In the city that’s become an emblem of the stakes in the 2020 race, people debate which of two would-be saviors has forsaken them
— President Donald Trump has chalked up his upset 2016 victory to America’s “forgotten men and women,” but in this northeastern Pennsylvania city, voters take that theme more literally than most.
Biden’s supporters, however, fondly recall years of surprise run-ins with Biden at restaurants downtown and the calls he made to sick or grieving locals. His detractors scoff that he’s a fair-weather friend to Scranton, and, besides, only lived here something like eight years, or a few years, or in one case “six months.”
"Joe's a Scranton guy," vouched Russell Preno III, a restaurant proprietor, whose family has known Biden’s at least since Preno’s grandfather and Biden’s father became friends before Biden’s birth. Not everyone is moved. "He only comes here when he's pandering for votes," said Marc Pane, a mechanic, pausing from work on a Honda Accord on a dreary Columbus Day afternoon.
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