Trump says he helped Republican in Pa. special election

[DonViejo]

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.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/15/trump-pennsylvania-special-election-trudeau-465418

[greymattermom]

1. Keep up the good work

and help all the Republican candidates. Plan some good lies while you're at it, and make them local so folks will get it. You'll be so popular.

[lagomorph777]

13. With friends like Trump, who needs enemas?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. If tRump had an enema the shell would blow away in the breeze. . . . nt

[Aristus]

28. HA!

[MBS]

31. great advice.

[nocalflea]

2. "I hear a train a 'comin... "

[DeminPennswoods]

24. Van Jones' comment was similar

On the order of "that rumbling you hear...is the reistance coming down from the mountains".

[nocalflea]

27. And they're all wearing ass-kicking boots and carrying chainsaws.

[Demsrule86]

3. 'Helped' them over a cliff. This is a reliably Republican district for years.

[lagomorph777]

14. A heavily, illegally-gerrymandered district, completely safe by design.

Only Trump could have wrecked that safe seat.

[Demsrule86]

25. Isn't that the truth...he left his partners in business bleeding and broken...let's hope the GOP

meets the same fate.

[Historic NY]

4. He barely mentioned the guys name....

I hope he helps other republicans.

[FakeNoose]

7. Yeah he spent an hour talking about himself

I'm pretty sure he forgot Rick Saccone's name, he had to read it off the paper.
What frosts me is how Trump got free national TV time and all he did was campaign for himself.

[lagomorph777]

15. I think he's as helpful to himself as he is to his candidates.

Go ahead Trump, help yourself! Have a second helping! And don't skimp on the paté!

[duforsure]

5. Once again

He uses the opposite of the truth to promote himself with. Bernie Maddoff is somewhere smiling at him.

[noneof_theabove]

6. And after you heard the train...

This is next

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[joshdawg]

8. This sleazy POS just cannot help himself.

He wants to take all the credit, but none of the blame.
North won the Civil War and trump says he alone fixed it.
He got us out of the Great Depression in the '30s.
He created the earth.
He......oh, never mind!
What an arrogant, egotistical, narcissistic pile of rat s***!

[Happyhippychick]

9. Thanks to Trump, Saccone came in 2nd!

Could have been worse for sure!

[Politicub]

10. Keep helping, generalissimo dumbass

[IronLionZion]

11. Dipshit should help every Republican the same way

by talking about himself constantly

and before the election they were claiming Lamb was too liberal and supports Pelosi's values

[SayItLoud]

12. And the *Survey Saysssss*

NOPE DOPE @realdonaldtrump your foul, loudmouthed storm trooper rally only motivated MORE Democrats to come out and vote. IN A HISTORICALLY RED district.

[bucolic_frolic]

16. I actually don't think he had any effect

he shook the bushes to motivate a few die-hards, and he alienated just as many of his own supporters, 2.8% of which voted Democratic (just enough!). And he scared the BeJesus out of Democrats who in an off year election turned out 79% of their 2016 totals.

Something Donald J. Trump could never comprehend is that when an election is going against you, high profile is not often the way to go. If he had stayed away, and stopped carping about his candidate, and GOP's $11 million were not publicized ... it might well have gone the other way. It was close.

[True Blue American]

17. CSpan now has

Julian Zelezer On. He is writing a book about the Obama Presidency.

I am amazed at those on the Democratic line calling Conor Lamb a Republican and going off on President Obama.

Either they are lying bots or Democrats who swallow the Republican lie of the moment.

What do you think?

[Cha]

18. trump the closer..

[lordsummerisle]

20. K&R n/t

[orangecrush]

21. has this guy ever taken responsibility

for anything?

[malthaussen]

22. Cool! Keep helping them, please.

Less time for you to stink up the White House while you're out, too.

-- Mal

[DFW]

23. If it was "only" for a short time, then explaine to me please......

Why did the Kochs and their dirty money friends feel the need to pour TEN MILLION dollars into this race?

It was either significant or it wasn't. Since you don't allot ten million dollars to an insignificant race, the logical conclusion is that the Republicans thought this race was pretty goddam vital, if you ask me.

[Whiskeytide]

30. I suspect it was mostly for optics. They ...

... want to fend off the blue wave, and thought the best way to do that was to take some steam out of it. Backfired spectacularly. Much hand wringing and temple massaging going on about now.

And I’m happy as Hell with the result. But we need to be on guard. Their desperation will bring out the dirty tricks and go for broke tactics like we’ve never seen. I expect genuine chaos in November.

[WiseElder]

26. Repub would have won if Trump stayed away.

People are saying........

[BumRushDaShow]

29. "special election would have been much worse for Republicans"

So losing wasn't "much worse"??