Thread by @jjabbott

Tonight @January6thCmte will hold its first hearing on the criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election, which led to violent insurrection and lasting damage to our democracy.

Few states were more central to than PA and few groups more responsible than @PAGOP.

A thread 🧵

Some toplines:
- 76 @PASenateGOP and @PAHouseGOP members signed letters asking to overturn the election
- All GOP legislative leaders signed letters
- 8 PA GOP Congressmen complied on Jan 6 and joined Texas lawsuit
- 78 Pennsylvanians have been charged by Feds for 1/6 crimes

On Jan. 6, 2022, I wrote about the need for accountability for PA Republican elected officials for their roles.

We’ve seen rightfully dozens of the rioters face life-altering consequence.

But the GOP elected a responsible? They were mostly *rewarded* penncapital-star.com/commentary/pa-…

PA State Senator Doug Mastriano crossed police lines with rioters and entered restricted areas at the U.S. Capitol as the January 6th attack was happening.

He faced no consequences from GOP leaders and is now the GOP nominee for #PAGOV with a plan to sabotage our elections.

In addition to 75 other PAians charged, a Philadelphia Proud Boys leader is among five members charged by a grand jury with seditious conspiracy for their role in the attack.

We now know Mastriano was also questioned by the FBI, in addition to a subpoena from @January6thCmte

Mastriano’s role in this attack — from pre-election to Jan. 6 to everything since — is so big that’s it’s hard to scale. But @witfnews did a great job today

https://twitter.com/jjabbott/status/1534853768986214400

Mastriano used extreme rhetoric calling it a “death match”, called on extremist crowds to “rise up” and used violent Biblical and historical references to push and prod his supporters.

@PhillyInquirer had a fantastic accounting of this today as well

https://twitter.com/jjabbott/status/1534850377031753728

PA @RepScottPerry like Mastriano was central to this conspiracy.

He was featured a “Stop The Steal” rally on the PA Capitol steps while he was also plotting a coup at DOJ with Trump, then led the charge on the House floor to throw out PA’s votes. cnn.com/2021/08/12/pol…

Top GOP legislative leaders also played a big role.

They all signed the Jan. 6 letters, used taxpayer resources to push the Big Lie, and some signed onto Texas lawsuit to overturn the election.

Since then, they’ve continued the attack on PA elections. penncapital-star.com/election-2020/…

Our own elected officials in PA not only helped to fuel, fund and plan this attack, they keep it alive through continued sabotage on our elections.

They, along with so many others, deserve to be held accountable. I’ll be watching the @January6thCmte to see it happen.