In Final Pitch To Voters, Mastriano Tells Bucks County Crowd ‘Something Is Happening In The Heavenlies’

State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican running for governor, said he’s the man to lead Pennsylvania and blamed the media for negative stories that have plagued his campaign.

“We’re going to turn things around. That’s right,” he told supporters at a Monday afternoon speech at Crossing Vineyards and Winery in Upper Makefield Township.

“Something is happening in the heavenlies,” the devoted Christian retired U.S. Army officer said.

Since October 31, a rash of double rainbows across the state and at a recent rally with former President Donald Trump in western Pennsylvania have occurred and Mastriano believes it is a sign from God.

“You take it for what it’s worth,” he told about 200 supporters.

“I don’t believe in that type of coincidence. That has been happening throughout the state and that God would do that as Rebbie (his wife) and I are in the midst of our remarks to send that sign from heaven, a double beautiful rainbow,” Mastriano said.

The candidate said the message that he believes is from God is a harbinger for Republican victories this week.

Mastriano talked of William Penn’s religious beliefs and tied that into his faith. The candidate has received attention for relying on religious symbolism throughout his campaign and ties to the so-called Christian nationalist movement.

During the event, Mastriano cited scripture several times to defend himself against controversies he has faced.

“We see hope and promise on our side,” the candidate said.

In Mastriano’s complaints about the media, he claimed reporters side with his opponent, Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro and blamed his political foe for violent crime in Philadelphia.

“We cannot give this up because being attacked by the media, being outspent by somebody using all kinds of dark money, or by somebody colluding with the DNC and the media,” he said.

Mastriano complained that criticism he doesn’t talk to the press is unfounded because he talks to media figures all the time. Mastriano doesn’t often do interviews with reputable outlets and left the event without talking to reporters, but he did speak with a conservative talk show host.

In addition to controversies over Mastriano’s ties to conspiracy groups, backing efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, and attending the January 6 march that turned into an attack on the U.S. Capitol, Mastriano has been bogged down with challenges raising money compared to past GOP candidates and lagged behind Shapiro in nearly every poll.

Mastriano asked his supporters to look past the fundraising numbers and polls and get to the voting booth to cast their ballots for him.

Mastriano circled back to crime and COVID-19 restrictions, which he said Shapiro supported.

Drawing applause and one audience member calling the COVID-19 vaccines poison, the candidate vowed to not force kids to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The Wolf administration and Shapiro haven’t said or indicated they plan to mandate the vaccine for kids, but federal health officials have recommended kids get vaccinated without imposing a mandate.

If elected, according to Mastriano, he would get fossil fuel production booming in Pennsylvania, make a new gas pipeline from Pittsburgh to the port in Philadelphia, stop kids from getting their hands on books that aren’t age appropriate, make it illegal for kids to play “pronoun games,” “reaffirm parental rights,” “ban porn” in schools, block transgender kids from playing on sports teams of their current sex, and have state police take unauthorized immigrants transported by the federal government to Pennsylvania to President Joe Biden’s home state of Delaware.

The candidate said his supporters weren’t given the same freedoms during the pandemic as Democrats, citing the Black Lives Matter protests in summer 2020.

He compared Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration to East Germany.

“In the end, it’s all about individual freedom,” he said.

Rebbie Mastriano, the candidate’s wife, told supporters Pennsylvania is important for Republicans to win. She said her husband winning will be a sign the GOP can win the presidential election in 2024.

“You guys really, really truly are the heart of America. I believe it,” she said.

“We’re doing this for each other,” Rebbie Mastriano said.

Carrie Lewis DelRosso, Mastriano’s running mate and the GOP candidate for lieutenant governor, said voters should pick them because she will support their points of view in government.

“We’re going to win,” she said. “We just need to work really hard. And everybody is working really hard.”

The candidate said she has put 66,000 miles on her year-old truck as she has traveled the state campaigning. She added she might sell the truck after the election if they win and donate the money to the campaign.

Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity told Republicans Mastriano isn’t an extremist.

“Josh Shapiro cares about woke and Doug Mastriano cares about work,” she said.

Bucks County Republican Committee Chairperson Pat Poprik called on Mastriano supporters to get their friends and family who might be on the fence about voting to get out and support GOP candidates.

Poprik said she doesn’t call Wolf the governor, but she calls him “king” and Shapiro has the same views as the current governor.

“Bucks County is going to win, folks,” she told the Mastriano supporters. “Make no mistake.”

Mastriano’s visit came the day after Shapiro held a large rally in nearby Newtown Township.

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