LEECHBURG, PA – Tim Burns, the Republican candidate for U.S. Representative in Pennsylvania’s 12th district, told the lunch crowd at Kings Restaurant Sunday afternoon that he never intended to get into politics and his candidacy is a referendum on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Obama administration.<\/p>\n
“I think we need people from outside the government, people with common sense business principles that can go to Washington and make decisions in the best interest of the country and the district. Not in the best interest of advancing their career,” Burns said in a interview with Fox News.<\/p>\n
Burns accuses his Democratic opponent Mark Critz of pandering to the administration, saying “Nancy Pelosi is holding fundraisers for him, the Vice President Joe Biden was here and Bill Clinton is coming to the district so this is extremely important because people know that a vote for Mark Critz is a vote for the Pelosi-Obama agenda.” Burns also received his share of star power support when Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts campaigned for him on Friday.<\/p>\n
“We made over 50,000 calls yesterday,” Burns told a group of local supporters, explaining that his support was coming from beyond the district, gathering significant national attention.<\/p>\n
Burns only recently got into politics and was embraced by the Tea Party movement. He considers himself a quintessential conservative but relates to the Tea Party message, “the common theme I see running through the Tea Party are people who love this country and want to preserve this country for future generations and by that definition I certainly am.”<\/p>\n
Burns was accompanied Sunday by his two sons, Brock, age 14, and Trent, age 12, who shook hands with voters along with their father. On Tuesday Burns hopes to win the late Representative John Murtha’s House seat, which has been in the hands of the Democrats for more than thirty years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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