President Donald Trump on Wednesday used the grief surrounding the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh to promote a GOP congressman running in Pennsylvania, one day after visiting the city despite calls from local leaders asking him not to come. “Yesterday in Pittsburgh I was really impressed with Congressman Keith Rothfus (far more so than any other local political figure),” the president tweeted Wednesday afternoon, boosting the Republican representative. “His sincere level of compassion, grief and sorrow for the events that took place, in its own way, very inspiring,” he added. “Vote for Keith!”Rothfus, who currently represents the state’s 12th Congressional District, is running against Rep. Conor Lamb (D) in the left-leaning 17th Congressional District, due to a redistricting ordered by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Lamb is favored to win the district.

Source: Huffington Post October 31, 2018 21:45 UTC