PA GOV 2022: Stick a fork in it

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https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1551709231488929793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etf...

They're really going off their rails, aren't they?

Just proves at this point that the whole "Mastriano will moderate" schtick ain't happening.

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Glad to see Shapiro reaching out to the Latino community.

https://twitter.com/manuel_bonder/status/1552305840144670720

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Mastriano's campaign is also double and tripling down on the anti-semitic sh**t. Truly a campaign in disarray at this point. (made even worse when you realize his opponent is Jewish)

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LOL. sure, jan

https://twitter.com/dougmastriano/status/1552764754262986753

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538's official polling average for PA-GOV is now up!

Current average is Shapiro +8.2

Shapiro (D) 49.8%
Mastriano (R) 41.5%

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/governor/2022/pennsylvania/

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Oddly have still not seen any Q2 fundraising reports for Shapiro or Mastriano.

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Agreed with all of the above. There's a reason Shapiro was able to win places like Luzerne in 2020 when Biden was losing by double digits.

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This ad should just be on power rotation until Nov:

https://twitter.com/jjabbott/status/1554658183590944771

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Looks like Shapiro was at the Puerto Rican parade and did other events while Doug Mastriano was on a call with Andrew Torba

I appreciate Shapiro taking these communities seriously though, so we can try and avoid the inevitable "Democrats aren't doing anything for the Latino vote!" articles again come Sept-Oct. Though Latinos have not shifted rightwards in PA in recent elections as they have in other places.

[wbrocks67]

Looks like Shapiro was at the Puerto Rican parade and did other events while Doug Mastriano was on a call with Andrew Torba

I appreciate Shapiro taking these communities seriously though, so we can try and avoid the inevitable "Democrats aren't doing anything for the Latino vote!" articles again come Sept-Oct. Though Latinos have not shifted rightwards in PA in recent elections as they have in other places.

PA Latinos certainly did. Just look at how Northern Philly and downtown Reading shifted. Infact these Hispanics swifts were quite intense. It just has less of an impact due to the overall population being pretty small in PA.

I should revise - there wasn't a 'massive' shift. Exit poll has Latinos going from 74-22 in 2016 to 69-27 in 2020, which IS a shift, but not as big of one as you'd expect given the narrative. Latinos are still overwhelming Democrat at the state level.

There definitely were areas that you spoke of that shifted moreso, but I also think there was an incumbency advantage for Trump a bit there.

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LMAO. You just know that he's scared that the MAGA fans will see clips of him being honest about 1/6 and get upset with him.

Either that, or he's worried Dems/Shapiro will use the clips to hammer him again for being there.

Either way, a lose lose for him.

https://twitter.com/PhillyInquirer/status/1555716555278897154

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Is Mastriano even doing events? Genuinely asking. He doesn't seem to be doing much of anything, and of course, he does not speak to any non-R outlets either.

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official-

https://twitter.com/chwolfson/status/1556733915217502209

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Shapiro, meanwhile, still going all in on the positive ads

https://twitter.com/StephenJ_Caruso/status/1556742257545469953

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From the NYT:

Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for Pennsylvania governor who played a role in President Donald J. Trump’s false elector scheme, ended his interview with the Jan. 6 House committee today within 15 minutes. Mastriano, who was on the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, insisted on recording the interview himself and then refused to answer the committee’s questions. He pledged to sue the panel.

He's not in any position to be making demands here. Unsurprising though.

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https://twitter.com/SarahLongwell25/status/1557813900132884485

https://twitter.com/hollyotterbein/status/1557861166097080323

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Different focus groups?

Same one, just wanted to make sure a bit more detail was added

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If the Republicans had nominated Barletta for Governor and McCormick for Senate, they would have likely won both races. Pretty insane that they could've flipped two crucial seats in a swing state and chose to nominate the most toxic candidates in both races.

Eh, Senate would've been way more competitive but Barletta isn't really a strong candidate either. He lost bigly in 2018 and his rhetoric was still too far-right for PA at large. Shapiro was just the strongest candidate on either side.

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The most damning thing here is the confirmation that Mastriano has still yet to air a single TV ad.

https://twitter.com/hollyotterbein/status/1558591341134843904

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https://twitter.com/UrsulaPerano/status/1558524894266249219

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Anyone else annoyed by the barrage of anti-Mastriano ads on youtube? I don't watch anything political but every other ad is a anti-Mastriano ad and it is starting to get very annoying.

I mean, an annoying ad or Pennsylvania becoming a dumpster fire if Mastriano wins. I think I'll take the ads.

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https://twitter.com/jjabbott/status/1559287105133723657

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Looks like Shapiro had perfect timing running those ads on Mastriano/Gab starting this week. Yikes

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1559310223738912768

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Anyone else annoyed by the barrage of anti-Mastriano ads on youtube? I don't watch anything political but every other ad is a anti-Mastriano ad and it is starting to get very annoying.

I mean, an annoying ad or Pennsylvania becoming a dumpster fire if Mastriano wins. I think I'll take the ads.

Fair enough, but it is annoying to see the same ad ad-nauseum and I hope the Shapiro campaign will diversify their ads so they won't get stale and start to annoy people.

Considering how inundated I was with Ciatarelli ads last year, I'd be more than happy to take a barrage of Democratic ads ad nauseum to make up for that.

Yeah I understand you.

Which ad is it if I may ask?

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This is now the 2nd ad that CLF has put out that does not mention Mastriano. Their first was anti-Shapiro/anti-Biden and now this one is for DelRosso.

Even the CLF knows Mastriano is radioactive.

https://twitter.com/CERVASJ/status/1559612048983613441