Welcome to Stop the Steal, Pennsylvania Primary Edition - WSJ Editorial
The votes in Pennsylvania aren’t all counted, and already President Trump is hinting that he might cry fraud if his endorsed candidate falls behind. On Wednesday his Senate pick, the TV doctor Mehmet Oz, led the GOP primary by roughly 2,500 votes. But some 105,000 mail ballots from both parties were yet to be tallied.
“Here we go again! In Pennsylvania they are unable to count the Mail-In Ballots. It is a BIG MESS,” Mr. Trump wrote on his Twitter knockoff, Truth Social. “Dr. Oz should declare victory. It makes it much harder for them to cheat with the ballots that they ‘just happened to find.’” On Thursday he added: “Stop FINDING VOTES in PENNSYLVANIA! RIGGED?” What a gent. This time the opponent Mr. Trump is discrediting happens to be a fellow Republican, David McCormick.
What’s more, it’s possible that Mr. McCormick might win in the end. Some of the areas with votes outstanding were expected to favor him. By Thursday morning Mr. Oz’s lead had fallen to about 1,200. Pennsylvania is notoriously slow to count mail ballots, in part because state law says they can’t be handled until the morning of Election Day. If Mr. McCormick wins the final count, will Mr. Trump smear him as an election thief? Would GOP voters believe that nonsense? Pennsylvania has closed primaries, so everybody who voted for Mr. Oz or Mr. McCormick must be registered as a Republican.
By taking a political hatchet to Mr. McCormick, Mr. Trump could discourage Republicans from supporting him in November, giving away a winnable Senate seat. Recall how Mr. Trump cost the GOP two Senate seats in Georgia’s 2021 runoffs. Angry about his own loss, Mr. Trump told GOP voters not to trust the process. He helped the upset victories of Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, which put the Senate in Democratic hands.
Don’t bet what’s left of your 401(k) on whether Mr. Trump has learned his lesson. His advice to Mr. Oz is also a warning about how Doug Mastriano, the GOP’s gubernatorial nominee, might react to a loss in the fall. Mr. Mastriano is the underdog against Democrat Josh Shapiro. If Mr. Mastriano falls short, will he and Mr. Trump claim it was due to some kind of massive coordinated fraud scheme that amazingly can’t be proved?
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What a pathetic loser..
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We need to make sure that he cannot pull the same crap Chump tried to pull on Jan. 6, 2021. I don't think Mastriano has the resources, but he'll probably try anyway just because he's a sore loser. Unfortunately he will continue disrupting our government from the PA Senate, because that's the kind of person he is.
Josh Shapiro will be our next Governor!
I'm so sick of Dr. Oz and of Chump interfering in our Pennsylvania primary. You guys realize that if Oz wins this, Chump will be all over Pennsylvania all summer long? We won't be able to get rid of him. His stupid MAGA Rallies are going to be all about him, he'll only pretend to campaign for Dr. Oz. For that reason alone, I really hope that Dave McCormick wins the primary - just to keep Chump out of our state. Whoever wins the primary doesn't matter, because Big John Fetterman can easily handle them in the General Election.
Fetterman will be our next Senator and we'll FLIP the SEAT to BLUE!
