We covered this here. Sara Murray has the story at CNN: A Pennsylvania Republican’s effort to launch a ballot audit of the 2020 results in the Keystone State has hit a roadblock after three counties declined to hand over their election materials […]
Pennsylvania politics
The Pennsylvania Trumpers show-up in Maricopa County, Arizona
Doug Mastriano, the pro-Trump Pennsylvania state legislator who breached the U.S. Capitol Complex on January 6, 2021, is at it again. For those of you unfamiliar with this guy, get up to speed with these pieces/posts: Who is Doug Mastriano, […]
Lou Barletta will run for governor of Pennsylvania
Here is Max Greenwood at The Hill: Former Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.), who challenged Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) for his seat in 2018, is running for Pennsylvania governor. Barletta becomes the most prominent Republican yet to jump into the race to succeed Gov. Tom Wolf, […]
Doug Mastriano’s Christian nationalism
We have covered Doug Mastriano before. Check out our posts on the controversial Pennsylvania state senator here. Mastriano is the subject of Eliza Griswold’s recent piece at The New Yorker. Here is a taste: Doug Mastriano, a Republican state senator […]
Conor Lamb for Senate?
It looks like the moderate Democratic congressman from western Pennsylvania might make a run at Pat Toomey’s open seat in 2022. Here is Sarah Ferris and James Arkin at Politico: Rep. Conor Lamb has begun telling some donors and supporters […]
When Barack Obama came to Messiah College
Obama and his Democratic primary challenger Hillary Clinton came to Messiah College (now Messiah University) in 2008 for The Compassion Forum, an event sponsored by CNN, Faith in Public Life, and Messiah. The forum took place about a week before […]
Pennsylvanians are leaving the GOP
19,000 since January 6, 2021. Here is The Philadelphia Inquirer: In the aftermath of false election fraud claims, 19,000 Pennsylvanians became former Republicans. Our analysis of voter registration data showed that a dramatic two-thirds of the voters who have switched […]
Steve Bannon: “Any candidate who wants to win in Pennsylvania in 2022 must be full Trump MAGA”
With Sen. Pat Toomey retiring, and the GOP split between Trumpism and traditional conservatism, the 2022 Republican senate primary is going to be a war. There are several potential MAGA candidates for the GOP nomination, including Guy Reschenthaler, Doug Mastriano, […]
How is Pennsylvania senator Pat Toomey faring after voting to convict Trump?
Many of my fellow Pennsylvanians are not happy with Pat Toomey. Here is The Philadelphia Inquirer: Republican state party chairman Lawrence Tabas has advised committee members that he will soon call a meeting to “address and consider actions related to […]