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Last month, two disasters befell Charleroi, a town about an hour south of Pittsburgh, almost simultaneously. First, the Pyrex factory, which had produced glassware since the 1890s, informed its more than 300 union workers that it would be closing the plant by the end of the year. Then, Donald Trump began name-dropping the town on the campaign trail, not because of the factory closing—Trump never mentioned it—but for its recent influx of immigrants.

Trump’s rhetoric put a dangerous spotlight on the town, stirring fear and distrust in a community already suffering from half a century of deindustrialization. As George Packer reports in his latest story for The Atlantic, Trump never intended to address Charleroi’s real needs. “He had found a small, tender wound in a crucial swing state,” he writes, “and stuck a finger inside.”

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https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/10/how-win-pennsylvania/680302/?utm_medium=cr&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=10_25_2024_election2024_george_packer_tta_60_day_engaged_prospects_large_subject_line_preview_text_10_10_80_winner&utm_content=Final&utm_term=prospects_60_day_engagement