Posted on 08/30/2022 7:39:34 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Seven more Republican leaders have announced their endorsement for Pennsylvania's Democratic candidate for governor Josh Shapiro, following photos of GOP state Sen. Doug Mastriano wearing a Confederate military uniform.
This comes one month after nine Republicans vowed to support the Democratic candidate and called Mastriano an "extremist" who threatens American democracy.
According to a statement released by the Shapiro campaign on Tuesday, the group includes Michael Chertoff, the former US Secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush, and Mario Civera, a former state representative.
Shapiro, the state's attorney general said he was proud to receive the endorsement from these GOP leaders "who are putting our Commonwealth ahead of partisan politics in order to come together and move Pennsylvania forward."
In the press release, Chertoff, the former US Secretary of Homeland Security said while he's a long-standing Republican, he is "deeply troubled by Doug Mastriano's embrace of dangerous extremism."
"Josh Shapiro, on the other hand, is a staunch defender of our democratic institutions and will lead Pennsylvania with honor and integrity. I am proud to support his campaign for Governor," Chertoff said.
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Conservatives need to quit electing cowards.
Guess he should have worn black face. That doesn’t appear to bother to many people.
They are all part of the uniparty - the fraud was intentional and these RINOS/Uniparty members have no desire to expose election fraud. This is just the beginning... “elections” will continue to slide into the sham cesspool
They are all part of the uniparty - the fraud was intentional and these RINOS/Uniparty members have no desire to expose election fraud. This is just the beginning... “elections” will continue to slide into the sham cesspool
See all you boneheads...this is what I’ve been saying. You cannot get MAGA elected in the Northeast! If this was AL, this would not have affected Mastriano one bit. Everyone saying that Barnette would have won...she would have got the same treatment!
No different than some here
Assistant Democrats gonna assist.
Confederate uniform?
So what? Grow a spine GOP.
So what? Did you see what Lizzo was wearing boarding her private jet, she should be arrested for that.
And before you just put in someone because they are MAGA, may want to vet them first. This is what right leaning groups like the tea party dod not do in 2010-2012 and what MAGA in PA failed to do here. I know there is context to the uniform, but it does not matter in a state like PA!
Michael Chertoff, the former US Secretary of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush
Leader, when was the last time anyone heard of this has been, control freak, hack. It is his attempt to get recognition he is not dead.
The Republicans have turned into Kamkazies, they are blowing themselves
up in PA.
wasn’t he teaching about the civil war there?
ugh.
Big flippin' deal. McAuliffe was in blackface and no one on their side cared. Considering the confederacy doesn't exist anymore, I'm going to assume the uniform was worn as a costume at a party. Grow a spine and stop crucifying our side for jaywalking while their side gets away with murder... literally.
He was at the Army War College with a group. He’s not the only one in historical garb.
This is akin to a reenactment/ historical presentation.
Click the link. Look at the photo.
This is drive-by media at its finest.
It was essentially a come as a Historical Figure costume party.
These people are sick.
I'm more worried about Major Shortypants.
Retired Army colonel Doug Mastriano, a Republican state senator from Pennsylvania who is running for governor, poses at left in a Confederate uniform in a 2013-14 faculty photo at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 9, 2014. The photo was released by the Army War College to Reuters on August 26, 2022 under the Freedom of Information Act. Mastriano retired from the Army in 2017. Army War College/Handout via REUTERS
He just lost 9 republicans votes ! What a disaster
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