“Where is the love, you said you’d give to me soon as you were free, will it ever be?” — Roberta Flack
There’s an old expression that started in Hollywood, “The three biggest lies in the world are 1) I’ll respect you in the morning, 2) the check is in the mail and 3) I won’t come in your mouth. Want to know the three biggest truths in the world? 1) I put myself first, not America; 2) Loyalty is a one way street, sucker, just like Broadway; 3) Trust me and live to regret it.
Listen to some sad Pennsylvania Republicans who listened to Donald Trump. When will they ever learn?
Former PA congressman Tom Marino, who along with Barletta backed Trump in 2016, rips Trump for the Mastriano endorsement. “Where in the hell is the loyalty?” pic.twitter.com/xsWCwHchjZ
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 14, 2022
Republicans are increasingly worried that their chances of winning Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial and Senate races are slipping through their fingers as hard-line candidates surge at the eleventh hour.
Operatives in the state are sounding the alarm that state Sen. Doug Mastriano, the front-runner gubernatorial candidate whose bid is centered around unfounded allegations of voter fraud in 2020, is making the top office in Harrisburg out of reach. And a late boost in the Senate race for conservative commentator Kathy Barnette has sparked worries over the open seat being vacated by Sen. Pat Toomey (R), which is crucial to Republicans’ path to Senate control.
Republicans are particularly concerned that this November’s expected red wave may not lift such firebrand candidates to victory, possibly squandering opportunities to win races that are crucial at the state and federal levels at a time when the GOP plans on going on offense.
“It would be like the voyage of the Titanic, but no survivors,” said one GOP strategist with extensive experience working in Pennsylvania.
The anxieties are reaching a fever pitch in the final days before the Tuesday primary, largely over character concerns, not policy positions.
Mastriano, who has been linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory and whose campaign did not respond to a request for comment, makes repeated references to unsubstantiated claims of electoral wrongdoing without supplementing his bid with tangible platforms. Barnette, meanwhile, has voiced similar concerns over the 2020 race, has made Islamophobic and homophobic remarks and, as scrutiny heightens during her polling surge,
Now what is that that Mitch McConnell is always saying? Oh, yeah, you’ve got to have electable candidates on the ballot not fringe people. Words to that effect. I’ll bet the bourbon is getting uncorked tonight.
Haven’t they figured out yet that the former guy is for himself and endorses only the people who suck up to him?