Doug Mastriano's unhinged 'Nazi' claim signals deeper danger ahead

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Greg Sargent
@ThePlumLineGS
Doug Mastriano just endorsed the idea that gun regulations in response to child massacres are akin to Nazi tyranny. There's a direct link between this claim, his vow to subvert future elections, and his Christian nationalism. I tried to unravel it all:

washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Doug Mastriano’s unhinged ‘Nazi’ claim signals deeper danger ahead
At the nexus of pro-gun extremism, Christian nationalism, and hatred of democracy.
9:08 AM · Jun 2, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/02/doub-mastriano-gun-regulations-nazis-danger-democracy/

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As a marker of the Republican Party’s ongoing radicalization, Doug Mastriano’s run for governor of Pennsylvania will prove revealing indeed.

It isn’t just that Mastriano has openly advertised his zeal to subvert future elections. It’s also that he’s revealed this democracy-hating ethos to be underpinned by a profoundly messianic Christian nationalist streak. Will establishment Republicans rally behind such a toxic blend of extremist tendencies?

Now Mastriano is bringing this question into even sharper focus. He has doubled down on the suggestion that even the most modest gun safety regulations are akin to Nazi tyranny.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Mastriano approvingly shared on Twitter this week a video of himself making a striking claim about guns and Adolf Hitler.

“Anytime there’s a shooting, the left will jump on that as a way to advance an agenda to remove our right to bear arms. ... We saw Hitler do the same thing in Germany in the ’30s.” Mastriano said in the 2018 video. “Where do the tyrants stop infringing on our rights?”

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[Lovie777]

1. A Putin want to be.......

he is in fact the nazi. Turn this hit around on him.

[FakeNoose]

4. Yes he is ....

Can any of us imagine how Chump would have destroyed Pennsylvania, if he'd been elected our Governor?

That's exactly what Doug Mastriano is, and that's what he'd do. We cannot give Mastriano the keys to our state government.

Josh Shapiro is the man for the job. He'll lead us for the next 4 years.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Mastriano is Projection 2.0

We'd better be aware of it.

[TigressDem]

3. 2nd Amendment AND the defining clauses for "a well regulated" Militia

JUST the fact that the Second Amendment SAYS "well regulated" implies there is supposed to be SOME regulation of gun ownership in America and especially in regards to militias.





2nd Amendment
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.


Article 1, Section 8, Clause 15 and 16 OF THE CONSTITUTION defines what a well regulated Militia MEANS



(Clause 15 – The Militia)

[The Congress shall have Power] To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

(Clause 16 – The Militia)

[The Congress shall have Power] To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;

From the U.S. Senate web site:

Under these provisions, the right of the states to maintain a militia, including what is now the National Guard, is always subordinate to the power of Congress. In 1795 Congress first gave the president authority to call out the militia to suppress insurrections. Presidents employed this power to enforce federal law during desegregation disputes during the 1950s, and later during the civil disturbances in various cities during the 1960s