Doug Mastriano hits familiar campaign themes on multiple stops through Pittsburgh area

[FakeNoose]

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(Caption: State Sen. Doug Mastriano, Republican nominee for governor, with his wife Rebecca Mastriano, greets supporters during a meet-and-greet stop on his bus tour Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, outside of the Republican Committee of Allegheny County office in Green Tree. Photo credit: Alexandria Wimley/Post-Gazette.)

(link) https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2022/09/07/doug-mastriano-pittsburgh-race-governor-of-pa-republican-vs-shapiro-wolf/stories/202209070135

Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano made multiple stops in the Pittsburgh area on Wednesday as part of his meet and greet bus tour, where he highlighted some of his campaign points.

Mr. Mastriano was joined by his wife Rebbie, who also took some time to speak to supporters. Media were admitted to the events, but were asked by campaign staff “not to engage with Doug or Rebbie” and at one point during Mr. Mastriano’s speech were physically blocked by campaign members and supporters.

In the parking lot of the Republican Committee of Allegheny County headquarters in Green Tree, Mr. Mastriano shook hands and took photos with a crowd of about 75 people. He dedicated a large portion of his speech at this event to criticizing his opponent, current Attorney General Josh Shapiro and current Governor Tom Wolf.

“My goal is to make Pennsylvania the Florida of the north,” Mr. Mastriano told the crowd. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined Mr. Mastriano at a Pittsburgh rally in August, where he called on all Republicans to unite around the candidate.

“No longer will you have a governor reigning over you with terror and fear,” Mr. Mastriano added.

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Oh really - "The Florida of the North"?

If you love Florida so much, why don't you just move there, Doug!

I know LOTS of Pennsylvanians, and nobody I know wants our beautiful state to become the Florida of the North.

[Biophilic]

1. Ooo, that's really weird. The Florida of the north?

Cause Floridians are doing so well? I live in Florida. Why do they think these things they say are clever?

[FakeNoose]

2. DeSantis came here to stump for him a couple weeks ago

I think DeSantis even did some fundraising for Mastriano. But the real reason is, Mastriano is a rightwing idiot.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Exactly how does Gov. Wolf reign over PA with terror and fear?!

That’s about the most idiotic thing I’ve heard all day so far.

[Biophilic]

4. Yes, especially since DeSantis is doing exactly that

[cstamm53]

5. Here in NE PA

Not many TV ads for Mastriano. It's all OZ and Fetterman with a little bit of Cartwright and Bognet thrown in.
However, when I traveled to the Lancaster area over the weekend Mastriano signs are everywhere.

[FakeNoose]

6. It's hard to believe that Oz has supporters in Northeast PA

I guess those are the MAGAts who haven't figured out that Oz isn't really a MAGAt. When Fetterman and Oz finally do have that debate they're talking about, it will be clear to everybody. Dr. Oz is pretending to be friends with Chump just long enough to get people to vote for him.

I really don't care why he's running, because he's not going to win anyway. Fetterman will win this in double digits, as long as the Democrats Get Out the Vote.

I plan to post this a lot more often in the next few weeks:

[Freddie]

7. Apparently he's not bothering to campaign in the Philly area

He knows he’s toast here.

[FakeNoose]

8. He'll pick up a few votes in Allegheny County, not many

But surrounding counties - Westmoreland, Butler, Beaver, Indiana, Fayette, Washington - lots of red hats there.

Let's hope they've smartened up in the last year or two.

[Butterflylady]

9. We don't want to be the Florida of the north.

First of all we were 1 of 13 colonies. We gave you Benjamin Franklin, the Liberty Bell, the Gettysburg Address and many more historical moments. Why then would we want to be like Florida. We are proud of our state just the way it is.

[blue neen]

10. Exactly.

We DO NOT want to be the Florida of the North. God forbid. That just shows how out of touch Mastriano is with PA voters--that he would even make such a statement. It's insulting.