Submitted by Garbage_will_not t3_11m45vb in Pennsylvania
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WhereDaHinkieFlair t1_jbfpz8q wrote
Good, he should run for as many things as he would like.
The GOP is a fucking clown convention. Congrats, assholes.
Wuz314159 t1_jbfq4ds wrote
in what state?
BeltfedOne t1_jbfqke1 wrote
The state of delusion...
Personal_Spend_2535 t1_jbfqpcg wrote
Lose again loser.
Grady__Bug t1_jbfs3fb wrote
But he didn’t lose, it was stolen! /s
Lumpy_Cry_2694 t1_jbfu586 wrote
“She doesn’t even go here!!”
winkytinkytoo t1_jbfv0kh wrote
Critical_Band5649 t1_jbfvf7e wrote
Oh Dougie is talking to Politico? He's apparently learned a bit from epically losing to Shapiro.
sx70forlifexx t1_jbfwl2j wrote
He fat he's racist and he's ignorant perfect for this shit state
RealLiveKindness t1_jbfxfsz wrote
Follow the money. Find out who’s paying these cretins. They would not run and could not run without money from someone. There is a pattern of deceit in PA. I am convinced there is an evil backer paying extremists to run for office in PA.
el_goate t1_jbg0byc wrote
If he runs the rubes will def vote him in during the primary. Automatic W for Casey.
Luna_Soma t1_jbg0ywa wrote
How is he able to hold the mic? Aren't his hands full from having his ass handed to him by Governor Sharpiro?
Pa17325 t1_jbg2xyj wrote
Good. He'll get crushed again
alohabruh732 t1_jbg2xyt wrote
I’m a Republican that voted for Josh Shapiro. Mastriano was easily one of the worst candidates I’ve seen on the PAGOP ticket in recent memory. The guy didn’t do any big time interviews, stuck strictly to Newsmax and AM conservative talk show radio stations. He had zero ideas on how to help PA other than crime. Nothing original other than tireless MAGA talking points. He will 100% lose if he becomes nominee without hesitancy.
StrawberryGeneral660 t1_jbg3wr8 wrote
For where? We have a Senator.
zwirjosemito t1_jbg4x9t wrote
If at first you don’t succeed, keep failing, because the grift will always be worth it
yankeeman9 t1_jbg71la wrote
Like his orange idol, this big loser wants to lose bigly again.
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mojojoemojo t1_jbgaqhx wrote
We WILL stop him AGAIN
30686 t1_jbgb9ey wrote
He'll have a rough time raising money, given how poorly he campaigned for governor.
divacphys t1_jbgbfs4 wrote
But he still got 42% of the vote
drewbaccaAWD t1_jbgcdkz wrote
lol... against Casey, at that. Casey who had 55% of the vote last time and a strong family legacy.
Best Dougie could do is maybe chip away at Bob's "pro life" credentials which may have been a good strategy 30 years ago, not in 2024.
Gobirds831 t1_jbgd8dg wrote
Yup I was in the same boat as you…the party is catering to central PA and doesn’t care anymore about the moderate metropolis Republican
Grashopha t1_jbgdcg9 wrote
A vast majority of those we’re probably straight republican voters, no thought or consideration, just vote red because red.
lhess81 t1_jbgdzsm wrote
He’s from Jersey, so hopefully there.
underscore5000 t1_jbgdzyr wrote
That still doesn't change that this fucking psychopath got 42%.
AllAfterIncinerators t1_jbgf5wh wrote
OP posted this article for the sole purpose of making that joke, and I don’t hate them for it.
polgara_buttercup t1_jbgfats wrote
Tons of money pouring from the churches into Dougie’s pockets. Also companies like Martin’s Potato Rolls are huge backers.
Reynolds_Live t1_jbgfbe3 wrote
MADV
Mother's Against Doug Votes
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MPA_Dad t1_jbggc1b wrote
Go for it, Doug. Good luck getting the media to cover your campaign after you froze them out last time.
