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Calling out ‘dangerous extremism,’ Josh Shapiro campaigns for PA Senate in Bethlehem against Mastriano
Lehigh Valley Live ^ | 9/22/2022 | Kurt Bresswein

Posted on 09/23/2022 12:07:53 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta

Framing the Nov. 8 election for Pennsylvania governor as a fight against “dangerous extremism,” Democratic candidate Josh Shapiro spoke to 200 supporters Thursday afternoon in Bethlehem.

Shapiro, who is Pennsylvania’s attorney general, is running against Republican Sen. Doug Mastriano, whom Shapiro called out for his views on banning abortion & doubts about the 2020 presidential election.

This guy is the most dangerous, extreme candidate ever to run for governor of PA-and by the way the most dangerous & extreme running in the nation right now,” Shapiro said of his opponent, who campaigned in the Lehigh Valley with a Nazareth stop Aug. 23.

Speaking in the United Steelworkers Van Bittner Hall on E. Lehigh Street, Shapiro touted his record as AG, winning millions for Lehigh & Northampton counties in litigation over opioid painkillers, targeting abusive student-lending practices & overseeing the grand jury investigation that led to allegations of sexual abuse against priests.

“There is no fight I’m not willing to take on for the good people of PA,” he said.

Mastriano, who was President Trump’s pick in the Pennsylvania GOP primary for governor, is a 30-year veteran of the U.S. Army who served in Iraq & Afghanistan.

He opposes abortion rights with no exceptions, has spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election & was outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection, The AP has reported.

He has sought to undercut Shapiro on his record, pointing to a statewide rise in murders since Shapiro became attorney general in 2017.

Shapiro on Thursday blasted Mastriano for marching on the Capitol while Congress & former Vice President Mike Pence were convening to certify the election of President Joe Biden.

The Democrat for governor criticized his opponent for posing in a Confederate uniform for a faculty photo at the Army War College.

(Excerpt) Read more at lehighvalleylive.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: abortion; democrats; governor; leftist; mastriano; pennsylvania; shapiro; socialist
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I’ve seen many Shapiro & Fetterman signs in Bethlehem, PA, but it’s hard to believe 200 respectable looking locals from Bethlehem showed up for this. (See picture)

Fetterman, who is running against Oz, is coming here to Northampton Community College tomorrow, 9/24 at 2pm. 3835 Green pond Rd, Bethlehem. There will be Counter-Fetterman flag rally there at 2pm.

1 posted on 09/23/2022 12:07:53 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

just was in Bethlehem....


2 posted on 09/23/2022 12:14:29 PM PDT by cherry
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To: lightman

*Ping


3 posted on 09/23/2022 12:14:59 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta ( )
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To: cherry

“just was in Bethlehem...”
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It’s full of liberal elites who work at Lehigh University.


4 posted on 09/23/2022 12:17:58 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta ( )
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“Dangerous extremism”? Seriously, this is getting freaking stupid. All the while Shapiro is letting violent criminals out of jail. Safe injection sites. Supports grooming. These people are freaking lying scumbags...


5 posted on 09/23/2022 12:20:09 PM PDT by mikelets456
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Compared to Fetterman who has a I Will Make You Hurt tattoo on his arm, now blocked out?
6 posted on 09/23/2022 12:20:41 PM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: Vision

We have the same dem playbook acting out here in AZ against Kari Lake and Blake Masters. They use commercials and use words like “TOO EXTREME or DANGEROUS for ARIZONA”


7 posted on 09/23/2022 12:22:16 PM PDT by princess leah
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To: mikelets456

Extremism: Democrats have to stay in the subjective mode, rather than the objective mode. They can’t touch objectivity, reality, and remind voters just how freaking stupid and traitorous they are.


8 posted on 09/23/2022 12:24:39 PM PDT by odawg
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To: mikelets456

“These people are freaking lying scumbags...”
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They’re good at putting out ads full of lies that sound convincing.


9 posted on 09/23/2022 12:30:15 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta ( )
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As valid as an ad against Shapiro that would say:

So this Jew decides to prosecute a bunch of Catholic Priests and then runs for Governor on it.


10 posted on 09/23/2022 12:32:58 PM PDT by jdsteel (PA voters: it’s Oz or Fetterman. Deal with it and vote accordingly.)
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Ok, Antisemite, you made your position clear, jackass.


11 posted on 09/23/2022 12:42:05 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up!)
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Pennsylvanians need to get their Mastriano & Oz signs out. I hardly see any in Bethlehem.


12 posted on 09/23/2022 12:42:06 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta ( )
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To: jdsteel

This Jew!!??


13 posted on 09/23/2022 12:42:55 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up!)
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Calling out ‘dangerous extremism,’ Josh Shapiro campaigns for PA Senate in Bethlehem against Mastriano

BINGO! I'm right again, as usual, when it comes to predicting the actions of all Democrats/RINOs.

Since "January 6," I've been accurately predicting that all Democrat/RINO politicians will relentlessly bash all their Republican/conservative opponents for being "dangerously extremist" -- based on the "January 6" so-called "Republican insurrection against America" (with each Democrat/RINO politician uniquely adding his own special "my opponent is a Republican/MAGA traitor" icing on the cake, depending upon the location of the election contest).

And that Democrat Shapiro guy running for U.S. Senate from that state is once again proving my point. Literally EVERY Republican/conservative political candidate will have to face EXACTLY that kind of Democrat/RINO opposition and relentless "dangerous [Republican] extremist" charges. All Democrat/RINO candidates will directly link their Republican/conservative opponent to Trump (who all Democrats/RINOs consider "the greatest ever threat to our republic," in the very words of their RINO hero Dick Cheney). Mark my words.

14 posted on 09/23/2022 12:43:07 PM PDT by gw-ington (My Preferred Pronouns: senile, sleepy, puppet, laughing, hyena, stolen, election.)
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So this Jew ...

You do realize many of your fellow Judeo-Christian American citizens are Jewish folks, right?

15 posted on 09/23/2022 12:49:18 PM PDT by gw-ington (My Preferred Pronouns: senile, sleepy, puppet, laughing, hyena, stolen, election.)
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Yes, I do.

And I am 100% their friend and support Israel. Please re-read my comment instead of having a knee-jerk reaction.


16 posted on 09/23/2022 1:03:31 PM PDT by jdsteel (PA voters: it’s Oz or Fetterman. Deal with it and vote accordingly.)
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To: cowboyusa

Did you miss the first sentence?

As valid as an ad against Shapiro that would say:


17 posted on 09/23/2022 1:04:21 PM PDT by jdsteel (PA voters: it’s Oz or Fetterman. Deal with it and vote accordingly.)
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To: cowboyusa

Jeez. Once again, with feeling:

My first sentence:

As valid as an ad against Shapiro that would say:


18 posted on 09/23/2022 1:05:10 PM PDT by jdsteel (PA voters: it’s Oz or Fetterman. Deal with it and vote accordingly.)
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They are using the extremist label a lot. It seems that this keyword has gone out to all the party minions to churn out.

Republicans need to put out an ad along the lines of...

They call us extremists but-

-They are the ones purposely ruining the economy for some ideological dogma. They don't care about your jobs, the price of your groceries or the cost of your car's gas.

-using federal agencies to bully and any political opposition that they don't approve.

- releasing criminals without prosecution into the streets to brutalize and victimize you. They care more for the thugs than for you.

If the GOP was not so focused on defeating conservatives or losing the election, they have a lot of material to work from.

19 posted on 09/23/2022 1:06:36 PM PDT by Moorings
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

20 posted on 09/23/2022 1:11:25 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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