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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Politics
Jonathan Tamari, Julia Terruso and Ryan W. Briggs

Donald Trump questions Kathy Barnette’s electability in Pennsylvania Senate race

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary is in chaos.

Kathy Barnette’s late surge has turned the nationally watched race into a mad scramble, with former President Donald Trump warning Republicans against nominating her and opponents only now doing basic background research in an attempt to stop her as the clock ticks closer to Tuesday’s primary.

Such vetting, usually strategically unspooled over the course of a lengthy campaign, rolled out in frenetic bursts at a range of disparate targets Thursday.

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