GrabtheBull t1_jbgkfcv wrote
Yup, these monsters line their pockets win or lose, so if you have no soul you’ll win the zero sum game
jmdunkle t1_jbgknzl wrote
After getting whooped in the governor’s race, you’d think he’d avoid statewide races
Biggies_Ghost t1_jbgl5xc wrote
Haaahahahahahahaa!!!
No.
DeliciousBeanWater t1_jbgln1t wrote
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
drxdrg08 t1_jbglrhf wrote
> I am convinced there is an evil backer paying extremists to run for office in PA.
It's no secret that Democrats paid for the last Mastriano run for office.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/09/politics/democrats-strategy-paid-off-midterms/index.html
> During the 2022 primary season, Democrats actively meddled in a number of Republican races – hoping to boost GOP candidates who they viewed as too extreme (especially on the issue of election denialism) to win general elections. All told, Democrats spent millions of dollars interfering in Republican primaries for Senate, House and governor around the country.
Gooch94 t1_jbgmbgi wrote
How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?!?!
pyprk t1_jbgn7wp wrote
Didn’t stop Oz from running in PA
Yen-sama t1_jbgo4li wrote
42% of the voters are also psychopaths
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Paradoxiumm t1_jbgp0eb wrote
Should be an easy win for Dems if he wins the primary.
He's probably praying for Trump to run in 2024 and win PA, riding his coattails into office.
Go for it Doug.
lhess81 t1_jbgp5nc wrote
A lady can dream, lol.
demonicego93 t1_jbgpdbk wrote
It was just advertising, right? This article is terrible lol. Not a single reference. I have a hard time calling advertising or boosting "interference".
MrSteam_m8kr t1_jbgpmhr wrote
Fetterman got elected and he can complete a sentence. So right now anyone can be a candidate. Basically our nations on a downward spiral. Whoever wants to be in politics isn’t going to fix anything. I hope everyone the best and please learn life skills ( growing and preserving food, raising and processing animals) the rate we are going, we will die in a third world country…. Our priorities as a nation are backwards. To many decades on east streak have made us soft !!!
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Alternative-Flan2869 t1_jbgqhwa wrote
So doug must think that, like benedict donald, running for Senate will somehow keep him from being indicted for helping plan the 1/6 coup.
--Cr1imsoN-- t1_jbgqk0n wrote
You know… not all of us are backwards inbred hicks…
Alternative-Flan2869 t1_jbgqydg wrote
That is funny but it seems one should not even joke about such matters because there are tens of millions of clueless lemmings who will be shaking their heads up and down saying, “Yeah - it was stolen!”
HogwartsKate t1_jbgrcft wrote
OMG wheres the rock he should crawl under?
MRG_1977 t1_jbgrk8u wrote
He got smoked in the Governor’s race, in part, because Shapiro outspent him so badly. Mastriano whined and complained for weeks after the election that he lost because of the lack of financial support from the national GOP organization after he got the nomination.
Also left out that even the big money GOP donors in PA including Yass didn’t meaningfully contribute either.
Senate races are obscenely expensive in competitive states and Mastriano has zero personal wealth to utilize.
MRG_1977 t1_jbgrv33 wrote
Want and getting it are two very different things. GOP will more forcefully oppose him in the primary to ensure that Casey doesn’t have an almost automatic reelection.
PatientNice t1_jbgshjq wrote
I guess he only takes his messages from god since he clearly didn’t take one from the PA electorate.
ulfricstormclk t1_jbgspgz wrote
Go ahead, you got crushed in the last election
bobjinpa t1_jbgt9iy wrote
Fuck Martin’s
polgara_buttercup t1_jbgtyer wrote
Olde Tyme are better anyway
yeags86 t1_jbguuqa wrote
The fact that churches get away with that shit is absurd. It’s illegal. If they want to donate to politicians, they need to start paying taxes.
drxdrg08 t1_jbgv9ex wrote
> This article is terrible lol
Did you just say that about CNN on Reddit?
alohabruh732 t1_jbgwdyu wrote
Getting 42% of the vote in a two man race means you… 100% lose.
