(Robby Brod/WITF), Jan. 6 insurrection hearings: How to watch and what to know. Perry also tells Donoghue that Jeffrey Clark is the kind of guy who could really get in there and do something about this.. Gettysburg, PA 17325 said Mastriano. We can't live that now. The FBI looked for me all day long but what they dont know, is I turned my tracker off, Zimmerman said, a seeming acknowledgement that he was among several Pennsylvania state legislators whose names werent known who recently received federal subpoenas. Pennsylvania Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano has been identified as a key figure bythe House Jan. 6 committee in their investigation into the Capitol insurrection and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In their view, this could be dampening GOP voter turnout compared to Democrats, whose embrace of mail-in voting gives them more flexibility about when and how to cast their ballots. Whether the recent run of Democratic successes nationally including the climate and drug-pricing legislative package and the resounding defeat of an anti-abortion measure in Kansas can shift the fundamental midterm equation remains unclear. "I dont want 2,000 mules. Among the first to arrive Saturday morning were three middle-aged white men who appeared to be working security. Members of Gov. Republicans who want to adopt ballot collection tactics insist theyre strictly adhering to the law, seeking to differentiate themselves from the Democrats theyve baselessly accused of perpetrating widespread election fraud. Not because of China, but because of Xi Jinping.. If they think they lost or they can tell a story about why they lost because of a process, then they dont have to consider the policy positions.. Mr. Mastriano showed up inside at the county Republican booth. But because of the paperwork required for ballot collection in Pennsylvania, Niebler doesnt see it scaling into anything that will make a huge difference in the commonwealths elections. On day one no more boys on the girls team. Weve got to get our stuff together. Or just wanted to watch the Penn State game? Mastriano spentover $3,000to bus over 100 Trump supporters to D.C. on Jan. 6. Mr. Shapiro, the state attorney general, has used a huge fund-raising advantage to batter Mr. Mastriano in TV attack ads as an extremist on abortion and on the 2020 election, opening a double-digit lead in polls. Later, Mastriano talked about other freedoms he wanted like the freedom to use undocumented immigrants as pawns. 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. 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. "If each of you ballot harvested one legal vote, that doubles the amount of Republicans that are voting in elections," he told Republicans in Delaware County earlier this month. With Democrats favoring mail ballots far more than Republicans, Faddis said it makes sense why the pivot is coming up to increase voter participation. Still, attendees in Preslers voter training sessions seem to have gotten the impression that some of the legal lines are malleable. We have not seen much assistance from them and were 49 days out, he said. A post by Mr. Mastriano in July criticizing Democratic policies drew dozens of replies that were antisemitic insults of Mr. Shapiro. If youre going to say, We have to accept mail-in voting in the short term, yes, there is a real danger that by doing so you ultimately are putting yourself in a position where you will never go back, Faddis added. Doug Mastriano concedes to Josh Shapiro five days after election. Part of HuffPost Politics. Like Perry, Mastriano also directly communicated with Donoghue about his false election fraud claims, according to the report. We want the truth! Mastriano said at the Mr. Mastriano, the sponsor in the State Legislature of a six-week abortion ban with no exceptions, has appeared to modulate that position lately, saying lawmakers will write whatever bill they choose and my personal views are irrelevant.. Mastriano directly communicated with a Trump-sympathetic DOJ official about his false election fraud claims, which he also spread to his tens of thousands of social media followers. people to return ballots for someone who is disabled, 5 ways the Pa. 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Hard-right activists in Pa. want to take over the GOP from the ground up. Dr. Brown shared documents he wrote in 2013 spelling out his own objections, including an email he said was sent to Mr. Mastrianos dissertation supervisor raising serious misgivings. Nonetheless, the Ph.D. was granted. Less than a week after learning at the hearing that local families need a health clinic to serve Pennsylvania residents, Mastriano asked the administration to commit to deploying a clinic to the area, replete with toxicologists and other specialists to provide free and immediate help to the residents. 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. Maybe Mastriano didnt advertise it enough? 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. 