The winner of the Pennsylvania Republican primary for the Governorship was won by Mastriano. He has been a strong Trump supporter by buying into various far right election falsehoods covered under Trump’s Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him. But his conversion to far right ideas doesn’t appear to be a recent development. A thesis written by him some 20 years ago points out some troubling beliefs he holds. For instance, American youth has been corrupted by drugs and alternate lifestyle options, the European Union threatens US dominance and that the US military is the only institution which can prevent the destruction of our republic. Given that he is a former military man who swore to uphold the Constitution that last belief of his is indeed frightening. We must remember that the Constitution clearly spells out that our military is under control of elected civilian leaders. Our Founding Fathers realized that the largest threat to democracy will always come from potential military involvement. I believe that his poisonous views are at the core of who he is. He demonstrated that by joining the Trump extremists as they marched to attack the Capital. Any politician involved in anything that looks like participation in an insurrection has no role in being part of any government entity. Our domestic moral decay of Politicians is a greater danger to our democracy than foreign armies.

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