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@desderamona
May 14, 2021 • 47 tweets • 31 min read • Read on X
Douglas Vincent #Mastriano
1964

#PA State Senator
#Pennsylvania's 33rd District
2020 re-elected
2019 special election

Ret. Colonel
United States Army
2017

“Mastriano has sometimes been described as a Christian nationalist.”

#PAGOV2022
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Mast…
#Mastriano

Ph.D., history
University of New Brunswick
2013

Master's, strategic studies
U.S. Army War College
2010

Master's Degrees
2001 airpower theory
2002 military operational art & scienc
Air University
2002

Master's degree
strategic intel
Joint Intelligence College
1992
“#Mastriano has appeared on Tucker Carlson, C-Span, numerous national radio programs (John Batchelor Show, Eric Metaxas Show) & on Fox Business with Stuart Varney.  He retired from the U.S. Army in November 2017 after 30 years of active duty as a Colonel”

senatormastriano.com/biography/
“Doug #Mastriano (Republican Party) is a member of the #Pennsylvania State Senate, representing District 33. He assumed office in 2019. His current term ends on November 30, 2024.”

ballotpedia.org/Doug_Mastriano
“after serving his 30 years in the military. In 2019 he was elected as the Pennsylvania State Senator for the 33rd District, which includes all of Adams County, most of Franklin County and parts of Cumberland and York Counties.”

Doug #Mastriano
publicopiniononline.com/story/opinion/…
“#Mastriano has been a major critic of Gov. Tom #Wolf and a key figure locally in the movement to fight the state's COVID-19 restrictions. …

Mastriano said his experiences over 30 years serving in the U.S. Army inspired him to seek public office …”

publicopiniononline.com/story/news/pol…
“… #Mastriano said his experiences over 30 years serving in the U.S. Army inspired him to seek public office, that he ‘could not stand aside while radical ideologue and greedy bureaucrats run our state into the ground.’" 

#PAGov2022
publicopiniononline.com/story/news/pol…
“#Mastriano had a deep interest in York long before he led anti-mask protests last year, fought tirelessly to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s reelection loss & showed up outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.

Mastriano’s research into…”

triblive.com/news/pennsylva…
“… #Mastriano’s research into York helped earn him a doctorate in history from the University of New Brunswick and a publishing deal with the University Press of Kentucky, but critics argue his work does not hold up to scrutiny. …”

#PAGov2024
#PA33
triblive.com/news/pennsylva…
“‘…Many of his citations are completely false and do not support his claims whatsoever,’ Gregory said in a Jan. 25 email to the University Press of Kentucky, identifying footnotes with no apparent relation to their corresponding book passages”

#Mastriano
triblive.com/news/pennsylva…
“…After an [AP] review found additional questionable footnotes, Gregory sent the Kentucky publisher 35 citations he considers fraudulent. In early March, he made a nearly identical complaint to the University of New Brunswick…prominently in #Mastriano’s doctoral studies.”
‘In French woods, rivals take aim at senator’s WWI research’

“For more than a decade, other researchers have questioned #Mastriano’s claim to have conclusively proved exactly where York was … They argue his research is plagued with errors and that a …”

apnews.com/article/doug-m…
“… They argue his research is plagued with errors and that a walking trail to the battle location he helped build actually takes visitors to the wrong spot.”

Doug #Mastriano
#PA33
#PAGov2024
apnews.com/article/doug-m…
“The 57-year-old Franklin County Republican, first elected two years ago & pondering a 2022 run for governor, seemed to emerge out of nowhere last year to become a one-man force in Pennsylvania politics

He has boasted of speaking with Trump…”

#Mastriano
pennlive.com/nation-world/2…
“… at least 15 times and organized an election hearing in Gettysburg that featured Rudy Giuliani & a phone call appearance by Trump.

He was even scheduled to speak on the U.S. Capitol steps during the early afternoon on Jan. 6 and had organized charter buses to Trump’s speech.”
‘A Pa. senator gets a political boost from pushing Trump’s false election claims — with 2022 in sight’

“In the span of just a couple of weeks, the retired Army colonel from Franklin County went from being a relatively obscure lawmaker …”

#Mastriano
inquirer.com/politics/penns…
“… the retired Army colonel from Franklin County went from being a relatively obscure lawmaker elected only last year to the unlikely leader of Trump’s unprecedented, if futile, crusade in Pennsylvania to overrule the will of the voters.”

