GOP candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, Doug Mastriano, continues to stir controversy as a recent report found he is paying far-right social media platform Gab for followers.
“The recipient of the payment was Gab, a platform used by the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue shooter.”
“He murdered 11 people in the very state Mastriano is looking to lead,” Wallace added. She went on to note that the CEO of Gab, Andrew Torba, “implored his Gab followers to marry and reproduce with only white people” following the racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.
Torba endorsed Mastriano “as part of his efforts to build, ‘A coalition of Christian nationalists at the local and state level to help pioneer a grassroots movement of Christians in Pennsylvania to help take it back for the glory of God,’” added Wallace, quoting from the New York Times.
“He never speaks up and says, those anti-semitic or racist or alt-right extremist posts have no place in his campaign. Instead, he’s embracing them,” Shapiro added, noting Mastriano never contradicts the bigoted sentiments of his followers.