Trump says he helped Republican in Pa. special election [View all]
Source: Politico
By ANDREW RESTUCCIA 03/15/2018 12:24 AM EDT
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the final outcome of the Pennsylvania special election would have been much worse for Republicans if he had not campaigned in the district.
“I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I know [Republican candidate Rick Saccone] came up a lot in the last few days,” Trump told donors during a closed-door speech in Missouri, according to audio obtained by POLITICO. “We went there. We made a speech. The place was packed and we’ll see what happens.”
Noting that Democrat Conor Lamb, the apparent victor, will only serve in Congress for the rest of this year and that the district map is being redrawn, Trump said “it was a lot of work” for a lawmakers who is only guaranteed to be in office for a short time.
Trump also suggested Lamb won by pandering to GOP voters. “He said very nice things about me. I kept saying, ‘Is he a Republican?’ He sounded like a Republican to me,” the president aid. “But I guess when you’re popular in a certain area, that’s probably a good tactic.”
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