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. The following timeline comes from Mastrianos social media, official website, and the Jan. 6 committee report. The designated press area at a recent Doug Mastriano event in Indiana County was a small, roped-off square tucked into the back corner of an airport hangar where the Republican nominee to be Pennsylvania's governor spoke to a crowd of more than 100 people in fold-up lawn chairs. The bees were vicious, buzzing around the trashcans on the statehouse steps before sometimes darting after the assembled demonstrators. Fax: 717-334-5911 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. Voters could face criminal prosecution for falsely signing this affirmation, according to the state department. 1/20/2021 Joseph R. Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America. But only 50 or so people turned up to hear Mastriano speak. Or just wanted to watch the Penn State game? Dr. Browns name appears on the dissertation, which, he said, surprised him because he had been told he was no longer needed on the evaluation committee. But Mr. Gregory insisted there were many more issues that, in his view, added up to academic dishonesty. (Last week Borowicz, a bill in the state legislature that would ban teachers from mentioning gender identity or sexual orientation, a more extreme version of Floridas infamous Dont Say Gay law. Im not dumb, he said in an interview. 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. Do you know a seventh-grader who loves to learn and wants enrichment The health clinic is scheduled to open Tuesday, Feb. 28 and will be open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Moselle crime scene: What will Murdaugh jury see? 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. 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. One wore a hat saying Molon Labe, an ancient Greek phrase meaning Come and take them, a common refrain for Second Amendment fundamentalists. I'm clear on that, but it doesn't matter. campaigning with a self-described prophet. Turn the channel! Harrisburg is a majority-Black city, but the crowd for Mastriano was almost completely white. One result of that approach is that he seldom has to field tough questions. Dawn Smith, an aspiring teachers aide, repeated a debunked conspiracy theory Mr. Mastriano had spread about voting machines. First published on February 23, 2023 / 6:16 AM. 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. Save Bottlerocket Presents: EDDIE PEPITONE to your collection. 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. Youre allowed to discuss someones belief that York believed there was literal divine intervention, Dr. Brown said. And shes not sure the about-face on by-mail ballots will do much, either. These GOP figures havent abandoned their ultimate goal of banning mail-in voting or their opposition to ballot collection, pejoratively called "ballot harvesting." On Page 223 of his dissertation, Mr. Mastriano writes, The idea that York survived the carnage because of Divine Intervention also speaks of a miracle., Dr. Brown said such a statement was unscholarly. WHYY thanks our sponsors become a WHYY sponsor. 12/23/2020 Around this date, Jeffrey Clark meets with Trump and Perry in the Oval Office, which violates the. 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. We hope you find the posts informative and But theyre starting to say that, as long as these voting methods are allowed, their party must use them to win. There was nervous laughter. Mastriano reportedly denied receiving any money from the train operator, but campaign records revealed the opposite. Save Mike Quindlen & Friends: A Standup Comedy Event w/ headliner Peggy O'Leary to your collection. Later, Mastriano talked about other freedoms he wanted like the freedom to use undocumented immigrants as pawns. To lobby for keeping Trump in office when he had lost an election was outrageous.. Yet on a warm evening last month, Mr. Reilly opened his suburban Philadelphia home for a backyard fund-raiser for Mr. Mastriano, who won his primary in May. Since no courts have found any evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, the answer isnt clear, she said. DEFUND THE MEDIA, read another, replete with the logos of major media outlets, including HuffPost. Mastriano had posted a video urging folks to come to the big rally. He was going to give a speech. More:Hard-right activists in Pa. want to take over the GOP from the ground up. , whose followers have been implicated in the insurrection, armed standoffs with the feds and terror plots. Information used in these timelines comes from the Jan. 6 committee, the lawmakers social media pages, public records, and other reporting. Phone: 717-787-4651 It might be something in the future that comes about from all these chemicals theyre breathing in that we dont know about, Weese said. When I was 18 years old, like my fellow West Point cadets, I raised my right hand and pledged the same oath to the U.S. Constitution. Doug is happily married to Rebbie (Rebecca Stewart) and they are proud parents to Josiah. Anyone can read what you share. So most Pennsylvania voters did not rally to this somewhat cryptic Bible verse, and perhaps these unusual yard signs will soon be forgotten. 