Washington, D.C. – Last week, a Braddock restaurant owner came forward in the press to explain why he is not for Fetterman. Now, other Braddock residents are making it known that the record Fetterman touts on the campaign trail is not reality.
For instance:
[Tony] Lundy laughs when he hears Fetterman’s stories.
“Brought it back to what? Life? Come on. Look around you, there ain’t no life here, nothing is rebuilt here, nobody brought anything back, it got worse,” he said of Braddock.
Lundy said he wished the Fetterman legend was true. “I really do, but you can’t put this back together, and it is insulting to those who live here to tell us that we are better off because of him.”
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Mary Carey has been deeply involved in the community her entire adult life as the culture & information facilitator at the Braddock Carnegie Library, a job she recently lost due to cutbacks. She said she bears no ill will toward the former mayor, who still lives here, but she takes issue with his narrative that he made the borough better.
“Job creation, what job creation? You mean the Family Dollar Store over there?” she said, pointing to the discount variety store on the vacant street.
Then, there’s his soft-on crime agenda, getting allowance from his parents until his 40s, skipping work as mayor and Lt. Gov.
Statement from NRSC Spokeswoman Lizzie Litzow: “When your hometown residents are laughing at the claim that you improved Braddock as mayor, there’s a problem. John Fetterman is a man child who skips work and is soft on crime but is trying to deceive voters into thinking he’s a hard worker who brings positive change. But no one knows the real Fetterman like his former constituents. This is not a good look on Fetterman and will come back to bite him next month.”
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