Meet A Real Fighter Who Uses Every Lever Of Power

This weekend, Lehigh County controller Mark Pinsley declared his candidacy for a congressional seat in one of Pennslyvania’s most purple (PVI is R+1) districts, PA-07— all of Lehigh and Northampton counties and some of Carbon and Monroe counties. The current congressman, Ryan Mackenzie is a freshman who hasn’t made much of an impression except as someone who does whatever Trump likes. So the folks in the district who are just looking for a Trump puppet, have their man already.

The others are watching a tight primary race forming between a quartet of corporate-aligned New Dem types on the one hand— recent Republican, Ryan Crosswell (the kind of stooge the DCCC likes), Northampton County executive Lamont McClure, EMILY’s List candidate Carol Obando-Derstine and the Josh Shapiro pick, Bob Brooks— and unabashed let’s-get-things-done New Deal Democrat Mark Pinsley.

Pinsley draws the most contrast between himself and Mackenzie and we think he’d be the best candidate to beat him, rather than a bunch of “moderates” fighting it out for the mythical center. We were most impressed with Pinsley’s dedication to the idea about taxing wealth rather than work and we asked him introduce himself with this guest post below.

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