Bob Brooks and his D.C. bosses are struggling to clean up their mess
Allentown, PA — Following Bob Brooks’ Wednesday event with his former opponents, the Mackenzie for Congress Campaign released the following statement.
“Bob Brooks wiped his social media history this week, but his former opponents haven’t wiped theirs,” said Mackenzie for Congress Campaign Manager Andres Weller. “In recent months, Democrats across the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos have rightfully pointed out Brooks’ history of fraud, dishonesty, shady deals, sketchy social media posts, and embarrassing gaffes. Congressman Mackenzie stands with local Democrats in their criticisms of conman and fraudster Bob Brooks, including by joining Ryan Crosswell’s recent call for Brooks to update his ‘falsified’ ethics disclosure to include the ‘court-ordered debt of $130,000 to his in-laws.’
“Right now, Brooks’ bosses in the D.C. establishment are desperately trying to pick up the pieces from their disastrous primary by putting all of his former opponents together in a room. Ryan Crosswell said it best: ‘The DCCC will undoubtedly show up here on May 20th, ready to ask all [Democrats] to work for the winner. They will act like they respect these volunteers in the general election after blatantly disregarding them in the primary election… But if you let them decide the election, they will. And nothing will ever change.’”
Recent Criticism from Democrats
Every candidate in this race has loyal, Super Democrat supporters. The people who volunteer, and canvass, and phonebank, and sit out in the cold under four layers at Democratic committee tables at community events. And they have no say in this. The DCCC will undoubtedly show up here on May 20th, ready to ask all of them to work for the winner. They will act like they respect these volunteers in the general election after blatantly disregarding them in the primary election. And that doesn’t even account for all the dark money being spent by the same establishment to try to get him across the finish line (hint: if the ad doesn’t say “I approve this message”, it’s dark money). And the only reason they’re trying this hard to force him on us is because they’re seeing how upset people are that he’s getting forced on them.
This election is not the DCCC’s or the DC insiders’ decision. This is yours. It’s your kids in our schools. It’s your parents in our nursing homes. It’s you and your neighbors who have been out at No Kings events standing up for our country. But if you let them decide the election, they will. And nothing will ever change. – Ryan Crosswell
I’m calling on Bob Brooks to disclose any and all pending debts in his House Ethics Disclosure filing, which is due today. His last disclosure was falsified: it did not disclose a court-ordered debt of $130,000 to his in-laws… Because he didn’t include it in his previous disclosures – which every candidate in the country was required by law to file – voters only learned about it when his mother in-law filed a fraud lawsuit against him in February. Only then did his campaign admit that they intentionally didn’t disclose this debt in their House Ethics filing. – Ryan Crosswell
“If Washington, D.C. insiders want to know why they’re hated, look no further than this race: They’ve thrown their support behind the one candidate who has missed the most events, avoided the most questions, has a pending fraud lawsuit and threw the governor under the bus when asked about his own endorsement of an election denier.” – Ryan Crosswell
Bob Brooks sent a fundraising text for me saying the job was “too big for him.” – LaMont McClure
“He’s a human gaffe machine.” – Lamont McClure
In a district that’s 23% Latino, my opponent shrugged off the deadliest attack targeting people who look like us. That’s unacceptable. Our community has always fought back but we shouldn’t have to do it alone. We need a leader who sees us, respects us, and fights for our safety. – Carol Obando-Derstine
“I absolutely do not think it is appropriate for the DCCC or any outside organization to weigh in on this race before it has been determined by the voters. That’s what the primary is for for the people to vote their choice to represent the Democratic party.” – Lori McFarland
“The Democratic establishment is always talking about diversity and representing all sectors of a community… They’re presented with a Latina, highly qualified, highly educated candidate in a district with a large Hispanic population, and I can only surmise they decided maybe PA-7 wasn’t ready for this kind of candidate… This is their new mantra—we’ve got to get the working-class back, so all of our best candidates are these working-class dudes… Probably even more important to the outcome of a race are suburban women. So hey, what about them?” – Susan Wild
“[Bob Brooks ducking interviews] is disqualifying, IMHO. One, the voters deserve every bit of information that they can get on these candidates. Two, who does Bob Brooks think he is? This smacks of ENTITLEMENT.” – Susan Wild
Information provided to TVL by:
Arnaud Armstrong
