'In 2016, then RepLouBarletta and Rep Tom Marino became the first sitting members of Congress to endorse then-candidate Donald Trump for president. Their colleagues in Washington gave them the side-eye,' ZitoSalena writes.
PITTSBURGH — In 2016, then-Reps. Lou Barletta and Tom Marino became the first sitting members of Congress to endorse then-candidate Donald Trump for president. Their colleagues in Washington gave them the side-eye. Barletta told me at the time that when that didn’t work, their colleagues tried to talk them out of it.
Urban, a Pennsylvania native from Aliquippa, had a front-row seat to the two men supporting Trump ahead of the primary contests in 2016."I cannot overstate their importance in 2016," he said."They were credible, likable, mainstream Republicans who were, along with Chris Collins of New York, the first supporters on Capitol Hill. We used to meet in the Capitol Hill Club on Thursdays, and there were those three and eventually two or three others who joined along.
Mastriano's loss to Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro included the loss of traditionally red counties to the Montgomery County Democrat. Mastriano said this week that he was considering a run for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania next year.
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