EXCLUSIVEGOP rising star candidate and PA state Rep Ryan Mackenzie lied about age on Tinder profile by EIGHT YEARS
- Mackenzie, a Republican, said he was 29 when was actually 37 in March 2020
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Eight years into his state lawmaker career, Pennsylvania state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie misrepresented his age on a dating profile by nearly a decade, DailyMail.com can reveal.
In March 2020, Mackenzie, a Republican, was messaging women from a Tinder profile claiming to be 29 years old. He was actually 37.
His family had been in politics for decades at the time. He'd already briefly ran for Congress in 2018 and had represented the Lehigh Valley in the state house since 2012 alongside his mother, state Rep. Milou Mackenzie.
Mackenzie is now locked in a tight race against incumbent Democrat Susan Wild for Pennsylvania's seventh district.
Mackenzie is now married to wife Chloe and they have a young son. After initial publication, a spokesperson for the Mackenzie campaign told DailyMail.com that Mackenzie was 'neither married nor engaged' when the profile was active.
Mackenzie, wife Chloe and young son in a Father's Day post
Screengrab of Ryan MacKenzie's Tinder profile
The district is one of the most evenly divided in the country — Biden only won it by 0.6 points in 2020 — and it remains a top target for the GOP. Wild has represented it since 2018.
And Pennsylvania is a critical state in the November election. President Biden won it by less than two points over former President Trump in the 2020 election and Republicans are now trying to to take it back in the statewide races for the presidency and Senate.
Mackenzie's Tinder profile claimed he was 'Always down for a good time! Outgoing, funny and enjoy traveling, skiing, trying new restaurants and getting drinks with friends.'
Screenshots of the profile from March 2020 show he messaged one woman, 'Surviving the pandemic?'
Mackenzie's Tinder profile claimed he was 'Always down for a good time! Outgoing, funny and enjoy traveling, skiing, trying new restaurants and getting drinks with friends'
Mackenzie with wife and dog
Mackenzie's biography lists his birth date as August 3, 1982. The dog pictured in his Tinder profile is the same dog he has posted from his social media accounts
His House biography lists his birth date as August 3, 1982. The dog pictured in his Tinder profile is the same dog he has posted from his social media accounts.
Mackenzie's profile lists him as a '9th generation resident of the Lehigh Valley.' He served in Trump-appointed positions on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Local Government Advisory Committee and as a commissioner on the President's Commission on White House Fellowships.