Annahsbananas t1_jbgwq1c wrote
Lol
😆
defusted t1_jbgwxi1 wrote
All about that stroehmann baby!
defusted t1_jbgx1t4 wrote
D.a.r.e. Doug abuse resistance education
Marionboy t1_jbgxfyd wrote
Kinda wish he would just fuck off 🤷♂️
raresanevoice t1_jbgxorp wrote
I'll take a safe blue seat, sure
DesignSilver1274 t1_jbgy5vu wrote
Jeez..why bother? No one will vote for that weirdo, lying, asshole.
Plane_Vanilla_3879 t1_jbgz60r wrote
Typical excuse. Still can’t face the fact the republicans are losers
MajinSkull t1_jbgzm58 wrote
Do it loser
yolorelli t1_jbh060n wrote
And fuck churches.
Yelloeisok t1_jbh0c1c wrote
He also forgot to mention he was too chickenshit to actually go in front of crowds that weren’t ‘friendly’ to his Christian agenda. Every event he had was private and behind closed doors to only his supporters.
Yehorivka t1_jbh1evt wrote
As a society we really need to figure out ways to stop normalizing this shit. Now, nobody is really freaking out anymore about people like Dr. Oz or Doug Mastriano. We know they are fascistic and corrupt beyond belief but it doesn't seem like we are freaking out about it anymore as a society. It's just the new normal now and it's really depressing. No, this hasn't always been the case and yes, if we don't find a solution, history can repeat itself.
Corruption and the media have de-educated people to the point where they have useful idiots like this running for office. We have to stop treating this like it's just Ol' Crazy Doug Mastriano running again. This is a systemic issue and we need to treat it like one. The problem is billionaires. They have always been the one problem.
We need to stop glorifying and romanticizing useful idiots like Donald Trump, Doug Mastriano, and Dr. Oz. They are not the issue. They have never been the issue. They are the symptoms of an actively oppressed society run by billionaires and it's fucking depressing. Mainstream outlets are actively propping up mentally ill people like this because it is sensational.
If we stop giving these puppets a platform, like we've been trying to do with mass shooters, then they won't be a threat.
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drxdrg08 t1_jbh2qnc wrote
> But he didn’t lose, it was stolen! /s
Just like Bernie's nomination in the Democratic primaries.
Asleep_Heron2179 t1_jbh2tgk wrote
Dougie can always get a job with the My Pillow guy
Euphoric-March-8159 t1_jbh348x wrote
Um, no
drxdrg08 t1_jbh38g5 wrote
You don't understand much about human psychology. When you see a lot of things being rigged, then you assume everything is.
- Was Bernie knocked out of the running by the DNC?
- Was Trump-Russian collusion completely made up?
- Did COVID come from a Chinese virology lab?
Many years of proven lies tends to make people not believe anything. Especially when it is the liar speaking.
generalraptor2002 t1_jbh4fx5 wrote
In PA our elections are decided by a razor’s edge
“I got 42% in Pennsylvania” translates to “I pissed off so much of my own party that they voted for the other guy”
Trump won in 2016 in Pennsylvania by a margin of 44,292 votes
classy-mother-pupper t1_jbh4g2h wrote
The people need to burn in hell already.
JediLion17 t1_jbh4p2s wrote
And had the media corralled in a corner where they needed to be escorted to and from like children.
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ImperfectOkra t1_jbh6wj1 wrote
this fucking guy...
RightfulChaos t1_jbh74y3 wrote
How may times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?!
