Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Will Both Be in Philly Tonight
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The Pennsylvania primary is tomorrow. Maybe you’ve heard. And things are getting hectic here in Philadelphia.
Four presidential contenders will be in the Philly area today.
On the heels of news that Ted Cruz and John Kasich are essentially teaming up to deny Donald Trump the delegates needed to secure the nomination, Trump is scheduled to hold a rally at West Chester University. That madness will go down at 4 p.m. before Trump heads to Wilkes-Barre in the evening. (Cruz is moving on to Indiana and Nebraska; Kasich is expected to be at the Penrose Diner in South Philly at 10 this morning before heading to Rockville, Maryland, and then Pittsburgh suburb McKees Rocks.) More than 5,000 people have signed a petition asking that Trump not be allowed to hold his rally there.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton will hold a rally at 7:15 p.m. tonight in the City Hall courtyard (it’s good to have the backing of the mayor); the doors for that event open at 5:15. Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, will hold a rally at Drexel University’s Daskalakis Athletic Center at 8 p.m., doors at 6; he’s expected to be joined by actors Susan Sarandon and Kendrick Sampson. The events are both free and open to the public, but RSVPs are recommended. Clinton has been leading Sanders in the polls and appears to have more or less pivoted toward the general election. That hasn’t stopped Sanders from doubling down, as the Vermont senator has gone hyper-local, making Mayor Jim Kenney‘s proposed soda tax a national campaign issue; he wrote about it in an exclusive Philadelphia magazine opinion piece yesterday, arguing that the tax will disproportionately impact poor and middle class citizens.
Of course, there’s much more at stake for Philadelphia in tomorrow’s primary beyond the presidential race. There’s the battle between Chaka Fattah and Dwight Evans, Montgomery County’s Josh Shapiro’s quest to become the nominee for Attorney General, a U.S. Senate primary where the Democratic winner will challenge Pat Toomey, ballot questions and a whole lot of other local races of import. You can find out just about everything you need to know about voting tomorrow in our No-Bullshit Guide to the 2016 Philadelphia Primary.
