BETHLEHEM, Pa. — To her Republican opponents, Pennsylvania Rep. Susan Wild’s personal Facebook account is the gift that never ends.
A resurfaced screenshot shows Democratic congresswomen praising then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for releasing a speech during the federal government shutdown in January 2019.
Wilde, then a first-term congressman, posted two comments in response to a post by Facebook user Paul Lichty, who shared McConnell’s Washington, D.C., home address, suggesting that the address be prominently displayed on signs, presumably to direct protesters to McConnell’s home.
“Someone should put up a sign,” Wilde replied to Lichty’s post.
“Indeed!” retorted Lichty.
The exchange continued, with Wilde suggesting that federal employees affected by the shutdown should “visit” McConnell at his residence “outside Washington, where many of them live.”
Lichty then responded, “There will be thousands of people at that conversation with McConnell.”
Wilde, who represents Pennsylvania’s battleground 7th Congressional District, is no stranger to making derogatory remarks.
Wilde was forced to lock her account after coming under fire this summer for bizarre comments she posted to Facebook in which she called a military veteran she met at a Memorial Day parade homophobic.
Previously, a ranking member of the House Ethics Committee questioned the intelligence of Carbon County voters. It was necessary to “educate them.” He expressed strong support for former President Donald Trump.
At the time of Wilde’s comments in 2022, the rural area had only just been added to his constituency, which was solidly red.
The Wild doubled down She said on a Zoom call last January that she was “disheartened” when Carbon County became part of her district because its residents were “drunk on Trump enthusiasm.”
Wilde is seeking a fourth term against Republican state Rep. Ryan McKenzie, who was quick to slam the incumbent for his comments on Monday.
“Despite claiming to be ‘moderate and bipartisan,’ Susan Wild has gained a reputation for making aggressive statements about the people she is elected to represent,” McKenzie said.
“Unfortunately, reckless and threatening statements like those in today’s article take her political rhetoric to a dangerous new level that has no place in the Lehigh Valley,” McKenzie added, referring to the geographic area of her eastern Pennsylvania district.
