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The Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial Board

Editorial: A caustic election cycle ends with Pa. voters opting to preserve abortion rights and defend democracy

In the end, Pennsylvania voters picked common sense over scare tactics.

Most of those who went to the polls in the commonwealth saw through the creepy commercials, heated rhetoric and disinformation. They opted instead to take a stand for abortion rights and democracy.

Voters understood the stakes. They decided they didn’t want a governor who marched with insurrectionists, trafficked in QAnon conspiracies, and promoted racist and antisemitic tropes. And they didn’t want an out-of-touch celebrity doctor from New Jersey who votes in Turkey and thinks abortion is murder to be a U.S. senator in Pennsylvania.

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