Left: Republican candidate for Congress (PA-13) Brian Haughton receives the endorsement of IAFF Local 22 from union president Billy Gault. Right: Philadelphia firefighter Brian Haughton of Ladder 15 checks for fire in the eves of a burning house. Click image to enlarge.
Freedom Radio interviewed Philadelphia firefighter Brian Haughton about when and why he decided to challenge a 3-term incumbent for the people’s seat in the U.S. Congress in Pennsylvania District 13. Here is the audio:
Reportedly, when Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz heard Haughton was running, she said, “I don’t want to run against a firefighter.” Then she and her staff made a few phone calls to try to get others to get him out of the race. Schwartz’ dirty tricks included putting three local residents up to challenging his ballot petition signatures; all three challenges have since been withdrawn.
Schwartz calling Haughton’s national union backfired as well. Last week, International Association of Fire Fighters Local 22 endorsed Haughton for Congress and donated to his campaign; they stood by their Brother, as you can see in the photo above.
Gee, what is this world coming to? A shady politician can not even muscle a non-politician she is afraid might defeat her in an election out of a primary. Next thing you know some regular folks like Brian Haughton will end up in Congress, start getting control of our runaway government and federal spending, and even begin representing the interests of the people in their districts and states.