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Molly Caterino served beers at the West Mifflin bar Village Idiot Tap Room one weekday afternoon in late July with a small crowd of regulars occupying stools. She said she’s worked at the bar, owned by a family member, for 20 years.
She’ll definitely be voting for Donald Trump in the November election, she said. Why? “The economy sucks. [Customers] are tighter with their money when things are more expensive.”
Less than a mile away, Andrese Wright was cutting hair at the salon she started eight years ago. One of few Black business owners in the borough, she said Trump’s 2016 election corresponded with a rise in racist behavior in her community, and she plans to vote for Kamala Harris this fall in hopes of bolstering abortion rights.
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