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Posted on 06/02/2022 4:27:49 PM PDT by lightman
Amid a renewed debate over gun control after the Texas and Buffalo mass shootings, Pennsylvania Republican governor candidate Doug Mastriano is defending and amplifying past comments comparing gun restrictions to policies in Nazi Germany under Adolph Hitler.
On May 31, The Forward, an independent Jewish publication, published a story with a video showing Mastriano making the comparison during a 2018 Republican candidates forum for the then-13th Congressional District.
“It’s appalling to me anytime there’s a shooting the left will jump on that as a way to advance an agenda to remove our right to bear arms,” Mastriano said. Doug Mastriano
A 2018 video shows state Sen. Doug Mastriano comparing gun-control efforts following mass shootings to Hitler-era policies.
“We saw Lenin do the same thing in Russia. We saw Hitler do the same thing in Germany in the 30s,” Mastriano said. “Where does it stop? Where do the tyrants stop?”
Mastriano won the GOP gubernatorial primary last month and will run against Democratic state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, in the general election.
After The Forward reporter Jacob Kornbluh posted an excerpt of the video on Twitter on May 31, Mastriano retweeted it on June 1 and added, “Historically, this is accurate.”
In the video, Mastriano, a state Senator and far-right conservative who has opposed gun restrictions, went on to lament the removal of prayer and the Ten Commandments from schools.
“We’ve lost our way as a nation, so it’s a heart problem, it’s not a gun problem,” said Mastriano, who also argued that schools should be “fortified” rather than districts implementing gun-free zones.
Calls for gun-control measures have once again erupted across the country after a string of mass shootings, including a racially motivated attack at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket left 10 Black people dead and the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting in which 19 students and two teachers were killed.
Mastriano’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
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And he is absolutely right
100%
Absolutely.
The PA RINOs hate Mastriano and would rather see a Democrat win.
Dems will cheat and the RINO-controlled legislature will allow it.
Never apologize. Throw it back in their rat faces.
Doug has studied his history and taught it at the Army War College.
I’m with him.
Typical. Probably backed by the ADL.
What’s to defend? He’s not doing himself any favor by giving an inch to the left. They will never be satisfied and stop demanding that he give more.
The RINOs and GOP-E will offer Mastriano the same level of support as they gave Scott Wagner four years ago.
Next to none.
I guess he’s not on China Mitch’s Xmas List.
Yep.
So was Marx, and so was Trotsky. Having Jewish heritage doesn't mean you can't be a gun grabber and a socialist.
REFUSED TO APOLOGIZE! Got my donation for that!
They don’t, unless they are stopped..
I’ve never been a big Mastriano fan, but he’s 100% right on this. The left thinks this will hurt him, but they are clueless.
Go on offense.
Take the maximum acceptable action on guns (say raising the age to purchase to 21) and combine it with measures to constrain the violently mentally ill (hell, use the idea of penalty enhancers - to wit, penalty enhancers for committing a violent crime while mentally ill.) Then label it the Punishing Crime by Violent Mentally Ill Citizens and Rainbows, Sweetness and Warm Fuzzy Puppies act of 2022 and dare Democrats do vote against it, and when they do, incinerate them for their intransigence.
Oh, I forgot these are Republicans we are talking about. First they will oppose the Democrats legislative efforts and passively take abuse for it. In the end they will cave on portions of it to dishearten their base.
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