Daily News | Doug Mastriano is sticking to his MAGA playbook in the general election for Pa. governor
That’s despite remarks that underscore why Pennsylvania Republican insiders were nervous about Mastriano’s candidacy at the outset — and scrambled, unsuccessfully, toAfter an interviewer compared investigations into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack to the Nazis’ crackdown on civil liberties in the aftermath of the“I agree with the political, with the historical analogy there … using something that was very suspicious in Berlin to advance their agenda — you know, the National Socialists there.
Mastriano, who faces a huge cash deficit, has not started airing television ads in the general election. Outside Republican groups remain on the sidelines. “You can’t ignore the mainstream media. … You’ve gotta reach across all venues,” said Jackie Kulback, chair of the Cambria County GOP, noting that there are some 540,000 more registered Democrats in Pennsylvania than Republicans. “Limiting yourself just to conservative media, you’re going to miss the voters you need to win in the general.”Outside Harrisburg, GOP activists say voters are excited by Mastriano’s candidacy.
Vince Matteo, former chairman of the Lycoming County GOP, said Republican voters in northern Pennsylvania are rallying behind Mastriano. “No one up here wants Josh Shapiro as governor, because it’s four more years of Tom Wolf and his dictatorship,” he said.“I’m not downplaying electoral integrity, but that’s up to the legislature to pass laws that give people confidence,” he said.
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