{"id":197683,"date":"2026-05-20T10:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/197683\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:28:07","slug":"what-people-are-saying-about-bob-brooks-win-in-pa-7-congress-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/197683\/","title":{"rendered":"What people are saying about Bob Brooks’ win in PA 7 Congress primary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob Brooks\u2019 victory in Tuesday\u2019s Democratic primary in the race for the 7th Congressional District<\/a> brought immediate praise from those backing him and criticism from his Republican opponent in the November general election.<\/p>\n

Among them were comments from incumbent Rep. Ryan Mackenzie\u2019s reelection campaign:<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight, after spending millions of dollars in dark money on his behalf, the Democratic establishment got their hand-picked candidate: con-man and fraudster Bob Brooks. These groups steamrolled local Democrats and hijacked the democratic process in order to nominate a corrupt political insider, a wealthy lobbyist with a vast stock portfolio, and someone who has a record of stealing from his own family. The establishment Democrat machine has done this for one reason: they know that Bob Brooks will follow orders from his political bosses, just like he did as a union boss. The people of the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos will reject this dumpster fire of a candidate,\u201d Mackenzie for Congress spokesperson Arnaud Armstrong said.<\/p>\n

The End Citizens United PAC, which endorsed Brooks in March, offered congratulations:<\/p>\n

\u201cBob ran on lowering costs, taking on corruption, and promising to end the pay-to-play culture that has become normalized in Washington. That message helped him get through the primary and will be crucial to flipping this seat in November. We\u2019re proud to support him because we know he\u2019ll work for his constituents, not the special interests,\u201d End Citizens United President Tiffany Muller said.<\/p>\n

The National Republican Congressional Committee spokesperson Reilly Richardson said, \u201cCongressman Ryan Mackenzie has spent his first term in office fighting to lower the cost of living, improve community safety, and provide much-needed tax relief for Pennsylvania workers, families, and seniors. Bernie Bro Bob Brooks is a far-left socialist and poll-constructed fraud whose entire campaign is propped up by DC Democrats. Voters know Brooks\u2019s tax-and-spend agenda would devastate the Lehigh Valley, which is why they\u2019ll reelect Ryan Mackenzie this November.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters said, \u201cDemocrats were so desperate to secure obedient allies that they meddled in a competitive primary, put their thumb on the scale, and won themselves a rubber-stamp candidate in Bob Brooks. Brooks doesn\u2019t stand for anything but himself, and now the party bosses who bought and paid for this primary win. Lehigh Valley voters won\u2019t be fooled and will send proven fighter Representative Ryan Mackenzie back to Congress for a second term.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair Eugene DePasquale praised Brooks and other winners of congressional primaries.<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight, Pennsylvania Democrats nominated a slate of candidates who are ready to put the people of this Commonwealth first, and reject the chaos, corruption, and cost-raising agenda that Pennsylvania Republicans have embraced in Harrisburg and in Washington. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI congratulate Bob Harvie, Chris Rabb, Bob Brooks, Paige Cognetti, Rachel Wallace, and Janelle Stelson on winning their nominations. The path to a Democratic House majority runs through Pennsylvania, and together, we\u2019ll work tirelessly to put a check on Donald Trump\u2019s chaos and the harm it is causing Pennsylvanians.\u201d<\/p>\n

PA 7 Congress primary election results: Bob Brooks wins Dem race, will face GOP Rep. Ryan Mackenzie in November<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bob Brooks\u2019 victory in Tuesday\u2019s Democratic primary in the race for the 7th Congressional District brought immediate praise…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,836,433,182,139,434,28,50,432],"class_list":["post-197683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-election","tag-lehigh-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-northampton-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-politics","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}