Garbage_will_not OP t1_jbh8q2p wrote
I have never felt so seen
ItsjustJim621 t1_jbh8q8u wrote
Except Covid did not come from a Chinese lab…the department of energy (how are they making this decision anyway?) even made their claim with low confidence…
The trump Russian collusion wasn’t made made up either. We have a republican-led senate Intel committee report that confirmed that Russia meddled in 2016….
But go on peddling right wing talking points
ItsjustJim621 t1_jbh91hi wrote
Tears of the salt-right
kayleebye t1_jbh9fl6 wrote
lmaoooooo he's delusional if he thinks he has a chance in hell of winning
zerobot t1_jbhajbg wrote
It’s just another grift. Idiots will donate money to this asshole despite being a huge loser.
Atrocious_1 t1_jbhb7wp wrote
Man loves being embarrassed
Fangs_0ut t1_jbhbdqu wrote
Lmao
Atrocious_1 t1_jbhbeiw wrote
I think you mean he hid in his bunker and only would interview with the dumbest rw cranks
Atrocious_1 t1_jbhbhvs wrote
Sucks to suck
mainelinerzzzzz t1_jbhbwkz wrote
Most of his signs are still up, how convenient.
drxdrg08 t1_jbhcak2 wrote
> The trump Russian collusion wasn’t made made up either. We have a republican-led senate Intel committee report that confirmed that Russia meddled in 2016….
So did Russia meddle? Or Trump colluded with them?
Big difference there.
VerbalGravy t1_jbhd8s0 wrote
Why does the right have such trouble understanding that we don't worship politicians and news outlets?
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Livelonganddiemad t1_jbhe2i0 wrote
How many times we gotta teach you this lesson old man
Mfees t1_jbhetyj wrote
Yea do it!
Tria821 t1_jbhexr3 wrote
It was my understanding that the PA GOP cut a deal with McCormick; if he didn't force a recount and extend the 2022 Primary and let Oz have it. The powers-that-be assured him that they would clear the way for him in 2024.
So either way, if Mastriano does run, it will rip apart what remains of the GOP. Honestly, sensible Republicans need to force the MAGA crowd out of the GOP, make them start their own MAGA/Q-party.
BurghPuppies t1_jbhf1b0 wrote
Let me answer your questions for you:
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Bernie & Hillary played with the same rules in the 2016 primaries. The point of contention is the role of superdelegates, most of whom were party officials and who presumably would go for Hillary. DYK that Hillary actually won more regular delegates than Bernie, though? So even without superdelegates, he would have lost. Oh, and call me crazy… but don’t the Dems have a right to back the candidate they choose instead of someone who… let’s all say it together… was proudly not even a Democrat??
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Trump-Russian collusion was never proven, which is a long way from saying it was completely made up. Trump could have helped himself by, oh IDK, not publicly asking Russia for help during his press conferences & campaign rally. It WAS proven that Russia did attempt to sway the election toward Trump through social media and creating sham “media outlets”.
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It’s still unknown where Covid came from, but the right’s narrative that Dems said it couldn’t have is untrue. This is also a claim pinned to Fauci, who in fact left the door open many times as to its origin. Where it came from has nothing to do with how poorly Trump handled the virus, ranging everywhere from saying it would disappear to praising Chinese president Xi for his handling of it, to suggesting doctors inject both sunlight and disinfectant.
Sorry to hone in so much on Trump, but when you mention lies, he just comes to mind.
BurghPuppies t1_jbhf8y6 wrote
Collusion was not proven. But Trump & Putin got pretty cozy, including Trump siding with Putin and against US intelligence on their info AND withholding defensive arms from Ukraine… we see how THAT turned out.
drxdrg08 t1_jbhglm0 wrote
> Collusion was not proven.
Right. Even though unlimited amounts of money and political power were thrown at it. It was a very big fraud that went on for a very long time. And then everyone wonders why some people are distrustful of the election process.
Smdgg t1_jbhgzw7 wrote
He is not a Senator
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BrowniesAndMilk1 t1_jbhhmzx wrote
He knows he won’t win but then he can lose, say it’s rigged, and pocket all the leftover money he won’t spend on campaigning.
