'They Deserve Pink Slip, Not A+..': Jeffries Puts Republicans on Notice with 100 Days Until Midterms
Shapiro and Jeffries said Brooks would help Democrats win a key swing seat and narrow the path to House control, with 100 days left until Election Day.
- On Sunday, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries rallied supporters in Bethlehem for Democrat Bob Brooks, who is challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie for Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District seat.
- Brooks, a career firefighter and president of the Pennsylvania Professional Fire Fighters Association, framed his campaign around working-class experience, stating, "I'm a regular working person. Like so many of the faces that I see in this room."
- While incumbent Mackenzie has raised nearly $4.5 million, Brooks outpaced him between April 30 and June 30, adding roughly $1.2 million to his campaign stockpile during that period.
- Shapiro criticized Mackenzie for abandoning the Lehigh Valley to serve Washington interests, accusing him of "aligning himself with President Donald Trump" and doing "whatever Donald Trump told him to do."
- With 100 days until the midterm election, Jeffries framed the race as pivotal for Democratic control of Congress, declaring, "100 days to change direction in the United States before it's too late.
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Times of India'They deserve pink slip, not A+..': Jeffries puts Republicans on notice with 100 days until midterms
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday unveiled the party’s Fighting for an Affordable America agenda, as he kicked off 100 days until the midterm elections and works to focus voter attention ahead of November. In Pennsylvania’s 7th District, tucked in the Lehigh Valley, Jeffries and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, rallied support at a steelworkers’ union hall for Bob Brooks, a retir…
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