JOHNSTOWN, Pa.: The Republican Party headquarters in this former steel town was buzzing Saturday as supporters filed in to pick up Trump 2020 stickers and yard signs, including ones declaring: Your pro-life vote matters.”
But even as coverage of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death played on Fox News on an office television, the political fight brewing in Washington over her replacement felt like a world away to some.
I don’t really pay attention to the news much,” said Dan Thomas, a 24-year-old from Johnstown, in western Pennsylvania, after he filled out paperwork to vote for the first time. It wasn’t the court that brought Thomas in. (When a friend tried to convince him it was a big deal, he shrugged: Oh, OK. Whoopie.)
Instead, he’s convinced that President Donald Trump is fighting for…