{"id":1566506,"date":"2022-07-22T12:50:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T16:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566506"},"modified":"2022-07-22T12:50:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T16:50:18","slug":"cancel-culture-the-voter-intimidation-tactic-of-pennsylvania-governors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cancel-culture-the-voter-intimidation-tactic-of-pennsylvania-governors-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancel Culture: The Voter Intimidation Tactic of Pennsylvania Governor\u2019s Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcancel-culture-the-voter-intimidation-tactic-of-pennsylvania-governors-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566506&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><em>News Analysis<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Boycotts, threats of rioting, and vile reputation-smearing rhetoric mark a campaign season in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-pennsylvania\">Pennsylvania<\/a> where these intimidation tactics are being used by the left in the governor\u2019s race, with the help of legacy media.<\/p>\n<p>In the gubernatorial campaign between Republican state senator Doug Mastriano and attorney general and Democratic candidate Josh Shapiro, media fans the flames of guerilla tactics with supporters as collateral damage.<\/p>\n<p>For example, in June, local media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/billypenn.com\/2022\/05\/12\/martins-potato-rolls-doug-mastriano-governor-philadelphia-restaurants\/\">Billy Penn reported<\/a> that members of the Martin family, which founded Martin\u2019s Potato Rolls, donated to Mastriano\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>New York Times columnist Kenji L\u00f3pez-Alt vowed on Instagram to stop eating the rolls and patronizing businesses using them because Mastriano attended the Jan. 6 rally in Washington and opposes abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota-based mathematician Joe Rosenthal called Mastriano a far-right, anti-Semite, opposed to mask mandates and critical race theory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless Martin\u2019s takes sufficient action to remedy this situation, I will never support them or their products on any of my platforms ever again,\u201d Rosenthal posted.<\/p>\n<p> Media Bakes Up Bun Boycott <\/p>\n<p>With two Instagram posts from people who don\u2019t live in Pennsylvania, the national media had a boycott story. \u201cMartin\u2019s potato rolls face boycott over owner\u2019s politics,\u201d wrote the Washington Post. \u201cBay area chefs ditching burger buns over right-wing politics,\u201d San Francisco Chronicle wrote. \u201cMartin\u2019s Famous Potato Rolls family wants Trump stooge as Pennsylvania governor,\u201d MSNBC reported. Many more reports appeared around the nation in large and small news outlets, specialty, and trade outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The company provided a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike the rest of the country, Martin\u2019s employees, business partners, and customers hold to a diverse range of personal opinions, beliefs, and values. Although the stockholders who own the company are members of the same family, they also hold a wide range of views. For these reasons, the company, as a matter of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Analysis Boycotts, threats of rioting, and vile reputation-smearing rhetoric mark a campaign season in Pennsylvania where these intimidation tactics are being used by the left in the governor\u2019s race, with the help of legacy media. 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