ICYMI: IN HIS CAMPAIGN LAUNCH SPEECH, DOUG MASTRIANO GOES AFTER FELLOW REPUBLICANS FOR BEING “AWOL”

“The swamp and the establishment Republicans… are terrified. And I’ll be a little vulgar here… they’re pissing their pants right now. Sorry not sorry.” – Doug Mastriano

PENNSYLVANIA — Doug Mastriano’s long-anticipated campaign launch was full of appearances from infamous far-right guests, including General Michael Flynn, VA. state Senator Amanda Chase, conservative commentator Wendy Bell, and Pennsylvania’s own Audit The Vote leader and conspiracy theorist Toni Shuppe. Mastriano took great pains to show he is the true MAGA conservative in the race, and he didn’t pull any punches in attacking his Republican primary opponents, saying, “none of them lifted a finger to help us.”

While attacking Republicans is nothing new for GOP PA-Gov frontrunner Doug Mastriano, he made crystal clear to his audience in Gettysburg that he’s not planning on stopping anytime soon — a promise he has already made good on at his first event where he warned Republican primary voters about picking a “loser,” saying, “It’s important we remember where we came from because you know, this is starting to fade from our memory. […] Otherwise you’re gonna end up with a loser in the Republican primary in May and then you’re going to end up with Josh Shapiro in the end.”

When he wasn’t previewing attacks on fellow Republicans, Mastriano was busy sharing the far-right agenda he’s going to force on the GOP field — an agenda that includes obsessing over election conspiracy theories, championing extreme anti-choice positions, and promoting dangerous COVID-19 disinformation.

“Whether it’s his eagerness to attack fellow Republicans or his commitment to forcing the GOP candidates down the far-right rabbit hole with him, Doug Mastriano is already supercharging this ‘Super MAGA’ primary,” said Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokesperson Marisa Nahem. “To the dismay of the crowded GOP field, Mastriano made clear on Saturday that he’s not just all-in on the MAGA agenda, he’s also all-in on attacking Republicans who aren’t with him. Now, with over 4 months to go until the GOP primary, candidates are stuck — show Pennsylvanians how truly out-of-touch they are or face Mastriano’s wrath — and this race is about to get ugly.”

Mastriano’s launch consisted of five hours of unhinged remarks, blatant lies, outright conspiracies, and dangerous rhetoric, but let’s take a look back at just a few of the attacks Doug Mastriano leveled at his opponents:

  1. “The swamp and the establishment Republicans… are terrified. And I’ll be a little vulgar here… they’re pissing their pants right now. Sorry not sorry.”
  1. “This is what’s going to happen in the next few months here — they’re going to unleash a series of lies. They’ll be begging and borrowing and stealing from the Democrats and their friends in the media.”
  1. “So when you’re walking around and now from the over 20 something candidates out there on the Republican side that want your vote and they’re giving these speeches, ‘When I’m governor I’m gonna, I’m gonna, I’m gonna, I will, I will…’ I’m like what have you done? Where have you been? Talk is cheap.”
  1. “So the motto when you’re hearing all these candidates, ‘Oh, can you come to this little debate? Oh, can you come here? Oh, I will promise. Did you know Mastriano voted on this, this and this?’ Just ask this question. ‘What have you done? What have you done? Where have you been?’ Two questions for ’em?”
  1. “But we persevered, you know, we worked our way through and all these other candidates, about 20 on the ticket now for the gubernatorial race, none of them lifted a finger to help us. They were all AWOL.”
  1. “We have all these unanswered issues here on our election system, our election system is compromised, it needs to be addressed. It needs to be corrected… And it’s not going to happen with the same old tired dinosaur Republican politician that we constantly elect…”

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