Trump Targets Lamb On Twitter
President Donald Trump has sent out tweets on back to back days targeting Rep. Conor Lamb (D-Allegheny), while falsely claiming that he voted for Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for Speaker of the House.
On Tuesday morning, Trump tweeted that Sean Parnell, a combat veteran and conservative author endorsed by Trump as the Republican candidate running in the 17th Congressional District, was an “America Hero,” while calling Lamb, a veteran, an “American fraud, and a puppet for Crazy Nancy Pelosi.”
“Sean Parnell is an American Hero. Conor Lamb has proven to be an American fraud, and a puppet for Crazy Nancy Pelosi. He said he would NOT vote for her for Speaker, and did. Will kill 2A. Voted to impeach (on nothing). A TOTAL & COMPLETE Sean Parnell Endorsement!,” Trump wrote in the tweet.
Sean Parnell is an American Hero. Conor Lamb has proven to be an American fraud, and a puppet for Crazy Nancy Pelosi. He said he would NOT vote for her for Speaker, and did. Will kill 2A. Voted to impeach (on nothing). A TOTAL & COMPLETE Sean Parnell Endorsement! https://t.co/v1OnY0MI8m
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 26, 2020
Trump shared a nearly identical message on Monday, but incorrectly spelled the Congressman’s name as “Connor Lamm.” That tweet from Monday has since been deleted by Trump.
Lamb responded on Twitter, Monday with a screenshot of Parnell retweeting Trump’s message, saying that those trying to beat him “have been lying about my record since the day I became a candidate.”
“These people have been lying about my record since the day I became a candidate. It hasn’t stopped, and it won’t stop, until we beat them at the ballot box in November,” Lamb tweeted on Monday afternoon.
These people have been lying about my record since the day I became a candidate.
It hasn’t stopped, and it won’t stop, until we beat them at the ballot box in November. pic.twitter.com/XKvtDy0Udw
— Conor Lamb (@ConorLambPA) May 25, 2020
Lamb was the lone Pennsylvania Democrat to not vote for Pelosi for Speaker in November 2018 and issued his support for Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA).
Trump has taken a particular interest in the 17th Congressional race. Trump first endorsed Parnell in December 2019 when there were three candidates seeking the GOP nomination for the seat. Trump also mentioned Parnell by name during Trump’s most recent visit to the state earlier this month when speaking at a medical equipment distribution center in the Lehigh Valley.
Trump sent out multiple tweets on Friday night issuing support for challengers Parnell, Lisa Scheller for the 7th Congressional District, and the following Republican Congressional incumbents in Pennsylvania: Reps. John Joyce (R-Blair), Fred Keller (R-Snyder), Mike Kelly (R-Butler), Dan Meuser (R-Luzerne), Scott Perry (R-York), Guy Reschenthaler (R-Allegheny), Lloyd Smucker (R-Lancaster), and G.T. Thompson (R-Centre). Notably missing from Trump’s tweeted endorsements on Friday night for congressional races in the state was Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Bucks), while also withholding from an endorsement in the crowded GOP primary for the 8th Congressional District.