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Senatorial candidate Katie McGinty to address the DNC on Thursday

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Happy birthday Kaitlyn Madison Kundla!

<p>PHILADELPHIA &#8212; U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, was welcomed to the podium at Monday&#8217;s Pennsylvania Delegation breakfast, but in a somewhat awkward way.</p><p>Marcel Groen, chairman of the state party, was trying to bring Casey up to speak, but Groen qualified Casey&#8217;s speaking abilities by saying he &#8220;wouldn&#8217;t be quite as good as Sen. Corey Booker,&#8221; who spoke before Casey. Booker got a standing ovation.</p><p>When Casey got to the podium, he smiled and said when he first entered politics, he was described as having the personality of oatmeal.</p><p>&#8220;So remember that when you&#8217;re eating your breakfast,&#8221; Casey joked.</p><style>
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DNC 2016: Sen. Bob Casey gets interesting introduction at delegation breakfast