Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Bucks ) signed a pledge Thursday to certify the 2024 presidential election and attend the future president’s inauguration in January, according to a Politico.com report.
31 lawmakers, in addition to Fitzpatrick promised to “safeguard the fairness and integrity of America’s democratic process” after the 2024 election concludes and all legal challenges with court processes are exhausted. Fitzpatrick was the only Philadelphia region Republican to sign “the pledge” organized by the Problem Solvers Caucus which the Bucks County Republican chairs.
Five other Republicans also signed off on the pledge that says the signers will be “a voice for calm and reconciliation” and speak out “against those who endorse or engage in violence,” the report said.
Fitzpatrick continues to present himself publicly as a “moderate” in a district where Bucks County voter data shows more Republicans, than Democrats are registered to vote by the narrowest of margins. The district also includes a slither of Montgomery County. The “moderate” stance is an attempt to put distance between himself and former President Donald J. Trump, multiple media outlets have reported in recent months, however this publication has yet to confirm that opinion/assessment with the congressman or staffers. Fitzpatrick has yet to endorse the former president’s 2024 presidential campaign, however that’s not how Fitzpatrick voted when Trump was president, according to 538.com which tracks votes, and predictive outcomes based on a given candidates position on an issue. Fitzpatrick, while Trump has been a candidate and or president, according to the website, career-wise has voted/agreed ‘in line” with the former president’s position just under 62 percent of the time, with a high point reached of 84.4 percent while Trump was president (2017-2018). Over the last two years the number has dropped dramatically to 33.3 percent.
Neither Fitzpatrick or his opponent Democrat Ashley Ehasz responded to requests for comment on this story over the weekend.

Democratic Congressional Candidate PA 1 Ashley Ehasz at a campaign event in Croydon last month.
In a unrelated matter, the annual first district congressional debate held every election cycle between candidates since 2008 (currently Republican Fitzpatrick and Democrat Ehasz) at Bucks County Community College – Bristol campus has yet to be scheduled. Hopefully, the debate, which brings politicos from all over, will be scheduled with election day a little less than two months away. Fitzpatrick defeated Ehasz in 2020 soundly by just under 10 percentage points in a district President Joe Biden won by a narrow margin.


