Save Taste & Twirl: Nightclub TwoStep to your collection. ), So about my campaign, Mastriano told the crowd, its a vision for Pennsylvania in one word: freedom. More:Hard-right activists in Pa. want to take over the GOP from the ground up. Mastriano had posted a video urging folks to come to the big rally. He was going to give a speech. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. I get it that (Preslers) got a technical definition that doesn't include (illegal ballot harvesting). Part of HuffPost Politics. Democrats in Pennsylvania are worried about Mr. Mastrianos positions on abortion and voting. We want the truth! Mastriano said at the Mr. Mastriano, who has a policy of not interacting with the news media except for right-wing outlets, did not respond to detailed questions sent to his campaign. Among the first to arrive Saturday morning were three middle-aged white men who appeared to be working security. Use of his military rank, job titles, and photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Department of the Save Bar and Restaurant Start-Up Workshop; The Non-Negotiables to your collection. The derailment has continued to cause problems for Ohioans and Pennsylvanians who live just across the border. DOrsie was among a handful of GOP hopefuls and other elected officials offering up speeches while everyone waited for Mastriano to arrive. In the 64 days between Election Day and Jan. 6, he posted debunked disinformation on his Facebook page more than 100 times. Duration: 00:46 11/14/2022. How far theyd come together. Leland Vittert. The total number of registered Democrats and other party voters who voted in 2022 is just 7,000 people shy of the just over 3 million votes Shapiro took. We hope you find the posts informative and They used the pandemic, that mightve been a test drive. he began, before listing off other apparent avenues of control, including climate change, schools and the FBI. Additionally, only 31% of those Democrats and 17% of other voters also voted by mail compared to just about 8% of Republicans who voted in 2022. He prevailed in both cases. Please give today. Bethany Rodgers is a government accountability reporter for the USA TODAY Network and can be reached at [emailprotected] Chris Ullery is an extremism and social justice reporter for the USA TODAY Network and can be reached [emailprotected], This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Hard-right does about-face on mail-in voting after middling midterm, Bethany Rodgers and Chris Ullery, Bucks County Courier Times, PA Patriots Coalition teeing up America First candidates in local races. Wayne Liek, a retired truck driver, recalling prayers he said in school in the 1960s, agreed with Mr. Mastriano that the Constitutional separation of church and state was, as Mr. Mastriano described it, a myth.. Voting by mail is legal, it will be legal for the foreseeable future, and if we reject it we do so at our own peril., More:PA Patriots Coalition teeing up America First candidates in local races. Heres how. 90.5 WESA. These two Patriots wouldnt give me their names. He did tell me he expects Democrats to try to steal this upcoming election from Mastriano, just like they stole the 2020 election from former President Donald Trump. From Election Day to Jan. 6, Mastriano promoted baseless conspiracy theories. We The Medicine - Healing Our Dr. Browns criticisms included Mr. Mastrianos amateur archaeological sleuthing on a French battlefield and his credulity in accepting divine intervention to explain Sergeant Yorks heroics. Republicans, he contended, must employ every legal tool at their disposal to win races. Anyone can read what you share. Ron DeSantis of Florida plans to headline a rally with Mr. Mastriano in Pittsburgh, a bearhug from one of the partys most popular national figures. Like most candidates, the biggest challenge after winning a primary race is attracting voters from across the aisle or those who fall somewhere in the middle. Mr. Mastriano is trailing his Democratic opponent, are assisting Somali soldiers fighting Al Shabab, and by a health care system that utterly failed him, The case has irritated U.S. relations with a crucial military ally. Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who lost the 2022 election for governor by about 800,000 votes, took a personal day to skip Democrat Josh Shapiro's inauguration. Moreover, Mastriano had admitted in a video before the rally that he needed cash because hes losing support from national GOP groups. A network of grassroots groups largely made up of organizations that opposed coronavirus mitigation rules and supporters of stolen election claims, the Pennsylvania Patriot Coalition formed after Faddis organized an election integrity petition signing in Harrisburg last May. Mastriano, R-Franklin, lost his run against Shapiro, who was then serving as attorney general, in November by about 792,660 votes. It added that two independent academics would review the universitys procedures to ensure that its granting of doctorates meets the highest standard., Mastrianos War College Stint, Once a Selling Point, Comes Under Fire, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/18/us/politics/doug-mastriano-war-college.html. We stand with female athletes. The Shapiro ads use Mr. Mastrianos words to paint him as outside the mainstream, not just on abortion and election denial, but on gay