The Rise of a Genuine Political Maverick in Pennsylvania

Realitycircuit.com ^ | 6/3/21 | Cullen McCue

[cotton1706]

True disrupter candidates are rare, but Pennsylvania has at least two. Brothers Joe and Sean Gale are running a true grassroots campaign that has taken aim not just at the Democrats, but the GOP establishment as well.

Joe Gale — a Montgomery County Commissioner — has routinely taken the establishment GOP to task on high profile issues. Over the last year and a half, he has been a vocal critic of the state GOP for their role in passing ACT 77, which allowed for mass mail-in voting. Every Republican member of the Pennsylvania Senate voted for ACT 77, which was passed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation allowed for 50 days of no excuse mail-in voting, while also eliminating a requirement for voters to need a valid reason for in order to request a mail-in ballot.

Predictably so, Gale’s willingness to challenge party bosses has made him unpopular in establishment GOP circles. His anti-establishment reputation dates back to the very beginning of his political career, when he ran unendorsed in 2015.

Gale decided to run when the Montgomery County Republican Committee endorsed a former board member of Planned Parenthood for the position of Montgomery County Commissioner. Bewildered at the party’s willingness to back a candidate with views that fly in the face of conservative values, he decided to enter the race. “I was outraged and decided to run unendorsed on the core values of moral character and fiscal responsibility to give Republicans a true pro-life conservative choice in the primary,” reads Gale’s website.

Despite a rather stacked deck against him, Joe Gale was able to emerge victorious in his 2015 election. In doing so, he became the youngest person to earn a position on the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners at the age of 26.

[Nateman]

ACT 77 was passed in direct contradiction to the Pennsylvania Constitution. If the Supreme Court of that state had any integrity it would have struck it down. If the US Court of Supreme Whim had any integrity it would have overruled.

The corruption of the swamp is so deep it is going to take something radical to change it. That change is the Convention of States,

[hardspunned]

They sound pretty good but should drop the GOP banner. If they end up in DC where the real money starts flowing, they will be co-opted. DC Republicanism is the essence of the swamp. As Trump found out, with DC republicans to get along you’ve got to swim along.

[rlmorel]

I admit to being repulsed in the extreme when I hear the label “maverick” being applied to a politician.

Some may think it is a great label, to me it has negative connotations that the author seems completely unaware of.

That said, I liked what I read. Sounds like the kind of candidates we need more of.

[macrahanish #1]

Sean Parnell for Senate. Doug Mastriano for Governor. Although I will listen to what the Gale brothers have to say.

[HandBasketHell]

ACT 77 was passed in direct contradiction to the Pennsylvania Constitution. If the Supreme Court of that state had any integrity it would have struck it down. If the US Court of Supreme Whim had any integrity it would have overruled. The corruption of the swamp is so deep it is going to take something radical to change it. That change is the Convention of States,

We don't need anything radical.

Vote out every RINO who must face a primary in 2022, and replace them with MAGA patriots. Yes, the GOPe will throw money at the RINO, but after the 2020 Steal, there is absolutely no question who these traitors are. Trump himself will be endorsing and campaigning for challengers. If everyone who voted for Trump votes for the Trump-endorsed challenger, then the RINO purge will happen.

The woke clown world we now live in is NOT because of Democrats. The sole responsibility lies with the Trump-hating RINOs that facilitated the Steal for them.