In case you missed it, Doug Mastriano finally conceded the 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign to Josh Shapiro. Over at Real Clear Pennsylvania, political analyst Albert Eisenberg offers an post-election assessment of the campaign: Here is a taste of Eisenberg’s piece,...
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Doug Mastriano concedes the 2022 Pennsylvania gubernatorial race to Josh Shapiro
This is from about 15 minutes ago:...
Some quick thoughts on abortion and Christian nationalism in the 2022 midterm elections
I talked to the Associated Press this week. A taste: KENTUCKY, USA — In the midterm elections, evangelical Christians across the nation reconfirmed their allegiance to conservative candidates and causes, while Catholic voters once again showed how closely divided they are...
Doug and Rebbie Mastriano speak to followers
Last night Doug and Rebbie Mastriano did a Facebook live appearance for Veterans Day. Mastriano, an election denier, accuses Shapiro of running a campaign of lies. As conservative evangelicals are prone to do, he portrays himself as the victim. He...
Is this a Mastriano concession?
The GOP candidate for governor has yet to concede the election to Josh Shapiro. He posted this to Facebook about an hour ago: Many of his followers are interpreting this picture as a kind of concession: —Republican National Hispanic Assembly...
Why would Mastriano concede the election to Satan?
As I write this at 1:30am ET, Doug Mastriano has yet to concede the election to Mastriano. The election wasn’t close. It will be difficult for Mastriano to make a case for election fraud. As I have already noted, Mastriano...
Evidence of Doug Mastriano’s extremism from three Pennsylvania counties
As I watched the Pennsylvania gubernatorial race unfold last night, I was focused on three counties: Luzerne, Berks, and my home county of Cumberland. In 2020, Trump won all of these counties. Last night, GOP senatorial candidate Mehmet Oz won...
Shapiro defeats Mastriano. Here is what Mastriano’s followers are saying
It was never really close. Let’s face it, Mastriano had no chance. It was foolish for the Pennsylvania GOP voters to pick him as his candidate. He is too extreme for Pennsylvania. His candidacy speaks volumes about the state of...
Eric Metaxas expects Doug Mastriano will win today “by divine appointment” and it will a be “miracle”
Here is Metaxas discussing his experience at a Trump rally this weekend. He also attacks Atlanta pastor Andy Stanley, Focus on the Family’s Jim Daly, T.D. Jakes, and Creflo Dollar for not agreeing with his politics....
Former Pennsylvania governors urge Doug Mastriano and Josh Shapiro to accept the election results
Former governors Tom Ridge (R), Mark Schweiker (R), Ed Rendell (D), and Tom Corbett (R) have urged gubernatorial candidates Mastriano and Shapiro to accept the results of the 2022 election, which will be decided today. This warning probably applies more...
Doug Mastriano’s Pickett’s Charge
Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano loves to talk about the Battle of Gettysburg. Well, last night at Legacy Faith Church in Harrisburg, before a lot of empty seats, he made his Pickett’s Charge. As some of you know, Pickett’s Charge...
More on Doug Mastriano’s Anabaptist Connections
Bonnie Kristian, author of the recent Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community, has a well-researched piece at New York Times on Doug Mastriano’s connection to a conservative Mennonite church. Here is a...
Doug Mastriano’s Christian nationalism
The guy running for governor of Pennsylvania on the GOP ticket says that he is not a Christian nationalist. But if I were to name one person who best embodies Christian nationalism in American politics right now I would pick...
Two former Army War College history professors say Doug Mastriano is unfit for office
Here is Inside Higher Ed: Some retired U.S. Army War College professors are speaking out against Republican Doug Mastriano’s controversial bid to become the next governor of Pennsylvania—a campaign in which Mastriano’s higher education credentials from a Canadian university also...
Pennsylvania Republicans for Josh Shapiro
GOP gubernatorial candidate Douglas Mastriano is just too extreme for many Pennsylvania Republicans. Many of them are supporting Democrat Josh Shapiro for governor. Here is the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: With billboards across Pennsylvania, a big-spending national committee that is connected to...
A University of New Brunswick graduate student responds to the Doug Mastriano Ph.D controversy
Earlier today we called your attention to a Canadian Broadcasting Company story on Doug Mastriano’s Ph.D dissertation at the University of New Brunswick. In that post I noted that current University of New Brunswick students were concerned about the reputation...
One of Doug Mastriano’s dissertation committee members speaks out about his “dishonest” and “sloppy” work
Here is the latest on Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano’s “academic” career: One of the members of his dissertation committee called his work, “dishonest, sloppy, tinged with religious zealotry, and indifferent to facts that contradicted his claims.” The committee member...
Doug Mastriano airs his first television ad. It looks like he may be actually running for governor of Pennsylvania
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.
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...
Mastriano: Women who get abortions should be charged with murder
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...