(11 Sep 2024)
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Shenandoah, Pennsylvania - 11 September 2024
1. Various exterior of Shenandoah Borough Hall
2. Wide of traffic on Main Street
3. Various exterior of Lucky’s Kielbasi Shop
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lorraine McDonald, voter of Polish descent:
“I think it’s the truth. If Putin gets a hold of Ukraine and it’s OK, he’s going for the rest."
5. Various exterior of Polish American Fire Co.
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lorraine McDonald, voter of Polish descent:
“He could do anything he wants. He’s a dictator, which Trump wants to be.”
7. Pan of Pennsylvania Miners Memorial
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Cecilia Heffron, voter of Polish descent:
“I didn’t like what she said,. I don’t think that’s true. But I know if Trump gets in, we wouldn’t have a war. I like his policies.”
9. Close of Miners Memorial
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Cecilia Heffron, voter of Polish descent:
“He said he would end the war.”
11. Heffron getting into car with sign in rear windshield that says "You Bet Your Dupa (Polish for "ass") I’m Polish.” ++CONTAINS MILD PROFANITY++
STORYLINE:
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' warning that failing to support Ukraine could leave Poland and other countries open to attack by Russia is resonating in Poland.

She is convinced that a second Trump presidency would be a grave threat to her home of Poland and the larger region.

Former President Donald Trump twice refused to directly answer a question during the debate about whether he wanted U.S. ally Ukraine to win the war.

In Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state, some of the Americans of Polish descent whom Harris sought to reach were also mulling the debate.

At Lucky’s Kielbasi Shop in Shenandoah — in a region whose coal mines drew waves of Polish immigrants more than a century ago -- opinion was split.

“I didn’t like what she said. I don’t think that’s true,” said Cecilia Heffron, 82, who supports Trump. “I know if Trump gets in, we wouldn’t have a war.”

But her friend Lorraine McDonald, a Harris supporter, said the vice president’s statement got her attention and she believes Putin would invade Poland if given the chance.

“If Putin gets a hold of Ukraine, and it’s OK, he’s going for the rest. ... He’s not going to stop there,” she said.

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