Former Vice President Joe Biden, famously born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, will campaign for a Democrat in a special election at the other end of Pennsylvania. Republicans have been spending heavily on the race, which pits Democrat Conor Lamb against state Rep. Rick Saccone, while national Democrats have spent comparatively little.
Before confirming he would visit the district to campaign:
During an address to House Democrats on Wednesday, Biden gave Lamb, a Marine veteran and former prosecutor, a shout-out saying he has a “genuine chance of winning” the seat. “Mr. Vice President, they called you PA’s third Senator for a reason: You know our people. Thanks for the support,” Lamb responded on Twitter.
If that doesn’t convince you that Conor Lamb is for real, consider that the head of a top Republican Super PAC said that “I watched 30 seconds of Rick Saccone on video and I watched 30 seconds of Conor Lamb on video, and I quickly decided this would be a race.” Or watch Lamb’s ad defending Social Security and Medicare.