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Doug Mastriano airs his first television ad. It looks like he may be actually running for governor of Pennsylvania

John Fea   |  October 4, 2022

Well, it looks like Mastriano actually IS running for governor of Pennsylvania! Some context on the ad. Here we go: Michael Sokolove has a nice overview of the Mastriano campaign today at The Atlantic. A taste: Mastriano’s campaign is severely underfunded, […]

If elected governor of Pennsylvania, Doug Mastriano will ban critical race theory, “pornographic” literature, and “pole dancing” in schools.

John Fea   |  October 2, 2022

Yes, you read that correctly. Here is Alia Shoab at Insider: Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who is the Republican candidate for governor, said he would ban pole dancing in schools if he was elected. “On day one, the sexualization […]

Albert Mohler says he would vote for Kari Lake or Doug Mastriano and then tries to explain why he wouldn’t vote for a pro-life candidate who “could not uphold the Constitution.”

John Fea   |  September 30, 2022

Yes, you read the headline correctly. Perhaps you are as confused as I am. Over at The New York Times, Astead Herndon, the son of a Christian pastor and the host of “The Run-Up” podcast, talks about evangelicals, Trumpism, and […]

Mastriano: Women who get abortions should be charged with murder

John Fea   |  September 27, 2022

The Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate made the comment in 2019 on WITF’s “Smart Talk”: Listen. The “murder” argument picks-up around the twenty-four minute mark: Here is NBC News: State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in Pennsylvania, said in 2019 […]

Doug Mastriano holds a rally on the capitol steps. Pennsylvanians exercise their God-given right to watch the Penn State game.

John Fea   |  September 26, 2022

What happens when you plan a big rally on the steps of the state capitol and less than 100 people show up? Perhaps it is a sign that people are not very excited about your campaign for governor. Here is […]

In December 2020, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano prayed that God would help him and other election deniers “seize power”

John Fea   |  September 11, 2022

Here is Mastriano on December 30, 2020: Watch: Some comments: This is what we mean by “Christian nationalism.” Providential history is one of the defining marks of Christian nationalism. Notice how Mastriano prays as if he understands God’s purposes in […]

Will Bunch offers a “field guide” to Doug Mastriano’s world

John Fea   |  September 2, 2022

Will Bunch of The Philadelphia Inquirer offers a guide to the “rouges’ gallery of religious zealots, election deniers and militia types surrounding Doug Mastriano’s gubernatorial campaign. The guide includes short bios of Abby Abildness, Grant Clarkson, Jenna Ellis, James Emery, […]

Doug Mastriano to a guy wearing a half-American, half-Confederate flag: “I can’t think of a better cape”

John Fea   |  August 30, 2022

On July 4, 2020 Pennsylvania state senator–now GOP gubernatorial candidate–Doug Mastriano did a livestream at the Robert E. Lee monument on the Gettysburg battlefield. I will let Eric Hananoki of Media Matters take it from here: In one of his […]

“Doug [Mastriano] is laying down his life for you, for me, for the residents of Pennsylvania, and to God be the glory.”

John Fea   |  August 29, 2022

The title of this post comes from a pastor who introduced Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano at a recent rally. Here is The Washington Post: At another rally east of Pittsburgh, two days later, Mastriano, flanked by an American flag […]

Pennsylvania Doug Mastriano posed in a Confederate uniform

John Fea   |  August 27, 2022

Doug Mastriano is running for governor of Pennsylvania. In 2014 he had the option to pose for a picture dressed in historical attire. He chose to pose in a Confederate uniform. Even the Army seems embarrassed by the photo. Let’s […]

Doug Mastriano’s connection to the dominionist New Apostolic Reformation movement

John Fea   |  August 22, 2022

Good reporting here from Jennifer Cohn of the Bucks County (PA) Beacon on 7 Mountain Dominionism, the “Watchman’s Decree,” and Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano. Here is a taste: In Pennsylvania, N[ew] A[Apostolic] R[eformation]. apostle Jacobs’ prayer network is led […]

More on Doug Mastriano’s Christian nationalism

John Fea   |  August 19, 2022

I was glad to help WITF’s Sam Dunklau with this story. Listen here: Or read the longer piece here. A taste: As state budget talks went into overtime last month, a dozen or so Republican lawmakers gathered in front of […]

Doug Mastriano’s connection with Gab

John Fea   |  July 29, 2022

What is Gab? It is a right-wing platform used by right-wing extremists. Consider: The shooter in the October 2018 shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue used Gab to announce his murder of 11 people. In 2020, Gab hosted the accounts of […]

Doug Mastriano and an Arizona election denier (among other things) exchange endorsements

John Fea   |  July 26, 2022

Arizona state senator Wendy Rogers just endorsed Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate Douglas Mastriano. Here is press release from Rogers’s website: Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers (R) announced on Wednesday that she is endorsing Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano (R), who […]

A Savior Will Arise from Gettysburg and His Name Shall Be Mastriano

John Fea   |  July 22, 2022

The Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate’s Christian nationalism on display

GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano gives a tour of the Pennsylvania senate chamber

John Fea   |  July 21, 2022

Stay tuned. Tomorrow in my weekly feature at Current I will be writing about this video. Watch:

Doug Mastriano finds a place to show his campaign movie

John Fea   |  July 17, 2022

After two sites in Lancaster County refused to premiere Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano’s movie “The Return of the American Patriot: The Rise of Pennsylvania,” a church in Lower Allen Township (Cumberland County), Christ Community Church, agreed to air […]

Never Mastrianos

John Fea   |  July 7, 2022

Here is a taste of a recent piece at The Philadelphia Inquirer: A group of Pennsylvania Republicans with long records in government and politics will form a super PAC Wednesday to support state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, the Democratic nominee […]

Doug Mastriano is still running for governor of Pennsylvania on the Trump playbook

John Fea   |  June 29, 2022

Here is Andrew Seidman at The Philadelphia Inquirer: He went on the podcast hosted by former Donald Trump aide and “Stop the Steal” leader Steve Bannon. He named a former Trump campaign lawyer who tried to overturn Pennsylvania’s election a […]

The question Josh Shapiro should ask Doug Mastriano in the first Pennsylvania gubernatorial debate

John Fea   |  June 17, 2022

Mastriano believes that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. He believes in the Big Lie. Josh Shapiro, his Democratic opponent in the 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial race, should ask him this question: Would you have done what Mike Pence did on […]

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