I live in Pennsylvania and I can tell you his supporters are getting fed-up with having Tom Wolf destroy our livelihoods and our liberties while Trump keeps saying he’s doing a great job.
We have a great State Senator here, Doug Mastriano. He is trying to pass legislation to end the state of emergency. He says he can flip some Democrats if the White House would give him a letter about funding that will defuse one of their biggest talking points.
Thusfar he has received NO cooperation. The guy has a huge social media following that thousands listen to his nightly online chats, so the appearance that Trump is on Wolf’s side is really hurting him here.
“...so the appearance that Trump is on Wolf’s side is really hurting him here.“
I can only speak anecdotally, based on what I am hearing here in the northern Philly suburbs, but I am not seeing that dynamic being a problem at all.
The pro-Trump people hate Wolf, and blame him 100% for business shutdowns and school closings, while the anti-Trump people think shutting down is a good thing - even “patriotic“ - and they give Wolf 100% of the credit.
The fence-sitters, who are neither pro-Trump or anti-Trump, are few and far between - feelings about Trump are extremely polarized. Feelings about the Covid shutdowns are polarized too - very few people are ambivalent. But even they tend to think of the shutdowns as being the Governor’s baby.
So whether people are for or against the shutdowns, Wolf is getting all the blame/credit - both sides even are calling them “Governor Wolf’s guidelines“.
As for these hybrid Pennsylvania voters who blame the President for the shutdowns because he said Wolf is doing a good job - I have not heard one single person express that around here.
I’m not saying they don’t exist, I’m just saying I’m not seeing it.
Personally, I am OK with the President saying Wolf is doing a good job. Just as I’m OK with him complimenting Putin as a worthy adversary, or saying Mexico is doing a good job patrolling the border. Or that he gets along great with Governor Gavin Newsom.
I put all that down to diplomacy - like the way one congressmen will address another as “my good friend from Ohio” or “respected colleague” even though he would sooner rip the other’s throat out.