Trump claimed that Lamb -- whose first and last name he misspelled as "Connor Lamm" -- is a "puppet" for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Lamb voted for Rep. Joe Kennedy III of MassachusettsLamb was one of 15 Democrats not to vote for Pelosi in the January 2019 speaker election. "Conor Lamb upholds promise not to vote Nancy Pelosi as speaker," read the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review headline at the time. "As promised, Rep. Conor Lamb doesn't vote for Nancy Pelosi for House speaker," read the headline on the website of Pittsburgh's WTAE Channel 4. Lamb, a former federal prosecutor, served as a Judge Advocate officer in the Marine Corps from 2009 to 2013, getting honorably discharged as a captain.
Source: CNN May 26, 2020 14:03 UTC