think we can ignore and hit on this enough, you now have mastriano running for governor who is all in, right, on saying 2020 he s all in on the big lie here and what he would do if he actually becomes governor. that is making pennsylvania even more important. well, and erica, it s also making republicans nervous as to whether mastriano will be a drag on the ticket. i want to point something out, something called act 77 kicked in for the 2020 election in pennsylvania and it did two things, number one, it put it allowed no excuse absentee balloting, it allowed no excuse absentee balloting, it also put an end to what we call straight lever voting. so you cannot go in and vote only for democrats with one pull of the lever or only for republicans with one vote of the lever, you have to vote for the gubernatorial race, you then have to make a separate decision and vote for the senate and
republicans were able to win, this is called act 77, the end of pulling the big lever. straight ticket balloting. so you can t pull the big lever as we say anymore, wolf, in pen. that might be good for republicans because it forces people to vote for governor, then to vote for senate, to vote for everything else that s down ballot. in other words, republicans could lose at the top of the ticket with mastriano, but still could survive and have a good day down ballot. michael smerconish, thank you very much. dana, thanks to you as well. coming up, gruesome new developments in the buffalo massacre investigation. we re now learning the suspect allegedly posted about his plans online just before the shooting. stay with us. you re in the situation room. nationwide. so you can power yoyour business to do more. find the perfect solution for your business.
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