“You know that we got to get him—where are you? Where are you, Mr. Congressman?”
During a rally in Macungie, Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump endorsed Representative Ryan Mackenzie, a vulnerable Republican from a competitive district, but appeared to struggle recalling the congressman’s name, pausing and scanning the crowd before asking, “Where are you, Mr. Congressman?” This moment comes as Mackenzie, who won his seat by a narrow margin in 2024, has quietly rewritten his campaign website in recent weeks, removing previous hardline immigration language and references to “forever wars,” after polls showed public disapproval of the administration’s Iran conflict and border policies. Mackenzie’s voting record, however, has backed the president’s military actions four times. The incident underscores the shifting political landscape ahead of the midterms.
- thedailybeast.com ↗︎03 JUL 2026