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The special election for Pennsylvania’s 18th congressional district between Rick Saccone (R) and Connor Lamb (D) was two days away and the liberal media was set for it to be a victory in their favor. A top story on each of ABC’s and NBC’s Sunday morning news programs was dedicated to playing up the possibility that the Democrats could beat out Republicans in their own district, which would help take back control of the House of Representatives in what they were calling a “blue wave.”
“Republicans throwing a whopping $9 million at the election fearing, that if they lose a safe seat in Congress, it's a downward spiral to the 2018 midterms,” Tara Palmeri condescendingly reported during ABC’s Good Morning America.
Palmeri also tried to fact-check President Trump in her report and totally whiffed. At a rally in the district over the weekend, Trump said he won the district “like by 22 points,” clearly not knowing the figure off the top of his head. With the same condescending tone, she asserted it was actually 19 points and claimed Trump was wrong in describing the Democratic candidate as a solid left vote because “he's running as a moderate.”
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