Six in 10 American voters who go to the polls this fall, including here in Pennsylvania, will have an election denier on their ballot, according to an analysis by the Bureau of Elections. political data website FiveThirtyEight.
In Pennsylvania, where marquee fights for governor and the U.S. Senate are taking place, 10 Republicans, including the GOP candidate for governor Doug Mastrianoand a majority of Republican members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation denied the validity of the results of the 2020 election in which President Joe Biden beat your ex President Donald TrumpAccording to FiveThirty Eight analysis.
Mastrianostate senator from Franklin County, spread false claims of voter fraud. He was at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. He they called earlier U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the insurrection, but he shortened his interview. He he has since sued the special panelquestioning his legality and arguing that she could not force him to testify.
He faces Democrats Attorney General Josh Shapirowhose office defended the state in alleged cases of electoral fraud.
Doctor to the stars Mehmet OzThey said the Republican candidate in Pennsylvania’s nationally watched U.S. Senate race “raised questions” about the results of the 2020 contest. FiveThirty Eight analysis.
Earlier this week in an interview with Fox News, Ozwho has Trump support, said he believed “a lot more information” was needed to determine whether Trump won the 2020 elections, This was reported on Yahoo News.
When asked if he believed the 2020 competition was stolen, Oz he said Fox News that he had been “asked this question many times.”
“I am a doctor, I choose my words very carefully” Oz he said, according to Yahoo News. “We need to collect a lot more information to determine this, and I would love to collect it. I think it would make the process more competent overall.
During the performance With U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa.in Philadelphia Oz he said that if he were in office, he would vote to confirm Biden win – by opposing Trump pressure at the time that later led to the insurrection at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.
“I wouldn’t mind” Oz he said, according to Yahoo News.
“Before the delegates and these reports were sent to the U.S. Senate, it was our job to approve them. That’s what I would do.”
Oz faces Democrats Lt. Governor John Fetterman in November.
The list of election deniers among Pennsylvania’s GOP congressional delegation is a list well known to political observers.
Contains U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-10th Districtchairman of the ultraconservative party Freedom Club, whose cell phone was confiscated by the FBI as part of the agency investigation into “fake voters” in the 2020 election.
Like Mastriano, Perry has it too raised Trump’s false claims voter fraud and joined, unsuccessfully, in trying to overturn the election results in his home state.
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th District, who appealed to the United States Supreme Court to overturn Pennsylvania’s 2020 election results, is also listed as a “total denialist” in FiveThirty Eight analysis.
He joined U.S. Reps. Dan Meuser, R-9th District, Lloyd Smucker, R-11th District; John Joyce, District R-13; Guy Reschenthaler, R-14 DistrictAND Glen “GT” Thompson, District R-15.
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-1. districtaccepted the results “with reservations”, according to FiveThirty Eight analysis.
GOP congressional candidates Aaron Bashir AND Jim Bognettrespectively running in 2 AND 8. Congressional Districtsare listed as complete deniers. Christian Nascimentowhich runs in 4th district“accepted with reservations.”
GOP hopes David Galluch, Lisa SchellerAND Jeremy Shafferrespectively running in 5., 7AND 17th districthe declined to comment, according to the report FiveThirty Eight. Guy Ciarrocchiwhich runs in 6th districtAccording to FiveThirty Eight.
In total, of the 529 Republicans running this year, 196 candidates have fully denied the results of the 2020 contest, according to FiveThirty Eight. These candidates either stated it explicitly Trump won or took legal action to have the results invalidated.
That compares with 73 Republicans who fully accepted the results and 87 who accepted them “with reservations.” FiveThirty Eight. This gap further highlights how in thrall Republican officials and candidates remain Trump and the myth of a stolen election two years after Election Day.
