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Joe Cool

(751 posts) Wed Dec 21, 2022, 07:08 PM Dec 2022

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Franco Harris cared about politics because he cared about people

[link:https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/franco-harris-local-politics-pittsburgh-steelers/

Franco Harris was much more than just a great sports figure.

As KDKA-TV political editor Jon Delano reports, Harris was one of the few Steeler greats that engaged in local politics.

When Barack Obama came to Pittsburgh just before the Nov. 8 election for John Fetterman and local Democrats, Franco was right there.

"Voting makes all the difference in the world. That's what our democracy is based on," Franco told KDKA that day.

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Franco Harris cared about politics because he cared about people (Original Post) Joe Cool Dec 2022 OP

I met him in 2008 spinbaby Dec 2022 #1

spinbaby

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1. I met him in 2008

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Wed Dec 21, 2022, 07:48 PM

Dec 2022

When he came to the opening of the Obama field office in Washington. He deeply cared.

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