Mr. Mastriano, who led the charge in Pennsylvania to overturn President Bidens election, pushed to have the State Legislature appoint a slate of false electors. Mastriano reportedly denied receiving any money from the train operator, but campaign records revealed the opposite. down in D.C.? In a statement, Pennsylvania state department officials said its wrong to suggest almost anyone could be considered disabled. Were going to shock all the prognosticators, Mr. Mastriano told a crowd of about 350, according to The Erie Times-News. On Wednesday, Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania made three different campaign stops, each with a different means of thwarting local press. WebJoin Doug and Rebbie Mastriano along with Christina Bobb, Wendy Bell and other great speakers in Franklin County, PA on March 11th!! But now, some Republicans are saying their partys insistence on in-person voting makes them vulnerable to Election Day problems, such as inclement weather, long lines and polling place snafus. ( NewsNation) Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano told NewsNation host Leland Vittert that he didnt know he received $1,000 from Norfolk Southerns political action committee. Save Mike Quindlen & Friends: A Standup Comedy Event w/ headliner Peggy O'Leary to your collection. Senator asks why Pennsylvanians had to wait so much longer than Ohioans for a clinic. But Niebler said focusing on voting methods does enable Republicans to avoid introspection about their lackluster midterm showing. We hope you find the posts informative and Trump, arguably the most influential figure in the GOP, is already softening his once-strident opposition to mail-in voting which he even recently claimed was fraught with corruption, and always will be.. The Jan. 6 committee has also subpoenaed midstate Pa. Republican U.S. Rep. Scott Perry for his involvement in Trumps attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 Election. The worry reflects the alarm of Democrats that if Mr. Mastriano, 58, becomes governor, he would sign severe abortion restrictions and would have the power to subvert the 2024 presidential election in the swing state in favor of the G.O.P. Mr. Mastriano, a retired Army officer who led Mr. Trumps efforts to overturn the election in Pennsylvania, marched on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, passing police I get it that (Preslers) got a technical definition that doesn't include (illegal ballot harvesting). It remains to be seen if Mr. Mastriano can broaden his appeal to independent and swing voters. A poor turnout at Saturdays extremist-laden campaign event could be an indicator the far-right candidate for Pennsylvania governor is losing steam. Heres how. Now, two years later, Daino was organizing this get-out-the-vote event on Saturday for Mastriano, the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor. Here's what you need to know ahead of the hearing. The voter in these cases must sign a form naming someone as their designated agent authorizing that person to pick up a ballot for them or return it on their behalf. The question is can Doug Mastriano keep the Republican Party base and all the factions together? Mr. Reilly said. Billy Joel & Stevie Nicks floor seat tickets, State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Franklin) speaks at the May 15, 2020, protest outside the state capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (Kate Landis/WITF). He also objected to assertions in the dissertation that Sergeant York was protected by the hand of God. After mentioning how Florida Gov. Hard-right activists in Pa. want to take over the GOP from the ground up. How far theyd come together. A Shapiro campaign event in State College. As more people arrived, a Black man on the road below drove by in a truck and yelled Get out of the twilight zone! at the gathering crowd. With these two statistics in mind, it seems unlikely that the biggest problems Mastriano and other candidates to the extreme far-right face are not in the voting method or bringing the party together. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. A core of Mr. Mastrianos popularity with Republicans is his embrace of views associated with Christian nationalism, the belief that the United States was founded as a Christian nation, and often intertwined with far-right conspiratorial thinking. By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. The potential and the peril here are huge, John Oliver said on his show about AI and programs like ChatGPT. Josh Shapiro's administration, local emergency agencies involved in the response, the American Lung Association and a legal panel were also slated to testify Thursday. By law, a person cant serve as a designated agent for more than one individual with disabilities per election. On Friday, Mr. Mastriano held a campaign rally in Erie, Pa., with Jack Posobiec, a far-right provocateur and Navy veteran who helped spread the PizzaGate hoax the false rumor in 2016 that Hillary Clinton and other Democratic officials were running a child sex trafficking ring out of a Washington pizza parlor. On day one no more boys on the girls team. Tremendously low energy.) Daino told me the event mustve been suppressed by tech companies, blaming Facebook for shadowbanning the event page a, It wasnt immediately clear why the rally