#Mastriano
#PA33
#PAGov2022
28 Nov

‘Experts Scorch Pennsylvania Senator’s ‘Nakedly, Indefensibly Anti-Democratic’ Attempt to Replace State’s Electoral College Voters’

“to introduce a resolution to appoint a new slate of electors to cast the state’s Electoral College…”

#Mastriano
lawandcrime.com/2020-election/…
“… appoint a new slate of electors to cast the state’s Electoral College votes next month — in essence an attempt to undo the certified results of the 2020 election in his state.

#Mastriano cited what he believes to be ‘mounting evidence’ the 2020 election was ‘compromised’.”
“Three weeks after major news outlets called the 2020 U.S. presidential race for Joe Biden, Doug #Mastriano, a state senator for Pennsylvania’s 33rd district, suggested on Twitter there were voting irregularities in his key battleground state, with …”

reuters.com/article/uk-fac…
“…with over a million “extra” mail-in votes counted. This claim, which combines mail-in vote totals from the June 2020 primary election with totals for the Nov. 3 general election, is false.”

Doug #Mastriano
#PA33
reuters.com/article/uk-fac…
‘Pa. Sen. Doug #Mastriano called election fight 'a death match with the Democrat Party''

“Two days before pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the Capitol in Washington, Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano told a conservative radio talk show host …”

heraldmailmedia.com/story/news/pol…
1 Dec 2020

‘How did a Pennsylvania senator with COVID get to meet with the president?’

“#Mastriano and other Republican state senators met with President Donald Trump in the West Wing on Thanksgiving Eve. They were there to discuss how to continue …”

mcall.com/opinion/mc-opi…
“…They were there to discuss how to continue the losing battle to reverse Pennsylvania’s election results to Trump’s favor, & keep him in power for another four years…

#Mastriano’s son and his son’s friend…were [also] there for the Oval Office meeting, also tested positive”
23 Dec 2020

‘White House invites GOP lawmakers in Pennsylvania to lunch’

‘Republican state senators in Pennsylvania were invited to a [WH] lunch as President Donald Trump baselessly maintains Democrats stole the battleground state from him’

#Mastriano
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireS…
“It’s unclear what Trump was hoping to accomplish by meeting with Pennsylvania lawmakers, especially without the leadership present. …”

State Sen. Doug #Mastriano (R., Franklin), one of the Senate’s most conservative members, was among the lawmakers …”

spotlightpa.org/news/2020/11/t…
“… State Sen. Doug #Mastriano (R., Franklin), one of the Senate’s most conservative members, was among the lawmakers who went to the White House, legislative sources said. Mastriano played a key role in organizing the Senate Majority Policy Committee hearing in Gettysburg.”
30 Nov 2020

“In the past month, Republicans in Harrisburg have tried and failed to force a redundant audit of the election, staged demonstrations outside the Capitol (in which #Mastriano participated, unmasked), put together a semi-official public …”

phillymag.com/news/2020/11/3…
“…’hearing’ (hosted by #Mastriano at a hotel ballroom in Gettsyburg) about election fraud, & proposed a resolution (put forth by Mastriano) that would have called on Sec. of State Kathy Boockvar to decertify the results of the election in Pennsylvania.”

phillymag.com/news/2020/11/3…
25 Nov 2020

‘Rudy Giuliani, Trump legal team makes trip to Gettysburg for GOP election proceeding’

“‘Everything is at stake with what happened during this election cycle,’ said Senator Doug #Mastriano before the hearing started. ‘Everything the …’”

local21news.com/news/local/rep…
28 Jan 2021

‘Pa. Sen. Doug #Mastriano said the fight wasn't over. Then he organized a trip to the Capitol.’

