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U.S. NEWS Monday 12 March 2018

Trump: Voters must support GOP in Pittsburgh-area House race

cone have endorsed the unlikely defeat. National tramarital affair in which
move. Pennsylvania’s 18th GOP forces could exceed the anti-abortion lawmaker
Congressional District has $10 million in spending on urged his mistress to get an
an estimated 17,000 steel- the race, and Saturday abortion when he thought
workers and almost 90,000 was the president’s sec- she was pregnant.
voters from union house- ond recent visit to the area. Murphy, an eight-term con-
holds. “Not all of our friends But Trump risked another gressman who had union
on Wall Street love it, but embarrassing defeat after support, never had a close
we love it,” Trump said of backing Republican Roy election and had no Dem-
the tariffs. He added that Moore in last December’s ocratic challenger in his last
Lamb’s party leadership Alabama Senate election, two elections. But Saccone
opposes his protectionist only to watch Moore lose has struggled with his own
policy. He sidestepped the a seat his party had held fundraising, is a union foe
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign fact that most of his own since 1997. and hasn’t run as aggres-
rally at Atlantic Aviation in Moon Township, Pa., Saturday, March party’s leaders oppose The Pennsylvania special sive a campaign as Lamb,
10, 2018. tariffs, as well. Trump’s ap- election is to replace Re- prompting criticism from
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) pearance was part of a publican Rep. Tim Murphy, Republicans in Washington
Continued from Front about the president as it White House push to help who resigned last year who quietly concede Lamb
was an underperforming Saccone avoid a once- amid revelations of an ex- is a stronger candidate.q
“He’s never going to vote congressional candidate.
for us. He can say, ‘I love The president repeatedly
President Trump.’ ... I don’t reminisced about his elec-
want to meet him. I might tion, when Pennsylvania
like him.” helped put him over the
Democrats need to flip 24 top after decades of land-
GOP-held seats to claim a ing in the Democrats’ col-
House majority. A victory in umn.
such a Republican-leaning The president criticized
district would boost their Democrats for blocking his
hopes and renew GOP long-promised border wall
concerns of a bad Novem- and attacked so-called
ber. Lamb, a 33-year-old sanctuary cities that refuse
Marine veteran and former to cooperate with federal
prosecutor, has positioned immigration authorities.
himself as more representa- He also called for harsher
tive of the district than Sac- punishments for drug deal-
cone, a 60-year-old state ers, including the death
lawmaker. Lamb touts his penalty, pointing to China
resume and declares that and Singapore as models
he wouldn’t vote for Dem- Trump continued his at-
ocratic House leader Nan- tacks on the press, criticiz-
cy Pelosi as party leader. ing media coverage of
He also avoids criticizing his decision to meet with
Trump. the leader of North Korea
Trump conceded Lamb and complaining that he
might not back Pelosi but doesn’t get credit for ac-
said most House Demo- complishments. He singled
crats will. And if Pelosi were out NBC’s Chuck Todd as
in charge of the House, a “sleeping son of a bitch.”
Trump said, Lamb would He also made sure the
simply “vote the party line.” workers in this industrial-
While Trump was ostensibly heavy region see the new
in Pennsylvania for Sacco- steel tariffs as “my baby,”
ne, the rally was as much even as Lamb and Sac-