Overview
- Perry said on the Chris Stigall show that Democrats with military service "get the credential" and that "all their votes say they don't support America."
- Iraq War veteran Rep. Chris Deluzio led a Thursday event at Hampden Township Veterans Park in Enola calling for Perry to apologize.
- Veterans from the 10th District, including lifelong Republican Bob Holmes, condemned the comments as an attack on those who served.
- Deluzio cited Perry’s 2022 vote against the PACT Act expanding care for veterans exposed to toxins as contradicting pro-veteran claims.
- Perry later told ABC27 he was referring to "leftists," as Democrats elevate the issue in a competitive district where Janelle Stelson narrowly trailed him in 2024.