Midway through another raucous arena rally last week, President Trump offered a revealing aside about Rep. Lou Barletta, the Republican he recruited to jump into Pennsylvania’s Senate race.
“I got him into this,” Trump said, musing about what he called “the only bad thing” about Barletta’s candidacy before thousands of supporters resplendent in red ball caps. “For the rest of his life, he could have been a congressman.”
In Trump country, Republican candidates this year fall flat
The states that gave the president his surprise win in 2016 have warmed to Democrats, reviving the region as an election bellwether.
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Barletta is awful.