I am delighted to learn that failed gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano is contemplating another bid for high office, possibly an effort to become Pennsylvania’s next United States senator.
I would look forward to Mastriano adopting the same “winning formula,” the tactics he used as he was humiliated in his high-profile race against our honorable governor, Josh Shapiro, last year: Do not speak to the media or anyone who might ask challenging questions; maintain and highlight your association and friendship with QAnon, the folks who believe that there is a Democratic cabal which sexually preys upon children and drinks their blood; boast about how you could try to overturn the results of legitimate elections if you do not like the outcome; threaten a massive cut in funding for critical needs as you did for public education in Pennsylvania; promote the elimination of any separation between church and state; and tell us with pride how you would force women and girls to give birth to children even if they have been the victims of rape or incest.
While you pray about whether you should enter another race, many of us Pennsylvanians are praying that you do, and that you again win the nomination of the state’s extremists. Go, Doug, go!
Oren Spiegler
Peters