Republican governor candidate Doug Mastriano stopped at the Cochranton Fair Tuesday. Mastriano, who is making a series of stops in northwest Pennsylvania, spent the morning and afternoon in Lawrence County before coming to Crawford County.
“My opponent doesn’t want to talk about anything serious,” he told the crowd of a couple hundred people in the bleacher seats at the fairground bandstand. “Shapiro doesn’t want to talk about gas prices.”
He told the crowd he is one of them and got into politics only because he saw a need. “I have not been groomed for politics like my opponent,” he said. “My dad taught me not to ask for money, but here I am asking you to go to [my website to donate]. But if it comes down to food or medicine for you or your family take care of yourself first.”
The crowd appeared to be mostly supporters who cheered when he addressed gender identity issues, including bathrooms and sports. And got a big cheer when he mentioned consequences for schools that taught CRT, which he said was a racist belief.
He called Josh Shapiro “Little Josh” repeatedly saying that Shapiro will be virtually the same governor as Tom Wolf. “If you like the current governor, I’m not your guy,” he said.
Mastriano’s team told the media he would not be taking any questions. He concluded his stop by shaking hands and talking with many of his supporters in a meet and greet session after his short speech.
Mastriano visits Warren tomorrow, Mercer and Venango counties on Thursday and Clarion and Forest counties on Friday.
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