A former Luzerne County congressman and one time Senate hopeful will lead the Pennsylvania Republican delegation at the party’s convention next month.
Former Congressman Lou Barletta was voted to be the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Delegates at the Republican National Convention where the party will formally nominate President Donald Trump.
Barletta shot out a tweet on Saturday saying he’s “honored” to have been voted for the position and is ready to work to reelect Trump.
“I am honored to have been voted Chairman of the @PAGOP Delegates for the @GOPconvention,” Barletta wrote in a tweet. “I can’t wait to see everyone in Jacksonville and work together to re-elect @realDonaldTrump!”
I am honored to have been voted Chairman of the @PAGOP Delegates for the @GOPconvention. I can’t wait to see everyone in Jacksonville and work together to re-elect @realDonaldTrump! ????????
— Lou Barletta (@loubarletta_PA) July 18, 2020
The Times Leader reports that Barletta will be one of the six delegates that each state is sending to Charlotte to legally nominate President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for re-election, prior to attending the convention in Jacksonville, FL from Aug. 24-27.
Barletta was one of Trump’s earliest and most loyal supporters in Pennsylvania during the 2016 GOP primary. Barletta was the second member of the state’s GOP congressional delegation to formally endorse Trump in the primary, only behind then-Rep. Tom Marino (R-Lycoming).
Barletta and Marino co-chaired President Trump’s campaign in Pennsylvania in 2016, and were dubbed “thunder and lightning” by Trump.
Barletta was unsuccessful in his attempt to unseat Sen. Bob Casey in 2018 and gave up his seat in Congress in his quest to join the Senate.
Rumors swirled in 2019 that Barletta was mulling a run for Congress again, but announced in September 2019 that he would not run for office in 2020 and instead was placing his focus on his new “boutique consulting firm, Pioneer Strategies.”
Although he decided to not run in the 8th Congressional District, he is serving as the “honorary chairman” of GOP candidate Jim Bognet’s campaign.
While Trump carried Pennsylvania in 2016, recent polling shows that former Vice President Joe Biden holds an advantage in the Keystone State.
The Real Clear Politics average shows Biden besting Trump by 6.6 points in Pennsylvania.
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Whoops. Trump just cancelled the RNC, hope he called Lou first to make sure he can zoom in as Chairman. It seems as if Trump is always letting Lou down.
Taco Lou Barletta is the sweet sauce
So some asswipe steals my posting name by adding a 3rd t and PoliticsPA blocks me? Have the Russian hackers arrived or is PoliticsPA that flimsy with its spelling?
Cause your an a$$****
I may be an ahole, but Trump is the best
LIAR STEALER FAKE IMPOSTER
You think the GOP would pick someone who didn’t lose the state by 17.
He was the only one they could find who hasn’t sent a woman a dick-pic (he probably doesn’t know how)
Barletta is a Trump clown car barf.
PoliticsPA is permitting some fraudster to steal my posting name and impersonate me while posting fake posts.
STOP STEALING MY FAKE NAME YOU FRAUD
Captain Lou is the right man to steer the ship
Into an iceberg
Most overrated politician in PA. Not smart. Lazy. Gets by on the smile. Even fooled Trump.
SAVE AMERICA – GO WITH JOE – DUMP TRUMP
So, is Lou going to be in charge of spreading covid to the whole PA delegation?