Will Bunch: A crazy scheme to undo 2020 election could be the first item for a Gov. Mastriano

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People are right to worry about what a Doug Mastriano victory would mean for the running of the 2024 election - but it's really much, much crazier than that

His people are still dead serious about undoing 2020's election and restoring Trump. My new column

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A crazy scheme to undo 2020 election could be the first item for a Gov. Mastriano | Will Bunch
Pennsylvania's GOP gubernatorial nominee is closely tied to a network of activists with an insane project: undoing President Biden's 2020 election.
11:15 AM · Jun 2, 2022

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/mastriano-decertify-biden-2020-election-pennsylvania-20220602.html

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If you’ve been paying attention to the race for governor in Pennsylvania, you’ve probably heard — in the words of the Democratic candidate, Attorney General Josh Shapiro, and echoed by many political pundits — that “democracy is on the ballot this November.”

Their case against the GOP’s far-right, antiestablishment nominee, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, hinges largely on the Republican’s past history with efforts to undo President Biden’s 2020 election win in the state and fears that if he’s elected — with the ability to hand-pick a secretary of state to oversee elections — he will disregard the results to make sure Donald Trump or some other GOP nominees get those 19 Electoral College votes in 2024.

But voters need to understand: Mastriano’s plans are much, much crazier than that.

Mastriano is closely aligned with a national network of election-denying activists who continue to believe that state legislators can still somehow “decertify” electors from that 2020 election, which would initiate a process that would magically restore Donald Trump to the White House long before Biden’s current term expires. It’s not implausible that a Mastriano win in November could make revisiting the 2020 vote the biggest issue in Harrisburg in 2023, even as state residents struggle with real-time issues like inflation and high gas prices.

Close ally Ivan Raiklin — a Virginia lawyer and former military intelligence officer who was by Mastriano’s side as the 58-year-old retired colonel celebrated his landslide primary win last month — made clear in a May podcast interview that he and the loose alliance of prominent 2020 election deniers who’ve endorsed Mastriano still see their main goal as “decertifying” Biden and proving Trump’s Big Lie about 2020 election fraud.

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