Bitter GOP infighting threatens MAGA lawmaker in vital swing state

Bitter infighting among Republicans is threatening a MAGA lawmaker's seat in a vital swing state.

A group called "Republicans Against Perry" is working to unseat Trump ally Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), who represents Pennsylvania's10th congressional district, according to a report from The Guardian. The campaign is reinvigorating its efforts from 2023, adding electronic billboards across the district starting Thursday. One reads:

"With Republicans’ razor-thin margin in the House, the seat will be one to watch closely in the midterm elections. Politics PA called Perry’s seat the most vulnerable of the 2026 congressional races they are watching," according to The Guardian.

The group is supported by WelcomePAC — a separate group focused on electing Democrats — but has not backed any potential candidates yet. However, they have indicated they could pivot to supporting a Democratic candidate.

Pennsylvania-based Republican organizer Craig Snyder is leading the campaign.

“It’s premature to make a sort of final determination,” he said. “Our reason for being is to defeat Scott Perry, and if that does not happen in the primary, then we are very, very likely to support the Democratic nominee.”

In 2023, Republicans Against Perry backed Janelle Stelson. The former local news anchor has announced she will run again after losing by only two points to Perry in 2024. Republican Karen Dalton, who is a former staff attorney in the Pennsylvania state house, will also face off against Perry in the primary.

Perry represents an area with a sizable number of government employees. One billboard launched Thursday reads:

"The government has shut down. Perry still gets paid, you don’t."

Snyder argues that Perry, who played a role in promoting the Jan. 6 fake electors scheme, represents the “ascendancy of the MAGA movement.”

“We believe we can successfully finish the job that we started in 2024,” Snyder said. “To have this mismatch between the sort of centrist, moderate, all-American aspect of the district, versus the extremism of the congressman, may be one of the most pronounced misrepresentations in the whole country.”