BurghPuppies t1_jbhi2lw wrote
So, do you mean like the EIGHT Benghazi hearings? Or maybe the Whitewater hearings the GOP held to try to smear Bill & Hillary?
And I’m not sure you can call it a fraud when an investigation happens - under the Republican DOJ and a Republican special counsel - and there is proof of the actions, just not a smoking gun to tie Trump to it. But hey… if that’s your takeaway, then enjoy the tiny little w.
BTW, what every happened to that Durham investigation Trump & Fox News were crowing about??? I guess that passed over us like Q’s “storm”. Still waiting for all those “sealed indictments” to be opened an hundreds of Dems to be arrested. Nice.
BurghPuppies t1_jbhikwv wrote
What I’m really waiting for is the investigation into who was paid to push Ivana down the stairs to her death. That’s a common Russian method of enemy elimination. Now who do we know that’s pals with Putin….?
RealLiveKindness t1_jbhjmls wrote
Susquehanna Partners skimming money from exchanges. Funding antiAmerican, antiDemocracy radicalized stooges. They made their money, don’t want others to succeed.
drxdrg08 t1_jbhkc8m wrote
> And I’m not sure you can call it a fraud
I'm sorry, what?
> Steele, a former head of the Russia Desk for British intelligence (MI6), was writing the report for the private investigative firm Fusion GPS, who were paid by Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
RealLiveKindness t1_jbhkwwr wrote
I think we’ve struck a nerve here. In my area of the state the GOP candidates seemed to be doing pretty well financially after losing their races.
BurghPuppies t1_jbhljrx wrote
Now see, you’re getting your scandals mixed up. Easy to have happen, since Trump was pretty much a train wreck.
Steele was indeed writing the report for Fusion GPS, which had been hired by… wait for it… the Republican Party to do opposition research on Trump. (They didn’t want him elected either lol). Anywho, Hillary did indeed end up buying the research, and its contents were eventually turned over to the FBI.
That’s only a small part of the Trump Russia collusion investigation. You conveniently leave out his dealings with Russia over Trump Moscow, his financial debt to Russia, the secret meetings his teams held at Trump Tower with Russian agents, Inna Yashchyshyn, Trump asking Russia publicly to find Hillary’s emails, and much more.
You also forget to mention that THIRTY FOUR people ended up being indicted thanks to the Mueller investigation. And that Mueller said that he could not rule out wrongdoing on Trump’s part, but that he did not have enough to prosecute a winning case.
So, again, if you consider that a win… go for it.
MRG_1977 t1_jbhmo5s wrote
He’s a lot of (shitty) things but he isn’t fat.
drxdrg08 t1_jbhniwx wrote
You see, your rant is precisely why a lot of people don't want to believe anything nowadays.
Even when the lies and frauds are exposed, the perpetrators double down.
BurghPuppies t1_jbhnrlh wrote
Please feel free to correct me with facts. Not MAGA fantasy.
LOERMaster t1_jbhp85h wrote
Shapiro beat him by 15% of the vote. That’s unheard of in modern politics. The fact that he didn’t take that as a lesson learned shows just how out of touch he is.
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KoozBrews t1_jbhpq6q wrote
PS- I hope he and every other Trumper get cancer and die slowly from it. Not too quickly- long enough to suffer and then just quick enough before they can do something dumb and vote in another white nationalist.
fallser t1_jbhr21o wrote
Stopped buying Martins, they can go fuck them selves.
Old_Moment7914 t1_jbhreeb wrote
The only things stolen was his spine and his moral compass, he’s a fucking hot mess
CovidCat8 t1_jbhtbpg wrote
Please, no. Just gross.
