Fox News Digital spoke with several voters in urban and rural areas, and got their take on the effects of charged political rhetoric among other topics.
In Wakefield, the rural community just north of the Maryland line, Marsha Peterson co-owns Peterson’s Grocery Outlet with her husband.
Asked about the level of political rhetoric, Peterson said the left has spent years on a drumbeat of telling Americans former President Trump “is a danger and he must be stopped.”
“Then, you see people on social media laughing and saying they wouldn’t have missed [shooting] him,” she said. “They want words to matter – but only the right’s words.”
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Marsha Peterson of Peterson’s Grocery Outlet in Lancaster County spoke to Fox News Digital (Charlie Creitz/Fox News Digital)
Closer to home, Peterson said the affordability crisis has been a major issue for both her and her customers.
“We run a little mom-and-pop little grocery store, and we absolutely see the difference in price increases from one administration to the next, even with COVID [considerations], things were not this high,” she said.
Outside a large flea market off US-222, Eric Beezer said the issues at hand have driven him to run for state office in Lancaster City.
The Republican said he originally was facing off with 34-year incumbent State Rep. Mike Sturla, but noted the senior Democrat suddenly withdrew from the race in August.
He said he hopes his top issues of affordability, housing and keeping taxes low will resonate with voters in the otherwise heavily-Democratic stronghold.
“Lancaster’s issues are the same as most of the country,” Beezer said.
Sam and Kate Mylin of Willow Street, Pa. offered their take while visiting Quarryville, saying the negativity in politics has to stop.
“Especially people and politicians saying [Trump] is a threat and he needs to be taken out and stuff like that,” said…
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