Jake Banta, the Republican candidate running to replace state Rep. Curt Sonney in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, says he wants to protect constitutional rights, restore confidence in elections, address record inflation and get people back to work.
He says he's a "common sense" candidate.
On social media, Banta embraces conspiracy theories about politics and the pandemic.
In the same way he's used a microphone and amplifier as the lead singer and guitarist of local band Jake's Blues, Banta has used platforms like Facebook, Gab and former President Donald Trump's Truth Social to amplify false, misleading and questionable claims and conspiracies to an audience of thousands. Banta claims his outspoken rhetoric prompted the FBI to visit his home in early 2021 when he was out of town — a claim the Erie Times-News was unable to verify with the FBI.
Banta has indicated he believes the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol was planned by Democrats and carried out by Capitol police and others.
He's adamant Democrats stole the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden.
He has written that he believes COVID-19 was created by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as part of a broader plan by "globalists" — which he says includes Democrats, the World Health Organization and World Economic Forum — to depopulate the planet.
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