7 more Republican leaders endorse Democrat Josh Shapiro for Pennsylvania governor, following news of GOP candidate Doug Mastriano wearing a Confederate military uniform https://www.yahoo.com/news/7-more-republican-leaders-endorse-100000407.html Seven more Republican leaders have announced their endorsement for Democrat Josh Shapiro. This comes one month after nine Republicans called his GOP opponent Doug Mastriano an "extremist." A photo obtained by Reuters showed Mastriano posing in a Confederate military uniform. 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. Other Republicans backing Shapiro include former Pennsylvania House Speaker Denny O'Brien of Philadelphia, former PA state Rep. Dave Steil of Bucks County, and current Lawrence County Commissioner Morgan Boyd. A photo obtained last week by Reuters, showed Mastriano posing in a Confederate uniform for a faculty photo at the Army War College three years before retiring from the US Army in 2017. 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. (My thoughts - note how nobody wants to stand near the idiot) The Donald Trump-backed candidate was first elected in 2018 and has become popular among right-wing activists for mocking herd immunity and falsely suggesting the COVID-19 vaccines are not true vaccines. Mastriano's campaign did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Read the original article on Business Insider
This is as stoopid as hating on Martin Sheen for playing Robert E Lee in "Gettysburg." Just absolutely idiotic.
Yes I do believe the same percentage of idiots in society are represented in the military, how else could it be. Or are you suggesting that they only attract the ethical and honest bunch because the military is such a great place of honor, values, and righteousness? Many who join are fuckups in life with few other options. Most who return from service are also fucked up for life, so tell us again what a great place it is to invest one's life and career in? Oh, you mean to defend women and children in the home country? Funny that the majority of other nations apparently think otherwise and so far their women and children have not been abducted and raped by some evil invading bad hombres
The reason there is not an AK-47 pointing at your face right now by an invading foreign horde is because of the sacrifices these "military idiots" made to defend you. Have more respect for our servicepeople! Sheesh!
Bullshit, you warmonger nazi. In the exact same way that Hitler could have never ruled the world, would Russia or China never been able to rule the world. The problem with you Mac Donald's and Starbucks consumer fat asses is that the elitist brain wash perfectly worked on your tribe. You eat from their hands and give head. Service people, lol. You are too dumb to realize that YOU are the product. Your rulers constantly implant brain farts into your little heads that danger lurks behind every corner which is why you should donate 50% of your toil through taxation to a rogue gone elitist group that sends your children into the world to get slaughtered. Or what else do you call the dozens of wars the US has lost over the past 60 or 70 years? Look at those army faggots, those fat asses hang out all day in the gym and get decimated on the battlefield. Or did you win Vietnam? No more fear from radical Islamists? The war on drugs? Human trafficking? Russia defeated? Lol, get real dude, your shitty TV stations lie to you. Not a single war has been won since WW2
Now memory is starting to serve me. You do not reside in the USA. Ye be in China? Am I correct? If so, that would explain your hostility to the US military.
Canadian my friend. So, now I need to be thankful that you guys have not yet overrun us or protected us from other enemies? Give it a rest, history has proven fair and square that you guys down south suffer from a serious illusory enemy syndrome. Trigger happy clowns. Edit: thanks for the spelling error pointer. Appreciated!
The correct word to use there is illusory. And it was not illusory. Would you guys in Canada feel any rage if that shit happened to your CN tower in Toronto?