{"id":103447,"date":"2020-11-03T00:02:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T21:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/pittsburgh-post-gazette-endorses-trump-first-gop-candidate-since-1972\/"},"modified":"2020-11-03T00:02:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T21:02:06","slug":"pittsburgh-post-gazette-endorses-trump-first-gop-candidate-since-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/pittsburgh-post-gazette-endorses-trump-first-gop-candidate-since-1972\/","title":{"rendered":"#Pittsburgh Post-Gazette endorses Trump, first GOP candidate since 1972"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Pittsburgh Post-Gazette endorses Trump, first GOP candidate since 1972<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/pittsburgh-post-gazette.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                        The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/opinion\/editorials\/2020\/10\/31\/editorial-donald-trump-joe-biden-mike-pence-kamala-harris-presidential-candidate-endorsement\/stories\/202010310021\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/a> endorsed President Trump in the 2020 election \u2014 citing his economic accomplishments and handling of trade with China \u2014 marking the first time since 1972 that the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper has backed a Republican candidate for president.<\/p>\n<p>The editorial, headlined \u201cThe man and the record,\u201d said the president has \u201cput America first\u201d just as he promised to do in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder Donald Trump the economy, pre-COVID, boomed, like no time since the 1950s. Look at your 401(k) over the past three years,\u201d the editorial board wrote on Saturday. \u201cUnemployment for Black Americans is lower than it has ever been, under any president of either party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The editorial said Trump changed the debate in Republican and Democratic circles away from free trade to \u201cmanaged, or fair, trade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder Mr. Trump, our trade relationships have vastly improved and our trade deals have been rewritten,\u201d it said. \u201cThanks to him, middle America is on the map again and the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>alachian and hourly worker has some hope. \u2026 Has Mr. Trump done enough for these struggling fellow citizens? No. But he recognized them. Maybe he was not articulate, but he recognized their pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper, the largest in western Pennsylvania by circulation and web traffic, faulted the president\u2019s response to the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 230,000 Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHas Mr. Trump handled the pandemic perfectly? No. But no one masters a pandemic. And the president was and is right that we must not cower before the disease and we have to keep America open and working,\u201d the editorial said.<\/p>\n<p>The Post-Gazette said a victory by Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris would create a \u201cnanny state that will bow to the bullies\u201d and questioned whether the 77-year-old former vice president would even be able to carry out the duties of a president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a very real chance he will not make it through the term. Mr. Trump is also too old but seemingly robust. But in Mike Pence, Mr. Trump has a vice president ready to take over, if need be. He is a safe pair of hands. Sen. Kamala Harris gives no evidence of being ready to be president,\u201d the newspaper said.<\/p>\n<p>The Post-Gazette, with its more than 174,000 daily readers, is highly influential in the counties around Pittsburgh that Trump won in 2016 on his way to carrying Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Hillary Clinton won Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>But Biden is leading the president in the Keystone State by 2.9 percentage points, according to an average of the polls by<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2020\/president\/pa\/pennsylvania_trump_vs_biden-6861.html\"> RealClear Politics.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The last Republican the Post Gazette endorsed for president was Richard Nixon when he won reelection in a landslide over Democrat George McGovern before being forced from office in the Watergate scandal.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/11\/02\/pittsburgh-post-gazette-endorses-trump-first-gop-candidate-since-1972\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Pittsburgh Post-Gazette endorses Trump, first GOP candidate since 1972&#8221; The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette endorsed President Trump in the 2020 election \u2014 citing his economic accomplishments and handling of trade with China \u2014 marking the first time since 1972 that the newspaper has backed a Republican candidate for president. 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