Every American concerned with having a safe and secure election result and preserving that pillar of our constitutional republic should have watched last week’s Pennsylvania Senate Committee Hearing on 2020 Election Fraud.

Unfortunately, only C-SPAN and One America News provided live coverage of the fact-finding event. Most major media sources devoted little, if any, reporting on the hearing, an indication of the political bias that clouds today’s broadcast and print outlets.

Sen. Dave Argall, who represents the 29th District in the state Senate, which includes northern and western Berks County and all of Schuylkill County, chaired the hearing held in Gettysburg. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Jenna Ellis, who head the Trump legal team fighting to expose the suspicious anomalies in the 2020 election, were joined by others who witnessed irregularities at their polling location or shared personal stories of ballot fraud.

President Trump also checked in via speakerphone, repeating his claim of election fraud in the key battleground states like Pennsylvania, where he held a large vote lead on election night before late ballot counting flipped the election in Joe Biden’s favor.

The person who had requested the hearing was state Sen. Doug Mastriano, whose 33rd district represents Adams, Cumberland, Franklin and York counties. A combat veteran of the Gulf wars who retired from the U.S. Army in 2018 after 30 years of active duty, Mastriano has lived the American experience during his 56 years, having worked as a paperboy, janitor, security guard, short-order cook, pizza delivery person and dishwasher. He’s also exercised his Christian faith, putting words to action by leading seven relief operations to help Afghan orphans.

Mastriano, who earned a Ph.D. in history and four master’s degrees, gave the closing remarks in last week’s hearing, combining his knowledge of history and his experiences as an evangelical Christian with present-day events. Later in the week, the senator found that his personal Twitter account had been suspended.

After accusing the social media network of attempting to “silence the truth,” his account was reinstated. Twitter simply stated it had made an “error.”

During the hearing, Mastriano told of past election cheating in places like Russia, Belarus and Iraq, but said he’s troubled that it could happen in America. He feels that the recent election irregularities in the U.S. must be by design since American technology has been the hallmark of our greatest achievements, like sending men to the moon 50 years ago, or developing stealth aircraft that became the envy of the world. It’s therefore unfathomable, he said, that we can’t have a safe and secure election in a city like Philadelphia or run an election in this country better than Afghanistan.

Mastriano cited precedent in overturning elections such as the 1994 (Marks vs. Stinson) case whereby a federal district judge threw out election results because the results were so corrupted.

He cautioned that democracy can die in darkness - in dark rooms with no transparency or accountability. This was a direct reference to those designated Republican poll watchers who were either thrown out or denied access to the vote counting in key Democratic-controlled cities.

Mastriano said we must shine light on this darkness with decisive action to protect our commonwealth and our nation.

“The eyes of the world are upon us, and let’s turn the commonwealth of Pennsylvania from a laughingstock to the pride of the world once again,” Mastriano said. “This is our day. This is our hour. This is our time.”

Quoting Todd Beamer, one of the heroic passengers aboard Flight 93 who attempted to wrest control of the aircraft from terrorist hijackers over the skies of Somerset County on 9/11 in 2001, Mastriano issued his own call to action in challenging the recent election, stating “Let’s roll.”

He also quoted the Apostle Paul in Galatians 6:9, where he implored believers to “Grow not weary doing good, because in due time you’ll reap your harvest.”

“We’re going to reap our harvest,” Mastriano said. “We’re gonna keep the Republic.”

By Jim Zbick | tneditor@tnonline.com