{"id":143320,"date":"2025-06-20T22:35:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T02:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143320"},"modified":"2025-06-20T22:35:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T02:35:29","slug":"congressman-ryan-mackenzie-welcomes-carpetbagger-crosswell-to-the-greater-lehigh-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=143320","title":{"rendered":"Congressman Ryan Mackenzie Welcomes Carpetbagger Crosswell to the Greater Lehigh Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"
Congressman Ryan Mackenzie Welcomes Carpetbagger Crosswell to the Greater Lehigh Valley<\/strong><\/div>\n
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ALLENTOWN, PA \u2014 This week, the Mackenzie for Congress Campaign formally welcomed their latest Democratic challenger, Ryan Crosswell, to the race for U.S. Congress in Pennsylvania\u2019s 7th District. The welcome came in the form of a gift basket, which was signed for upon its arrival yesterday at Croswell\u2019s Washington D.C. residence. Pennsylvania\u2019s 7th District encompasses the Greater Lehigh Valley, including Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties as well as parts of Monroe County. Ryan Crosswell, who\u00a0admits<\/a><\/u>\u00a0to\u00a0never having lived in the area<\/u><\/i>, and whose previous visits occurred decades ago while he was sitting in a school bus, comes to the region by way of Washington, D.C.<\/div>\n
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Congressman Ryan Mackenzie announced the welcome in a\u00a0post<\/a><\/u>, which reads in part, \u201cWe love to have new visitors here in the Lehigh Valley! This month, we’re very happy to welcome Ryan Crosswell, who is vacationing away from his DC home for a few months while he runs for Congress.\u2026 P.S. we weren’t sure if you’d be here or back home on election day, so we’re including a mail-in ballot application.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cBy parachuting Ryan Crosswell into our community, D.C. insiders and special interests bent on taking back power are playing a bad joke on the people of the Greater Lehigh Valley,\u201d\u00a0said Mackenzie for Congress Spokesman Arnaud Armstrong.\u00a0\u201cCrosswell has never lived in the Lehigh Valley and is apparently maintaining his D.C. address. In fact, it has been over a week since Crosswell entered the race and his\u00a0website<\/a><\/u>\u00a0still doesn\u2019t include any mention of where he is running beyond the legal name of the district. The people of the Greater Lehigh Valley will reject this cynical attempt to have our community represented by a carpetbagging, special interest chosen, DC resident.\u201d<\/div>\n
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