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Originally Posted by barahona44
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I feel that's a fair assessment but...
- Trump did invest heavily in this race.
- Its steel country and Tariffs were enacted to protect that industry a week ago. Coincidental timing? Hardly.
- Trump made a campaign stop in favor of the GOP candidate over the weekend.
- Saccone wasn't a "bad" candidate and Lamb was a "good" one but that hardly explains the metrics that needed to be overcome.
- The district ALWAYS goes Republican.
The fact is the Republicans and the President put considerable resources into this campaign to lose another one. Imagine what this outcome might have been without the Tariff announcement and Pittsburgh visit.