Pa. GOP lawmaker says the cause for a forensic election investigation is ‘weakened and diminished’

Pennsylvania Capital-Star ^ | August 19, 2021 | Marley Parish

[Coronal]

‘We’re not in a very good spot right now,’ Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, said Thursday

Saying his cause had “been weakened and diminished,” a Republican state lawmaker behind an Arizona-style investigation of Pennsylvania’s election results has pressed pause on the probe.

The announcement from state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, came during a since-deleted Thursday morning Facebook live stream before an audience of more than 1,000 supporters.

Mastriano, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, announced plans to pursue a “forensic investigation” into Pennsylvania’s 2020 general and 2021 primary elections in July. He made a sweeping request for voting equipment and election information from York, Tioga, and Philadelphia counties.

However, the three counties — two of them reliably Republican areas, and one Democratic stronghold — refused to comply, citing the cost of replacing election equipment and a directive from the Department of State prohibiting third-party access to voting machines.

[BiglyCommentary]

Citizens should start a go fund me type of thing to buy all new machines for any county that does an audit.

[JonPreston]

Well shoot, Doug Mastriano, it was always theater wasn’t it? With that said, and if nothing is done to correct the Steal by 11/22, stick your pitch for my vote up your rear end. I’m going to sit back and watch this mess collapse. No longer any need to participate in the charade.

[glimmerman70]

Word is when the numbers coming from Arizona audit come out it’s gonna be bad for those dems and rinos and turncoat republicans. They will use the virus and border and taliban to distract. They will use things that look worse for them to distract from the steal.

[LIConFem]

Be all his sins remember’d..

[V_TWIN]

Lemme tell ya a little story about Charlie Brown, Lucy and a football

[Yo-Yo]

Why are all these people hell-bent on investigating high-tech computer fraud that supposedly changed votes, when The Big Steal was simply flooding the system with falsified mail-in ballots that were accepted without even any pretense of signature matching?

Dominion voting machines didn’t flip votes. Countless volunteer poll workers opening envelopes and counting ballots without making signature matches, and keeping poll watchers so far away that they could not challenge those decisions, is all it took to execute The Big Steal.

[Antoninus]

Looks like PA will become New Jersey in short order.

[Bob434]

[[Word is when the numbers coming from Arizona audit come out it’s gonna be bad for those dems and rinos and turncoat republicans. ]]

Exactly, which makes it all the more Inexplicable and bizarre that rinos would be outing themselves like this right before the evidence comes out proving fraud

Are they complete morons? Or just weekday idiots?

[HKMk23]

[singing] “Bravely he is throwing in the sponge!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4rQDyRCZtg

[kiryandil]

The case for Pennsylvania conservatives bothering to turn out for the next rigged “election” in PA has been weakened and diminished...

[rovenstinez]

So the take away, is: ‘they have something they want to hide’.

[MayflowerMadam]

“Dominion voting machines didn’t flip votes.”

Gee. I thought that only God is omniscient. So glad wonderful you is here on FR to guide and direct us.

[Dr. Franklin]

Saying his cause had “been weakened and diminished,” a Republican state lawmaker behind an Arizona-style investigation of Pennsylvania’s election results has pressed pause on the probe.

This sounds like an out of context quote being published for disinformation purposes. Put the quote in the context of the sentence before and after it, and the sentence it was spoken.

In any event, the RINOs obstructing the audits need to be outed so they can face whatever consequences comes from the populace from their breach of trust. It may not be pretty, and frankly, I am surprised that the patriots have been as calm as they have been. That might not last.

[Dr. Franklin]

Citizens should start a go fund me type of thing to buy all new machines for any county that does an audit.

Citizens should trash the machines and count all of the ballots by hand. The cheating machines aren't needed, nor should they be wanted.

[Lurkinanloomin]

two of them reliably Republican areas, and one Democratic stronghold — refused to comply,
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The Big Steal was BIPARTISAN!

Maricopa AZ is 4 GOP, 1 Dem.

GA, AZ, PA, WI, MI all have GOP legislatures.

[Richard Axtell]

Costs? Costs! Nothing can compare to the cost of America descending into tyranny, which is our certain future if the Demomarxists somehow consolidate power. This despite their basic operational incompetence. Resist, don’t weenie out! This is not an ice cream social, regardless of what flavor Biden likes.

[Vigilanteman]

The Big Steal was simply flooding the system with falsified mail-in ballots that were accepted without even any pretense of signature matching . . .

Most of which magically appeared the morning after in certain Democrat controlled precincts.

Westmoreland County (which provided the Trump margin in 2016) took until the weekend after Thanksgiving to complete our count because basic election procedures were followed and challenges were considered. Philadelphia, four times our size, magically counted all those ballots within 48 hours.

So I contend while it is entirely possible (albeit highly unlikely) that Joe Xiden won Pennsylvania, we will never know for sure because of these shenanigans.

[ConservativeInPA]

PA Senate President, Jake Corman, RINO Supreme (that's an official title in PA) is blocking subpoenas. A Republican is blocking subpoenas. Eff'n bastard. Call him today and demand he issue supoenas: (717) 787-1377.

Then let's primary his ass.

[Nextrush]

Pennsylvania is the home of Republicans who tend to pretend I’ve come to live with it and vote accordingly.

I vote Trump first and the rest of them with R’s next to their names are optional on Election Day.