President Trump in a tweet on Sunday promoted Republican Pennsylvania congressional candidate Rick Saccone, touting five GOP congressional wins in the first year of his presidency.
“The Republicans are 5-0 in recent Congressional races, a point which the Fake News Media continuously fails to mention,” Trump wrote on Twitter.
{mosads}“I backed and campaigned for all of the winners. They give me credit for one. Hopefully, Rick Saccone will be another big win on Tuesday.”
The president appears to be referring to the victories of Reps. Karen Handel (R-Ga.), Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.), Ron Estes (R-Kan.), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and John Curtis (R-Utah). All five House members were elected in special elections last year.
Democrat Doug Jones defeated Trump-backed Roy Moore last December, however, in the Alabama special election to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s former U.S. Senate seat.
Trump’s latest remark comes ahead of the heated Pennsylvania 18th Congressional District race on Tuesday, when Saccone faces off against Democrat Conor Lamb in a district Trump won by 19 points in the 2016 election.