Ryan Mackenzie Admits He’s Met Green Party Plant Andrew Tupone… And Other Bizarre Details Emerge

… And in a Thursday court hearing, a Tupone petitioner admitted he was paid $7 per signature by “1st Amendment Professionals of Wyoming”

First, Punchbowl News reported that vulnerable Republican Congressman Ryan Mackenzie admitted in an interview that he has previously met Tupone.

Then, reporting from Armchair Lehigh Valley – who attended yesterday’s court hearings in person – uncovered that a white nationalist who petitioned on behalf of Tupone admitted that “he was brought in to circulate Tupone’s petition by 1st Amendment Professionals of Wyoming, which paid him $7 a signature via Venmo.” 

Another key detail: Tupone testified that he met an “unidentified man” in a Harrisburg parking lot who gave him a stack of signatures that “Tupone then filed himself.” Tupone also confessed he “coordinated” his petition filings with his legal team – which included his Republican lawyer Wally Zimolong, who has worked for Trump and “donated to Mackenzie’s reelection campaign in 2025.”

DCCC Spokesperson Eli Cousin:
“Republicans lit $1.7 million on fire to try and meddle against Bob Brooks in the primary, and now it’s clear they are once again trying to deceive Lehigh Valley voters because they know incumbent Congressman Ryan Mackenzie is a weak career politician who is on track to lose in November. The more we learn about Tupone, the deeper his ties to Mackenzie and Republicans get.”

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