Carpetbagging Ryan Crosswell sits on a throne of lies

One Democrat is already filed to challenge clueless Democrat Nellie Pou to a primary, and today, Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh announced that he’s not ruling out mounting a primary either.

Crosswell said his fundraising numbers so far show an “enthusiastic response to his campaign for Congress.” But the truth is, just ONE of Crosswell’s donors lives in the Lehigh Valley.

So much for voters feeling “enthusiastic” about Crosswell…

“Last time we checked, having just one supporter in the district you’re running to represent isn’t a recipe for success. Democrat Ryan Crosswell is already cooked.” — NRCC Spokeswoman Maureen O’Toole

Read the full story here or excerpts below:

Dem House Hopeful Said He Earned ‘Impressive’ Fundraising Haul By ‘Barnstorming’ His District. Every Donor But One Lives Outside of It.
The Washington Free Beacon
Chuck Ross
August 4, 2025

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Crosswell, who is running to unseat freshman Republican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, raised nearly $321,000 from 291 individual donations since launching his campaign in June, according to campaign finance records. Crosswell’s campaign said the hefty haul in just a few short weeks showed “the enthusiastic response to his campaign for Congress.” And Crosswell has said residents of the district, which lies in the Lehigh Valley, “have welcomed me with open arms.”

But according to analysis by the Washington Free Beacon, 0.3 percent of Crosswell’s donors and 0.16 percent of his donations came from within the district. The lone in-district donor, a school district employee from Allentown, gave $500 to Crosswell on June 11, campaign records show. Campaigns are required to disclose contributions of more than $200, whether the donors give that amount in a single donation or through multiple donations.

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Crosswell’s opponents in both parties have taken aim at him for switching parties and residing outside the district.

“Ryan Crosswell is a lifelong Republican who has never lived in the Lehigh Valley,” Northampton County executive Lamont McClure, a Democratic candidate for the seat, said after Crosswell’s campaign launch.

“Ryan Crosswell is so unprincipled that he switched parties and became a carpetbagger just so he could run for Congress in a community where he has never lived,” a Mackenzie campaign spokesman said.

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Crosswell has faced other stumbling blocks early in the campaign. He touted a false news story last month that the Trump administration deported an elderly Chilean man from his residence in Allentown. Crosswell offered to provide legal services to the man’s family pro bono, saying such a case “should never happen in our country.” The Morning Call, which reported the initial story, later retracted it after learning that the man alleged to have been deported died in Chile in 2021.

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