Pennsylvania Senate Republican Doug Mastriano speaks at a rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Dec. 12, 2020.
Several Republican state senators from Pennsylvania, meet with the president in the Oval Office on Dec. 23 to discuss election fraud in Pennsylvania.
State Sen. Doug Mastriano, who also attended the meeting, said afterward that he “has never seen anyone more determined and committed” than Trump “because the truth is on his side.”
“The mind is pretty determined, and we need to figure out what’s going on?” Mastriano said to The Epoch Times.
He said the group of state lawmakers explained their various concerns to Trump, including the fact that in the middle of the night, Democratic candidate Biden counted 570,000 votes, during which only about 3,200 votes were counted for Trump.
“Even in the bluest areas of Pennsylvania, that’s a statistical impossibility.” Mastriano said.
“We also talked about, if what just happened here can’t be fixed, how can it be fixed in the future? And in that case, at what point will our republic collapse?”
Mastriano held a public hearing in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 25, at which witnesses described allegations of fraud, including: problems with the chain of custody, missing USB memory cards, statistical anomalies and the inability of supervisors to substantially supervise votes.
The Pennsylvania General Assembly has been in recess since Nov. 30, and Republicans have been unable to convince Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf to call a special session to address election issues.
Wolf said Dec. 4 that there was “absolutely no reason” for state lawmakers to call a special session. He wrote on Twitter, “We had a free and fair election, now it’s time to move on.”
State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (D) began pushing Wolf to call a special session in early December. In a letter to Wolfe dated Dec. 2, he wrote, “Due to the extraordinary election activity that has occurred, it is necessary to immediately swear in and organize the state legislature in order to actively provide ongoing oversight of the election and ensure its integrity.”
However, the proposal was rejected by Wolf. As a result, Metcalfe launched a petition that has now been signed by 78 state representatives and 12 state senators.
Mastriano argued that the legislature, as the state’s counterpart, should be able to meet without the governor’s approval.
“We want to convene because we are facing a crisis. Then, let the governor take us to court and let us debate him on this issue.” He said.
On Dec. 14, Pennsylvania Republicans filed a “dueling slate of electors. Six other states have also filed dueling slates of electors for Trump, including Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.
The controversy is expected to arise when Congress officially counts the votes on Jan. 6.
Meanwhile, the Trump campaign this week appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that changed mail-in ballot laws without the involvement of the state legislature.
“The fact is, there are a lot of things that have gone wrong. We need to get it sorted out,” Mastriano said, “and (Trump) sees that, and he’s focused on the Republic.”
“It’s not about him, it’s about our country and our republican form of government. What will happen to us if we allow that to exist? Would we be a republic in name only? Most likely so.”
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