Do the Republican candidates for governor agree with Harrisburg Republicans’ efforts to subpoena the private information of 7 million Pennsylvanians?
PENNSYLVANIA — Yesterday, Pennsylvania Senate Republicans approved subpoenas demanding the private information of nearly seven million Pennsylvania voters, including drivers license numbers and social security numbers. Supporting Trumpian lies about the election has become a “litmus test” for Republicans in the gubernatorial primary, and Pennsylvanians deserve to know whether the candidates support Jake Corman’s taxpayer-funded attempt to hand their private information over to inexperienced third parties.
While Lou Barletta and Doug Mastriano have been vocal cheerleaders for this fraudit, the latter even leading the effort in the PA Senate before being demoted thanks to Jake Corman, others like Bill McSwain are busy touring the state dodging questions. McSwain did not prosecute a single case of voter fraud in the 2020 election — so voters deserve to know why he is now peddling lies about the election. He has spent his time fighting with Bill Barr over election fraud, instead of fighting to keep Pennsylvanians’ private information safe.
“The Republican candidates for governor have spent months peddling absurd conspiracy theories and dangerous misinformation about the 2020 election, and now their allies in Harrisburg are trying to subpoena Pennsylvanians’ private information and hand it over to inexperienced third parties,” said Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokeswoman Marisa Nahem. “The candidates in this ‘Super MAGA’ primary have already shown their willingness to champion the Big Lie, and Pennsylvanians deserve to know whether they support putting their private information at risk.”
The Republicans competing to become Trump’s PA Apprentice have proven their commitment to absurd conspiracy theories and the Big Lie. Will they disregard Pennsylvanians’ right to privacy, too?
###