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Rural Pennsylvanians can hear you, you know? Seth Higgins September 24, 2025 September 23, 2025

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During the height of the SEPTA budget standoff a month ago, Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman delivered a searing political lesson : rural constituencies have political power and long memories. Rural Pennsylvanians know what urban Democrats think of them, so when Philadelphia comes to Harrisburg hat in hand, Republicans hand them the receipts.

State Senator Anthony Williams obviously didn’t show up for class that day.

In a press release Friday , Senator Williams, who represents West Philadelphia and parts of Delaware County, called Charlie Kirk “an avowed racist” while lambasting Presiden

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