Monday was the last day for party nominees to withdraw their candidacies. Now a court order is required. Some of you were apparently hoping that Bob Brooks, the Dem nominee for Pa. 7's Congressional District, would pull the plug on his race. I think that's highly unlikely.
As you can see above, a group calling itself "Concerned Democrats Against Bob Brooks" formally requested the state committee to request Brooks to withdraw from the campaign., based on (1) pending fraud litigation (which a court recently determined to have merit); 2) His public denigration of volunteer firefighters (who also serve as firefighters in communities with paid fire departments); 3) His alleged violation of a state labor law requiring him to carry workers' comp insurance; and 4) racially charged social media posts that Brooks has since deleted.
These concerned Democrats, whose identities I do not know, claim that Brooks presents "an unacceptable risk of handing this seat and potentially the House Majority to Ryan Mackenzie."
I personally have no intention for voting for any of the three candidates. Blogger Michale Molovinsky succinctly observes that the choice between Mackenzie and Brooks is a "Wizard of Oz choice ... one candidate needs a brain, the other a spine." As for Tupone, whom I suspect will survive the ballot challenges if he hires a lawyer instead of thinking he can represent himself, he's an ethical oil slick.
It’s starting to go around many Democrat circles that Bob Brooks campaign is starting to have a problem. Also with rumbling that more stuff is coming out on him. Establishment does what they do best….. mess things up.
ReplyDelete"Concerned Democrats" is the ultimate oxymoron.
ReplyDeleteThis effort was organized by remnants of Ryan Crosswell’s campaign at his urging.
ReplyDeleteI seriously doubt it
DeleteI'm a concerned Democrat. I called up the Lehigh County commissioners to line up an 8-ball and Phillips Armstrong answered.
ReplyDeleteBrooks is going to win by 2 pts. Crosswell can crawl back under the rock he came out from under.
ReplyDeleteShapiro must have owed Little Mac or Momma Mac a favor.
ReplyDeleteThat favor was Bob Brooks.
Brooks is going to be your next Congressman, and it is going to be hilarious.
ReplyDeleteI’m writing in Suzy Wild.
ReplyDeleteWho cares only idiots believe these people are leaders
ReplyDeleteBrooks is by far, the worst candidate.
ReplyDelete“Concerned Democrats” including longtime Republican elected official Phil Gogel. This is shameless stuff from you Bernie.
ReplyDeleteYou’d be surprised how hush hush the democratic committee is here, knowing that one of them had forged signatures in petitions for one of their endorsed candidates in the past house PA -22 race. Let’s see how this plays out in the fall since one of them already lost to a liberal.
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