was such a bust. Mastriano, R-Franklin, lost his run against Shapiro, who was then serving as attorney general, in November by about 792,660 votes. Regardless of the fact Presler is referring to a legal method of returning a ballot on behalf of a disabled person, Faddis said using the term could come off as promoting voter fraud and muddies the waters in the larger fight against Act 77. The University of New Brunswick, which released the dissertation last month under pressure, said in a statement it could not discuss Mr. Mastrianos degree without his consent. Doug is happily married to Rebbie (Rebecca Stewart) and they are proud parents to Josiah. You didnt hear me say it, Presler said, according to a video recording. CENTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) - Dozens of people attended a Senate committee hearing in Beaver County on the Ohio train derailment. The event, dubbed Philadelphias 1st Hispanic Town Hall, Multiple residents shared emotional testimonies with the committee about how they are still concerned about what's in their air, soil and water. MAGA Republicans in Pennsylvania often refer to the debunked conspiracy film 2000 Mules to bolster their assertions that the 2020 election outcome was fraudulent. 27 Feb 2023 20:43:12 For instance, he explained, Pennsylvania does allow people to return ballots for someone who is disabled, as long as they follow legal guidelines. Do you know a seventh-grader who loves to learn and wants enrichment He recently launched a super PAC, Early Vote Action, to encourage this all-of-the-above approach among GOP voters in swing states including Pennsylvania. In the 64 days between Election Day and Jan. 6, he posted debunked disinformation on his Facebook page more than 100 times. Mr. Mastriano speaks almost exclusively to far-right podcasters like Stephen K. Bannon, conservative talk radio hosts and Fox News. The scholarship around mail-in voting is quite muddy, and hasnt clearly shown the system increases election turnout, she said. Mastriano, who ran unsuccessfully for governor last year, chairs the Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee. Mastriano ran for governor of Pennsylvania last year, losing to Democratic then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro. Doug Mastriano, the far-right state senator, has shored up his partys support, but has done little to broaden his reach. And Mr. Mastrianos Ph.D. dissertation has been criticized as deeply flawed, with a former academic adviser saying his doctorate rests on very shaky grounds., Mr. Mastriano the Republican nominee for governor in a crucial battleground state received his Ph.D. in history from the University of New Brunswick in Canada in 2013, the year after he joined the faculty of the War College. Fax: 717-772-2753 He has said that as governor he could decertify voting machines at will and might require all Pennsylvania voters to re-register in order to cast ballots. Democrats won more seats during the November 2022 midterm election, but three vacancies mean Republicans have a functional majority. He prevailed in both cases. He arrived with his running mate, Lt. Gov nominee Carrie DelRosso. WebJoin Doug and Rebbie Mastriano along with Christina Bobb, Wendy Bell and other great speakers in Franklin County, PA on March 11th!! Anyone can read what you share. He said he did not cross any lines established by law enforcement. Chambersburg, PA 17201 His supporters in Harrisburg Saturday were left to unfurl a giant American flag on the statehouse steps by themselves, as Daino, the event organizer, blared Toby Keiths jingoistic, post-9/11 country anthem. MONACA Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee Chairman Doug Mastriano (R-33) today hosted a hearing at Beaver County Community College, where local residents shared their stories in the wake of the Norfolk Southern train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio. Mike Hanna Sr., a retired Democratic state lawmaker from the area, said Mr. Mastriano has a strong base here, just like Trump. But Mr. Hanna said the former president had lost support since inciting the mob that attacked the Capitol. Mastriano had posted a video urging folks to come to the big rally. He was going to give a speech. I was the generation that was young when Roe vs. Wade became the law of the land, and Ive known women whose health was ruined because of an illegal abortion, said Bonnie Hannis, 80, who came to hear Mr. Shapiro in rural Clinton County. Mr. Mastriano, 58, capped off a three-decade military career by teaching for five years at the War College, which educates top officers in graduate studies focused on leadership and military-civilian relations. Josh Shapiro in last years gubernatorial contest, also argued his partys avoidance of mail-in voting is hurting its performance. Several Pennsylvanians affected by the train wreck asked why Pennsylvania has not offered the same service to its residents. 