Doug Mastriano's security bubble insulates him from prying eyes and dissenting views

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Doug Mastriano has essentially walled himself off from the general public — traveling within a bubble of security guards and jittery aides.

On the campaign trail, dissent is squelched. Questions are neither asked nor answered. And paranoia is rampant.

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Doug Mastriano’s security bubble insulates him from prying eyes and dissenting views
On the campaign trail with Pennsylvania's Republican gubernatorial candidate, dissent is squelched. Questions are neither asked nor answered. Paranoia is rampant.
8:03 AM · Sep 9, 2022

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/doug-mastriano-security-governor-pennsylvania-20220909.html

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On a weekday afternoon in late August, Doug Mastriano’s campaign bus pulled up outside Gatsby’s Bar & Grill in suburban Philadelphia just after 1 p.m. The words “Restore Freedom” were emblazoned on the side over a red outline of Pennsylvania.

It had been billed as a meet-and-greet. Enthusiastic Republicans were waiting to welcome the candidate for governor as he stepped off the bus. Across the parking lot, a few dozen Democrats had just wrapped up a mini-protest.

But Mastriano didn’t have to deal with any of that. Before the bus had parked, he’d already ducked into Gatsby’s through another entrance.

Fifteen minutes later, a man with a gray goatee wearing an earpiece, blue jeans, and a Mastriano T-shirt, made his way along the bar, ordering people to clear a path. His manner was so gruff and condescending that some in the crowd chuckled uneasily, thinking he might be joking around.

He was not. He was part of Mastriano’s security detail.

“And stay there!” he yelled over a photojournalist’s shoulder after ordering her to move to the other side of the room.

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[magicarpet]

1. Fascism on full display,..

Hard to believe but some folks will gladly vote for this Nazi pig and his storm trooper administration.

[The Wielding Truth]

2. Chilling ... He is not fit for office.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. Why would people "clear a path"? Why would Gatsby's tolerate that?

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

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4. We had the genuine article with the former guy

I don't think Pennsylvanians are going to elect this ersatz toughguy. But let's beat his political ass so bad that the next three dictators wannabe reconsider their political aspirations.