By The Staff
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After Steve Lonegan accused the Passaic County GOP of rigging its Thursday evening screening vote, the campaign of his victorious NJ-05 rival, John McCann, pushed back on Saturday with one of President Trump’s favorite put-downs.
“How ironic that Steve Lonegan, who tried to silence the 13.4 million Trump voters in the Republican Presidential Primary by trying to rig the Republican convention against Trump would make such a ridiculous statement. As President Trump said, he is a loser,” said Lauren Zisa, a spokesperson for the McCann campaign.
The background:
Trump characteristically took it all very personally.
“You have a guy named Lonegan,” Trump told Fox News in a July 2016 interview. “I’ve known Lonegan for 25 years in New Jersey. “The guy’s a loud-mouth guy.”
“He’s always lost,” Trump continued. “He’s a loser. … Always been a nasty guy. He loses. He’s a loser.”
McCann won the Passaic screening committee’s backing over Lonegan, 19-4, giving the former a leg up in Ringwood and West Milford in this June’s upcoming primary contest.
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