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. But theyre starting to say that, as long as these voting methods are allowed, their party must use them to win. Mastriano has denied a subpoena from the committee, butrecently agreedto an interview in lieu of a deposition. The candidate, who also invoked this passage in his speeches, was Doug Mastriano, the Republican running for governor. (This was in my neighborhood and I didnt notice, one nearby resident tweeted. In the aftermath of the midterms, Sam Brancadora, chairman of the Berks County Patriots, also said the GOP needs to adopt the Democrats playbook when it comes to turning out the vote. Dan Cox, a former Republican in Marylands House of Delegates who lost his race for governor last year, joined Mastrianos team as chief of staff this year and was with the Franklin County lawmaker at Preslers event. Residents break out in rashes after Ohio train derailment Or his hostility to the media meant little publicity? Lawmakers will soon decide as power struggle continues. There was also a stack of stickers, each with drawings of a diverse set of guns pistols, AR-15s, rifles and the words CELEBRATE DIVERSITY.. NewsNations Brian Entin took a trip through Moselle and shared what he saw Tuesday on Banfield., I would say that it is, Green answered. In-depth analysis and commentary on today's biggest news stories as only the BBC can deliver. 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. nominee. MONACA Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee Chairman Doug Mastriano (R-33) today hosted a hearing at Beaver County Community College, where local residents shared their stories in the wake of the Norfolk Southern train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio. Larry and Kay Woodcock, grandparents of the victims, spoke exclusively with NewsNations Ashleigh Banfield. He said his criticism of Mr. Mastriano was not motivated by partisanship. 1/7/2021 Vice President Pence officially affirms the Electoral College votes and declares Joseph R. Biden the president-elect. What are the dangers of artificial intelligence? The report lists the following events related to Perry and Mastriano: Stream WHYY-FM, read the top stories from WHYY News, and listen to the latest podcast from WHYY Digital Studios anytime, anywhere. He has boasted that as governor, I get to decertify any or all machines in the state. He has called for compelling all nine million registered voters in the state to re-register, which experts say would violate federal law. What is clear is that the event once again demonstrated what an. The committee said Perry and Mastriano worked to keep Trump in power after his election loss to Biden. Maybe Mastriano didnt advertise it enough? Norfolk Southern representatives were asked to testify as well. Mastriano invited Shaw to attend the Fellow academics have assailed his scholarship and questioned his fitness for office. Mastriano received about 2 million votes from in-person voters compared to Shapiros 1.97 million ballots on Election Day, but Shapiros 1 million mail-in votes were more than five times higher than mail ballots choosing Mastriano. HuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox. The officer corps is sworn to defend the Constitution rather than any one person or president, Tami Davis Biddle, who was chair of the War Colleges faculty council, wrote in an opinion article for a Harrisburg newspaper. All the folks who listen to those far-right podcasts, I think he maxed out his vote potential. This is one of the reasons I held the hearing and gave a voice to Pennsylvanians who have been harmed by this train wreck and its aftermath, Mastriano said. To lobby for keeping Trump in office when he had lost an election was outrageous.. Leland Vittert. The health clinic is scheduled to open Tuesday, Feb. 28 and will be open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. 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. Kriston Jae Bethel for The New York Times. He doesn't have much faith GOP officials would actually follow through, though. (Its clear that Doug Mastrianos desperate campaign is flailing as Pennsylvanians come together to reject his radical extremism, Manuel Bonder, a spokesman for the Shapiro campaign, told HuffPost in response to the rallys poor attendance. 1/6/2021 President Trump encourages his supporters to march to the Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 Electoral College votes. He was supported by 82 percent of Republicans in a Fox News poll in late July, but independents preferred Mr. Shapiro by 28 points. Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 6:30 PM. Some Beaver County residents in attendance told KDKA-TV they've been living in fear, and they just want answers. Daino played the song again, one more time, as Mastrianos smattering of supporters stood mostly in silence, once breaking into half-hearted chants of Doug for Gov! as they waved the flag up and down, up and down, like somber preschoolers playing the parachute game. One wore a hat saying Molon Labe, an ancient Greek phrase meaning Come and take them, a common refrain for Second Amendment fundamentalists. Dawn Smith, an aspiring teachers aide, repeated a debunked conspiracy theory Mr. Mastriano had spread about voting machines. Members of Gov. Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano speaks to supporters during an election night campaign event at the Penn Harris Hotel in Camp At Mr. Shapiros mention of Mr. Mastriano during a speech, a woman shouted, You better win!. He has also voluntarily handed over some documents but thecommittee saidit was not requesting documents involving his work as a Pennsylvania state senator. 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