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. But Niebler said focusing on voting methods does enable Republicans to avoid introspection about their lackluster midterm showing. He objected to Mr. Mastrianos field research in France that claimed to precisely identify the location of Sergeant Yorks heroics, which Dr. Brown said was conducted amateurishly with members of Mr. Mastrianos sons Boy Scout troop. WHYY reported that the Mastriano campaign has paid over $80,000 to Olivers Onslaught Media Group, and that Oliver has since been a regular at Mastriano campaign events, working as a videographer. More info here. After mentioning how Florida Gov. Niebler believes this change of tune on mail-in voting and ballot collection could sink in among some Republicans, depending on which party elites embrace it again. On day one, no more boys in the girls bathroom. Now, in a sudden pivot, Trumps 2024 campaign is looking at harnessing the mail-in system and ballot harvesting to potentially advance the candidates presidential bid, the Wall Street Journal reported this month. He organized buses to take protesters to Washington on Jan. 6 and bypassed police barricades breached by other marchers. Residents are still waiting for filtered water in sufficient quantities to provide to their animals, a need that only our National Guard can and should have been directed to provide a month ago.. Save 16th Annual Cocktails and Cuisine to your collection. Tremendously low energy.) Daino told me the event mustve been suppressed by tech companies, blaming Facebook for shadowbanning the event page a common gripe among the MAGA faithful. But Presler said that could still make a difference if adopted on a large scale. Finally, Mastriano took to the podium. And McLinko recently introduced a resolution to the Pennsylvania Republican Partys committee that demands a return to in-person-only voting. she added. Two former faculty colleagues said his role as a candidate and state senator in two areas spreading lies about the results of the 2020 election, and marching on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 violated his military oath. (Last week Borowicz introduced a bill in the state legislature that would ban teachers from mentioning gender identity or sexual orientation, a more extreme version of Floridas infamous Dont Say Gay law. That ones just a joke, he explained. Leland Vittert. Many women who attended his events agreed, saying that abortion is their most important issue. Theres widespread voter fraud everywhere, he said, citing 2,000 Mules, the widely debunked election denial film. Up to 2,000 people were expected here. Do you have information you want to share with HuffPost? Residents said they're sad and angry as they feel like they're being left in the dark, especially if they live outside the one-mile evacuation zone. HuffPost can report first that Zimmerman received a federal subpoena. 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.. Sam Faddis, head of UnitePA and a leader of the Pennsylvania Patriot Coalition, said he understands why Presler and even some in his own coalition are leaning into mail ballots, but the plan comes with drawbacks that could end up working against the ultimate goal of the Patriot Movement. We live in fear. SHARE. Mastriano has denied a subpoena from the committee, butrecently agreedto an interview in lieu of a deposition. What is a mortgage rate buydown and why are they gaining popularity? Organized just blamed it on being shadow banned on Facebook pic.twitter.com/jfQYSQxRTg. The activist from Delaware County was excited. We're afraid to drink our water, we're afraid for our soil, for our children, for our grandchildren, our animals," said Lori O'Connell, another Darlington Township resident. 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. They noted that on the designated agent form, a voter must attest that they have a disability as defined by the ADA. What are the dangers of artificial intelligence? Doug Mastriano during a campaign event in Philadelphia. The media, rightly, had gone after him for, and prayer coin salesman who calls President Joe Biden the antichrist.. How far theyd come together. Guests chipped in $150 for ribs and pulled pork and listened to Mr. Mastriano, fresh from an uproar over his presence on Gab, a social media site that is a haven for hate speech. Few attendees seemed aware of the furor over Mr. Mastrianos presence on Gab. We have seen incredible intensity in our campaign post-Dobbs, he said, referring to the Supreme Court decision leaving it to states to protect or deny abortion access. The delayed response to help Pennsylvanians has a long way to go. These are the same people that gave us Act 77, he said. AMERICA WILL NEVER BE A SOCIALIST COUNTRY, declared one poster. Or maybe Mastrianos campaign, six weeks before the election, is losing steam. 1/6/2021 Mastriano, who participated in Rudy Giulianis election fraud hearings, spent over $3,000 from his campaign account to bus people to the January 6 Save America Rally, and was present on the Capitol grounds as the insurrection unfolded. 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