amp.ydr.com/amp/6580807002
“State Sen. Doug #Mastriano (R., Franklin), a retired military colonel who is considered a possible candidate for governor in 2022, was seen in social media photos outside the Capitol with Rick Saccone, a former Republican state lawmaker & failed 2018…”

inquirer.com/politics/penns…
“… and failed 2018 congressional candidate. In a since-deleted video, Saccone praised Trump supporters for ‘swarming the Capitol,’ said they had broken down the gates, and planned to ‘run out all the evil people in there.’ …”

Doug #Mastriano
#PA33
#PAGov2022
“… He led a Republican Policy Committee hearing in November that gave Trump and … Giuliani a forum for airing false and fantastical claims of voter fraud and election rigging that have been rejected by courts and bipartisan elections officials. At the hearing, #Mastriano…”
“… At the hearing, #Mastriano declared that ‘the republic is at stake’ and that Pennsylvania’s elections were less secure than those in Iraq and Afghanistan.”

#PA33
#PAGov2022
inquirer.com/politics/penns…
‘A Pennsylvania lawmaker and the resurgence of Christian nationalism’

‘How Doug #Mastriano’s rise embodies the spread of a movement centered on the belief that God intended America to be a Christian nation.’

New Apostolic Reformation #NAR
David Barton
newyorker.com/news/on-religi…
“…In March, a group of concerned citizens from #Mastriano’s district met w/ Sims via Zoom. They wanted to inform Sims that some of Mastriano’s funding came from groups associated with Jeffrey #Yass, a libertarian businessman & Koch brothers’ associate.”

newyorker.com/news/on-religi…
Doug #Mastriano “has also led a series of rallies at the Capitol this year to oppose mask wearing, social distancing and the state’s infection mitigation strategies. He has encouraged supporters who want to see him run for governor in 2022.”

pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/01/09/gop…
‘#Mastriano campaign spent thousands on buses ahead of D.C. insurrection’

“The same week the payments were made, Mastriano posted an event on Facebook offering bus rides to D.C. on Jan. 6 — charging attendees $25 dollars for an adult and $10 for” kids

whyy.org/articles/mastr…
‘A week after FBI raid, Rudy Giuliani prepares to host Midstate fundraiser for #Mastriano’

“fundraiser for Mastriano on May 15 in Chambersburg, at prices ranging from $50 for a ticket to listen to Giuliani speak to $500 for a VIP meet-and-greet.”

abc27.com/news/this-week…
“Now the two will be back together on Saturday. 

Giuliani will headline a fundraiser for #Mastriano in Chambersburg as Mastriano is expected to ultimately enter the Republican primary race for Pennsylvania governor.”

goerie.com/story/news/202…
17 July 2019

‘Freshman Pa. senator who shared anti-Muslim memes is now pushing an abortion ‘heartbeat’ ban bill’

“‘The right to life is the single most important issue of our lifetime,’ Mastriano wrote.”

penncapital-star.com/commentary/fre…
“In a tweet posted on Friday morning, Giuliani claimed that ‘Doug #Mastrianni (sic) is the man to straighten out PA’ and included a bizarre photoshopped image that featured Giuliani himself holding a Civil War-era saber.”

#Mastriano
rawstory.com/rudy-giuliani-…
‘Trump ‘asked me’ to run for governor, state Sen. Doug #Mastriano says’

“Trump asked him to run and promised to campaign for him…

met w/Trump Monday for ‘an hour & fifteen minutes’ at Trump Tower in New York

‘He had asked me to run some months ago’”

lehighvalleylive.com/elections/2021…
“#Mastriano has become a one-man force in conservative politics in Pennsylvania, leading anti-mask protests last year, pushing to overturn Trump’s reelection loss and showing up outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.”

Lou Barletta
nbcphiladelphia.com/news/politics/…
‘Pa. GOP lawmaker Doug #Mastriano says he left the Capitol area before the riot. New videos say otherwise.’

“video recently uncovered by amateur online sleuths appears to show that Mastriano … stuck around longer and advanced closer to the Capitol …”

inquirer.com/news/doug-mast…
“The legislator dismissed the allegations he stuck around for the riot, telling the Philadelphia Inquirer on Tuesday that “angry partisans” made up the allegations because they are ‘blinded by their hatred for all things Donald Trump’.”

#Mastriano
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

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