Neil Parrott takes aim at David Trone, says he’s not worried about primary challenger’s endorsements
Neil Parrott, a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, aims to defeat his challengers in Tuesday’s GOP primary election to represent the Sixth District, telling Fox News Digital that he is not concerned with the “out of state” endorsements that one of his primary challengers has received.
Asked whether he was worried about endorsements that have been given to Matthew Foldi, a 25-year-old journalist hoping to garner the GOP nomination to represent the Sixth District, Parrott said, “Not at all.”
Foldi has racked up a number of endorsements from prominent Republicans, including ones from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., House GOP Conference chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., Maryland GOP Gov. Larry Hogan, and former Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell. Last week, Foldi received endorsements from Donald Trump Jr. and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
“His endorsements are people out of the state,” Parrott said. “He’s getting endorsements from people out in California, but that doesn’t impact this district. People care about their pocketbooks, they care about who is invested in this area, western Maryland. He’s not from here.”
Parrott also took aim at incumbent Democratic Rep. David Trone, who he is likely to face in the November general election should he advance from the primary on Tuesday.
“He doesn’t live in the district. Never has,” Parrott said of Trone. “He’s just not from here. He can’t relate to the people in this district. He’s not one of us. He’s a D.C., inside the beltway elitist and that doesn’t do a good job representing western and central Maryland.”
“David Trone thinks that he can come in here and buy this seat,” Parrott added. “He dumped in $2 million a couple months ago and this last month he’s dumped in $10 million. … His support is weak.”