Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Doug Mastriano in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for governor, putting a last-minute seal of approval on the far-right front-runner who has embraced his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
"There is no one in Pennsylvania who has done more, or fought harder, for Election Integrity than State Senator Doug Mastriano," Trump said in a statement Saturday.
Trump’s backing comes just days before a Tuesday primary where Mastriano has solidified himself as the leading candidate. Democrat Josh Shapiro, the state’s attorney general who is unopposed in his party’s primary for governor, has aired a TV ad seemingly designed to fortify Mastriano, whom even many Republicans believe would be their weakest candidate in a general election because of his extreme positions.
Several GOP leaders have called for the party to coalesce around a different candidate, former Rep. Lou Barletta.
Two Republicans — State Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman and former Rep. Melissa Hart — ended their campaigns for governor this week and endorsed Barletta.
Barletta issued a statement shortly after Trump’s, vowing to win the primary without his endorsement.
"Throughout this campaign I have proved that I’m the best Republican to unite the Republican Party and defeat Josh Shapiro, and I will continue unifying our grassroots conservatives towards our shared goal," Barletta said. "I will continue making the case to the people that I am the...
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