Pennsylvania GOP tweets that Fetterman's use of 'jagoff' is profanity
Some Southwestern Pennsylvanians say it every day.
But to the state Republican Party, jagoff is a profanity.
The party blurred out the word in a tweet posted Wednesday showing a picture of a T-shirt that John Fetterman, the Democratic Party's nominee for lieutenant governor, sold during his campaign.
The Pennsylvania Primary Election determined John Fetterman as the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor; Fetterman is endorsed by Bernie Sanders and his rise included selling t-shirts with profanity-laced attacks on President Trump!MORE: https://t.co/1kOou24P7N pic.twitter.com/l6M7zUJivR
" PA GOP (@PAGOP) May 16, 2018
The shirt said "Trump is a jagoff."
The tweet notes Bernie Sanders endorsed Fetterman, who is the mayor of Braddock, and says "his rise included selling T-shirts with profanity-laced attacks on President Trump."
A link to a donation page follows.
The Oxford English Dictionary officially defined the word in 2016, with the online entry, "Jagoff, noun: (chiefly in Western Pennsylvania) a stupid, irritating, or contemptible person."
Fetterman defeated four other candidates to win the nomination Tuesday.
Fetterman tweeted a link to a website selling the shirts in January:
Unlike everything Trump sold, these are made. Get your limited edition throwback: https://t.co/239xrhpgTI pic.twitter.com/GCsZXSNsiF
" John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) January 16, 2018
Wes Venteicher is a Tribune-Review staff writer. Reach him at 412-380-5676, wventeicher@tribweb.com or via Twitter @wesventeicher.
