Trump stumps for PA Republicans in appearance at Mack Trucks
President Donald Trump urged enthusiastic followers to preserve the Republican majority in Congress in the November midterm elections, though he rarely referred to candidates by name while speaking Tuesday at the Mack Trucks assembly plant in Lower Macungie Township.
”We’ve got to get a certain very talented congressman reelected. You know that? Where are you, Mr. Congressman? We’ve got to get you back in,” the president said early in his remarks, referring to Ryan Mackenzie, the Lehigh Valley’s freshman Republican representative whose swing district Trump was visiting. He didn’t say Mackenzie’s name until almost an hour into his 90-minute appearance, when he invited Mackenzie on stage to speak.
Mackenzie, for his part, praised Trump as he stood next to the president. “You are the president that is fighting for all Americans,” Mackenzie said.
Similarly, the president often referred to Sen. David McCormick, who is not up for reelection, by first name only. He gave shoutouts to Pennsylva…