Revelati123 t1_jbhxkl6 wrote
If ya ain't first, yer last.
ljflintstone t1_jbhymub wrote
CDewfus t1_jbi3mdb wrote
Doesn't like, being "tough on crime" just mean increasing police budget though?
yeags86 t1_jbi6uvk wrote
It’s called strategy. It was certainly effective, and completely legal. This isn’t the “gotcha” you think it is.
LinIsStrong t1_jbi75v7 wrote
Thank you for casting an informed vote regardless of party affiliation. I think it takes a bit of personal courage to do so.
Alternative-Flan2869 t1_jbi7ioh wrote
Recall also that:
- Bernie is not a Democrat and did not quickly, and never whole-heartedly, back Hillary after he lost. (Thanks for trump, Bern.)
- Trump’s campaign manager, paul manafort, was a paid putin asset whose resume includes helping install another putin asset in Ukraine before Zelensky was elected.
- The possibility of covid coming from that wuhan virus research facility was never fully discounted by Fauci, even to this day.
sashslingingslasher t1_jbiujow wrote
The majority of crime is created by poverty, so the solution obviously is to hire more government goons with guns to beat them up and put them in cages.
Pleasant-Affect8433 t1_jbiwip3 wrote
Martin’s Potato Rolls supporting extremism is a betrayal I never thought I’d have to endure
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briocheghost_ t1_jbj10zz wrote
DAMN really? Howd you find that out???
alohabruh732 t1_jbj3l50 wrote
Now, I did vote for Oz because I like his platform over Fetterman, and Reddit usually doesn’t like that comment.
Panzerkatzen t1_jbj8lf6 wrote
This is terrible news.
Lonely-Explorer2018 t1_jbj8p47 wrote
I'm so happy reading all of these comments against this absolute p o s
polgara_buttercup t1_jbja43a wrote
He’s my state senator, it was on his disclosure forms, they’ve given him over $100k
polgara_buttercup t1_jbja8p5 wrote
The family that owns it are hard core evangelicals. If you’re not white and Christian you can have a hard time working there.
SurgeonTaco t1_jbjde0s wrote
The secret to getting what you want in politics is to be involved in politics. Most Americans checked out decades ago. Religious folk did not. They stayed, manipulated, cajoled, paid, bribed, greased, streamlined, and just generally made things happen in politics in favor of them.
So, they get what they want. The rest of us just complained online.
There is a lot more to politics than voting, and right now the authoritarian Christians are the ones doing all the extra shit the most. Saying "it's illegal" to something is kind of meaningless when the power that is meant to make it illegal is being controlled by the group doing the illegal shit.
We can keep saying "that's illegal" until the entire US constitution is re-written and it is simply not illegal anymore because that is what they wanted.
qwertyuxcv t1_jbjdqln wrote
Fuck churches more than Martin's? At least their bread tastes better than the churches'.
BitchyWitchy68 t1_jbjfktd wrote
Nazi Clown weighing US Senate run. (Fixed it for you)😂
Varolyn t1_jbjhjf1 wrote
So he can lose by like 15 points again?
And even if he does run for US senate, I doubt he makes past the primaries.
TeeKrauty t1_jbjia74 wrote
Fuck man. Now we done with their potato rolls. Dammit they were good. I didnt know this. Ty for info.
Pcrawjr t1_jbjillp wrote
Please no
polgara_buttercup t1_jbjknc8 wrote
You’re welcome. They don’t deserve a dime of our money
234W44 t1_jbjymfg wrote
Oh hell NO.
MindingMyP_Q t1_jbkkjak wrote
No thanks. I like Senators who aren't Trump supporting traitors
Aggravating_Foot_528 t1_jblx5m7 wrote
Dougie can get slammed in yet another race.
Zenith2017 t1_jboous0 wrote
This is an A grade response
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BurghPuppies t1_jbqgdr4 wrote
Awww, thanks : )
PM_SOME_OBESE_CATS t1_jbr3t70 wrote
Doug Free America Foundation
Garbage_will_not OP t1_jbfo30y wrote
Say NO to Dougs!!!