Here's a look at the state senator leading the charge to subvert the election in Pennsylvania.

Eyeing run for governor in '22

“Doug is the hero," Trump says

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/doug-mastriano-pennsylvania-election-20201205.html
via @PhillyInquirer
A Pa. senator gets a political boost from pushing Trump’s false election claims — with 2022 in sight

Doug Mastriano has gone from obscure lawmaker to unlikely leader of Trump’s unprecedented, if futile, crusade in Pennsylvania to overrule the will of the voters.

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/doug-mastriano-pennsylvania-election-20201205.html
There is no evidence supporting Trump’s false claims of widespread fraud, and in various Pennsylvania lawsuits his campaign hasn’t even made a single allegation of a vote deliberately cast illegally.
That hasn’t stopped Mastriano and a few dozen other state lawmakers in Harrisburg, as well as a Pennsylvania Republican congressman, from trying to aid Trump’s bid to reverse Biden’s election as the nation’s 46th president.
A bit on Sen. Doug Mastriano's initiation into MAGA world:

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/doug-mastriano-pennsylvania-election-20201205.html
Seem like fringe? Consider that House Speaker Cutler and dozens of GOP lawmakers want Congress to reject Pa's electors
Here's the pro-MAGA view
“Senator Mastriano’s bold actions and leadership to fight for election integrity in Pennsylvania will not be forgotten by President Trump’s Keystone State supporters if he were to seek statewide office in 2022 — he’d be a formidable candidate."
@Greg_Manz
Others see a parallel to Scott Wagner, who lost to Wolf in a landslide

“Do Republicans wanna win? We had a super Trumpy older white guy state senator from central Pennsylvania as our 2018 gubernatorial nominee. And he got 40% of the vote.” https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/doug-mastriano-pennsylvania-election-20201205.html
A Pa. senator gets a political boost from pushing Trump’s false election claims — with 2022 in sight

Doug Mastriano has gone from obscure lawmaker to unlikely leader of Trump’s unprecedented, if futile, crusade in Pennsylvania to overrule the will of the voters.

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/doug-mastriano-pennsylvania-election-20201205.html
Charlie Kirk told Mastriano he should run for governor

“If we get the call from God, we’re not gonna stand away from our Esther moment,” the senator says
But he'll face competition in the Trump lane.

I.e., five PA GOP congressmen signed a letter bashing Bill Barr this week. And somehow that didn't include Mike Kelly.
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