“Mastriano’s victory in Pennsylvania: A bipartisan disaster”

[Republicans are mostly to blame, of course, since they’re the ones who nominated him and enabled him. (More on that below.) But Democrats had a hand in last night’s fiasco too, believe it or not.  

Mastriano wasn’t the only “stop the steal” goon who won yesterday. Ted Budd, who was also endorsed by Trump, prevailed easily in the North Carolina Republican primary and both Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick in Pennsylvania made assorted noises about doubting the 2020 results in their state. But Mastriano had distinguished himself by his zeal. 

{He} was the only Pennsylvania legislator who went to Washington on January 6, the Inquirer notes, but eight of the state’s nine Republicans in Congress voted against certifying Biden’s victory that day and many other state legislators signed a letter calling for certification to be delayed. They built this Frankenstein because they feared Republican voters would turn them out of office if they told the truth about the election, that Biden won and Trump is a paranoid sore loser. Mastriano owes his victory to the cowardice and selfishness of his colleagues. ] – Hotair May 18, 2022

I meant to write May 18, 2022

[A former Homeland Security official in the Trump administration who later turned into one of the former president’s critics has quit the Republican Party, saying the GOP can’t be saved. Miles Taylor, who was the agency’s deputy chief of staff and then chief of staff from 2017 to 2019, wrote on Twitter: 

“I’m done. I no longer believe the Republican Party can be saved. The vitriolic rhetoric is inspiring violent radicals. I’m quitting the GOP. And I hope more do the same.”

Taylor also linked to an editorial he wrote for NBC News:  

“In the wake of the mass shooting in Buffalo on Saturday, it’s become glaringly obvious that my party no longer represents conservative values but in fact poses a threat to them — and to America,” he wrote. ] – MSN News May 18, 2021

Lol…”his infamous political career.” Yes, that about sums it up. Talk about a clown…smh!

The thing with Trump reich-wingers, in particular, is that they really do have audacity. Absolutely NO shame and very little intelligence. But an abundance of audacity (as in “arrogant disregard”) for anything “normal” especially restraints. And of course, Cawthorn is a Trump kinda guy!