The four scholars told The Inquirer they are speaking publicly about Mastriano either due to what they see as an emerging pattern of academic falsehoods, or fears that he will interfere with future elections if he becomes governor.
“The fact that there are colleagues and associates of Mastriano’s that are speaking up now, under ordinary circumstances would be highly unusual,” said Brown, the UNB history professor. “But these circumstances, I think, are far from ordinary.”
More recently, Mastriano has threatened to use the governor’s office to decertify voting machines, force voters to reregister, and even make “corrections” to election results in Pennsylvania, likely a key swing state in 2024. Biddle told The Inquirer via email that she was dismayed to see Mastriano and Perry continue to meddle with the U.S. electoral system.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano reacts to his supporters during a campaign stop at the Deja Vu Social Club in Philadelphia on Sept. 30, 2022. “But this is much more than that,” Coplen said, referring to traditional partisan politics. “This is fundamental stuff about the strength of our democracy and our country.”Perry, one of Trump’s most loyal allies in Congress, had tried to have an ally installed atop the Justice Department who would back Trump’s false claims about the election.
During this year’s gubernatorial race, Mastriano has continued to propagate the lie of a stolen election. In March, for instance, he spoke at a “voter integrity conference” where attendees signed a petition to decertify Pennsylvania’s 2020 election result. He claimed that “behind my back the swamp rose up” to prevent him from pursuing voter fraud claims.
Brown, the history professor who had advised Mastriano on the project in 2012 and 2013, said he never signed off on the dissertation due to a wide range of concerns. He just learned last month, after UNB made the dissertation public, that his name was included on the final copy.
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