Jared Solomon, the Democratic nominee in the 202nd Legislative District, has been endorsed by the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO for the upcoming general election on Nov. 8.
Solomon defeated veteran Rep. Mark Cohen in the April primary, and is unopposed in the general election.
State AFL-CIO president Rick Bloomingdale said: “We look forward to working with our new representative on the issues that affect our working families.”
Secretary-Treasurer Frank Snyder added, “Jared has made it clear he will be a strong advocate for labor in the Pennsylvania State House.”
Solomon, a lawyer and president of the Take Back Your Neighborhood civic association, said he will work on issues such as fighting poverty, increasing wages and providing employment opportunities.
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Democrats criticized Donald Trump after a campaign stop last week in Philadelphia.
Trump said it was “sad to see what’s going inside Philadelphia,” called Afghanistan safer than inner cities and said blacks “get bad education, they have no money, the jobs are a disaster, most of them don’t have jobs.”
Hillary Clinton’s campaign said it would help create jobs and expand economic opportunities by making investments in infrastructure and housing, breaking down barriers for the formerly incarcerated, supporting small businesses and investing in youth employment.
“Donald Trump is absolutely wrong — Philadelphia is not like Afghanistan, and all African-Americans aren’t jobless, poorly educated or live in crime-plagued neighborhoods. Unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has an actual plan to create more jobs in cities like Philadelphia, invest in education from cradle to college and combat systemic racism,” said state Rep. Dwight Evans.
“When Donald Trump goes off script, he is full of insults to the City of Brotherly Love. He stereotypes African-Americans and has called Mexicans and Latinos criminals, drug dealers and rapists. As demonstrated by his bigotry and bullying, Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit to be our president,” said former City Councilwoman Marian Tasco.
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Joe DeFelice, chairman of the Philadelphia Republican Party, released a statement in reaction to federal immigration officials re-arresting three criminals previously released due to the sanctuary city policy.
“Mayor Kenney’s sanctuary city policy has led directly to the release of three criminals into our neighborhoods. Luckily, the feds were able to track them down and they will now be deported — though the fact that they were released into our neighborhoods in the first place highlights Mayor Kenney’s policy of ignoring federal law,” DeFelice said.
“From a local level on up, Republicans such as state Rep. Martina White and Sen. Pat Toomey have worked to abolish Mayor Kenney’s insane and illegal sanctuary cities policy. Democrats from Philadelphia and statewide should make it clear where they stand: with the people of Philadelphia — the potential victims of future crimes — or with the mayor, who seeks to keep criminals in our city and favors open borders, even for convicts. ••