marriage, which he has said should absolutely not be legal, and on global warming, which he called fake science., Youve basically got a one-person governors race right now in terms of voter contact, said Christopher Nicholas, a Republican consultant in the state. Even as Mastriano encourages Republicans to embrace vote-by-mail, hes also sponsoring legislation that aims to eliminate no-excuse, by-mail balloting (although he supported Act 77 in 2019). Mastriano reportedly denied receiving any money from the train operator, but campaign records revealed the opposite. Voter guide for the Pennsylvania General Election, Nov. 8, 2022. Running around saying Dan and Doug cant win the general (election) thats why we lose: Republicans not enthusiastically getting on board, Mastriano added. Doug Mastriano, the far-right state senator, has shored up his partys support, but has done little to broaden his reach. Or his hostility to the media meant little publicity? The candidate, who also invoked this passage in his speeches, was Doug Mastriano, the Republican running for governor. It is a purposeful strategy aimed at exciting conservatives who believe that Democrats have the media in their pockets, as he recently put it. On day one were blessed Pennsylvania, were blessed on day one were gonna withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. During a brief visit to Preslers speaking engagement in Franklin County, Mastriano thanked Presler for fighting the good fight before recounting the challenges that lie ahead for the GOP. Now here Mastriano was at this pitiful rally. Organized just blamed it on being shadow banned on Facebook pic.twitter.com/jfQYSQxRTg. Still, attendees in Preslers voter training sessions seem to have gotten the impression that some of the legal lines are malleable. Mr. Mastriano distanced himself from Mr. Torba on July 28, saying that he rejected antisemitism in any form., At a later appearance where he did give a speech, in Cochranton, Mr. Mastriano said: Its funny, they want to call us extremists. He added, Were going to take our state back by storm.. Later, Mastriano talked about other freedoms he wanted like the freedom to use undocumented immigrants as pawns. WebAbout Senator Doug Mastriano. The subpoena was part of a witch hunt, he said, launched by people who want to shut us up. He wouldnt say what is in the subpoena, although its widely believed to be related to a federal probe into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and Trumps attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Mastriano one of the countrys foremost election deniers, who received his own subpoena earlier this year finally arrived on the statehouse steps Saturday around 1:45 p.m., after his supporters had already been there for two hours. Save St Patty's Day Comedy at the Silverback Distillery to your collection. While the Democrats want to focus on Jan. 6 and Roe v. Wade, the electorate is focused on putting food on their table and filling up the tanks in their cars., The Democratic anxiety was on display recently at a party picnic in liberal State College, the home of Pennsylvania State University. Or just wanted to watch the Penn State game? More:5 ways the Pa. Legislature can improve transparency almost overnight. Mastriano reportedly denied receiving any money from the train operator, but campaign records revealed the opposite. campaigning with a self-described prophet. State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-33) hosted a Senate committee hearing last week in Monaca, Beaver County, to hear from residents impacted by the Norfolk Southern train wreck, according to a He was supported by 82 percent of Republicans in a Fox News poll in late July, but independents preferred Mr. Shapiro by 28 points. Florida Gov. Mastrianos hardline stance that all abortion should be illegal and support of disproven claims that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump caused a rift in Republican leadership early in the election that raised doubts around his electability over Shapiro. Youre allowed to discuss someones belief that York believed there was literal divine intervention, Dr. Brown said. By law, a person cant serve as a designated agent for more than one individual with disabilities per election. He doesn't have much faith GOP officials would actually follow through, though. Before he campaigned in State College, a blue island in a sea of red in central Pennsylvania, Mr. Shapiro had visited Lock Haven in nearby Clinton County. Save 16th Annual Cocktails and Cuisine to your collection. Between Election Day and Jan. 6, Doug Mastriano participated in an election fraud hearing, and hosted a gathering in Gettysburg with Trumps legal team that was The delayed response to help Pennsylvanians has a long way to go. Doug Mastriano aide who blocked media at campaign event was at Capitol on Jan. 6 Grant Clarkson appeared to be watching and smiling as rioters smashed media That ones just a joke, he explained. Well so far this Mastriano rally is a total bust. The Associated Press called the race for Shapiro hours after polls closed on Nov. 8 and Mastriano conceded the race in a Twitter post five days later. Doug Mastriano, at a campaign stop in Tionesta, Pa., first gained a following for leading protests against restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19. 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