KEN HARBAUGH: PROVING HIS METTLE AS 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CANDIDATE?

HARBAUGH CANTON TOWN HALL ATTENDEE CHALLENGES HIM ON:

"If elected and Democrats control U.S. House, I will  not vote for Nancy Pelosi for Speaker"

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The last two days in the campaign trail have been tough ones for Ohio 7th Congressional District candidate Ken Harbaugh.

On Wednesday, he was in Knox County at the fair grounds (Mount Vernon) showing that he could ride "rough" trucks with the best of them at the annual Knox County Fair Rough Trucks! event.

Little did he know that a rough, rough, rough political campaign ride was in his future on Thursday (last night) when one of the more than 80 people who showed up at his Edward L. "Peel" Coleman Southeast Community Center on Sherrick Road, SE in Canton challenged him on his distancing himself from former Democratic Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi when the Democrats last controlled the House.

Harbaugh reiterated last night his position that if elected in November, he will not support Pelosi for speaker if Democrats win control of the U.S. House.

And, the SCPR figures that if Harbaugh defeats incumbent (since 2013) Republican Bob Gibbs in November, it is highly likely that Democrats will have won enough seats to take control.

Organized Republicans have used Pelosi as a political whipping girl for years now.

From a CNN article:

Why Pelosi?

The focus on Pelosi comes in part because she's the only figure in Democratic politics who is universally known and detested on the right.

In 2010, it was Pelosi and then-President Barack Obama. Years later, it was Pelosi, Obama and then-top Senate Democrat Harry Reid. Now, with Obama and Reid gone, Republicans have occasionally tried latching Democratic senators to Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth Warren, with mixed results. But the Pelosi attacks on the House side have been consistent for years.

And the Pelosi matter was not all the "the rough 'political' ride" Harbaugh experienced last night.

The challenger walked out of the Town Hall meeting uttering the F*** word and signaling other attendees with "the middle finger" as she left the room.

The video:  (6 min, 43 sec)



As can be seen, Harbaugh kept his composure and moved on.

While not nearly as caustic as the pro-Pelosi challenger was, there were a number of acerbic observations/questions directed at Harbaugh by the SCPR thinks were political progressives who apparently think that Harbaugh is too much of a centrist.

As The Stark County Political Report sees it, Harbaugh's approach is exactly what is needed if  he is to be elected as part of the larger effort of Democrats taking control of the House in this year's election.

Kudos to Harbaugh for taking the risk of an outburst like he experienced last night.  Such, unfortunately, is all to common in the political environment especially since the 2016 presidential campaign.

His opponent Bob Gibbs wouldn't let the SCPR into his Shelby, Ohio Town Hall of several months ago and the primary plan of The Report was to videotape the meeting and, hopefully, ask Gibbs a few follow up questions after his exchange with audience members was concluded.

But Gibbs is so utterly insecure that he was unwilling to abide the SCPR's presence.

Seventh (7th) Congressional District voters should note Gibbs avoidance of uncertain interactions with the public and the media as a sign that he does not have the "mettle" to handle what Ken Harbaugh did last night.

Here is the entire video of last night's Town Hall (1 hour, 31 sec).