Fitzpatrick voted against Trump's tariffs, tax law and Iran war powers — and lifelong GOP backers are still leaving him

Political Guyentist · September 20, 20261 min read

The five-term Republican won his 2024 race comfortably in a district Harris carried by less than a point. He also skipped Trump's midterm convention in Dallas. It hasn't held his base. Mary Ryan, 60, a registered Republican who backed him all five terms, is voting for Democrat Bob Harvie this year.

Harvie is a twice countywide-elected Bucks County commissioner and a former social studies teacher.
Fitzpatrick on weighing each vote against his constituents' interests: "That's the job."

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Mary Ryan, 60, a registered Republican who backed Fitzpatrick all five terms, is voting for Democrat Bob Harvie this year.
A single named voter interviewed in the ABC News wire story; not independently corroborated.
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Lifelong GOP backers are leaving Fitzpatrick despite his distancing from Trump.
Generalized from the ABC News reporting and the parallel CNN/WSJ/Atlantic framing that swing-seat Republicans find distancing insufficient; the story supports it with one voter example.