Republican fears came to life as Donald Trump came to Pennsylvania, barely mentioning Oz and Mastriano, but had a total conspiracy theory meltdown.
Trump mentioned Oz and Mastriano once in the first thirty minutes of his rally:
Trump has now spent more time defending True The Vote election deniers and pushing election conspiracies than he has endorsing Oz and Mastriano who he has mentioned once in 30 minutes. pic.twitter.com/6pQpskaIIL
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) November 6, 2022
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Trump started pushing election lies, which quickly turned into the DOJ coming after him, which turned into a rant about the media being the enemy of the people.
Video:
Trump is in full meltdown word salad mode as he is talking about the media as the enemy of the people, the DOJ coming after him, and the Russia scandal. #TrumpRally pic.twitter.com/xvuUwyik7f
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) November 6, 2022
The ominous warning in Trump’s speech is that he keeps repeating that he won’t allow 2020 to happen again.
Trump is also distorting a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling about undated ballots to mean that he won the 2020 election:
Trump claims the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled "a week ago" that he won the 2020 election. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court did not rule that he won the 2020 election. The ruling was about undated ballots in a 2022 primary, but Trump wants 2020 overturned. #TrumpRally pic.twitter.com/5ZEFJ6eOXL
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) November 6, 2022
This all sounds totally insane, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the election on Tuesday.
Republicans were terrified about Trump coming to swing states because he is an energizer of Democratic turnout, and he reminds swing voters of why they voted him out of office in 2020.
Trump did Mastriano and Oz zero favors at his rally in Latrobe.
While Barack Obama and Joe Biden spent Saturday talking up Democratic candidates Josh Shapiro and John Fetterman, Donald Trump has spent his rally talking about all his grievances and conspiracy theories.
Trump may have cost Oz votes in the Senate race with his debacle at the Arnold Palmer Airport.
His speech was precisely what was expected. Trump is reminding Pennsylvania of why they should not vote for anyone he has endorsed, as his speech was the sort of November surprise that Republicans have been dreading.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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