Conway: Pennsylvania primary GOP bids embraced Trump while Democrats shunned Biden
Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz, left, accompanied by former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Greensburg, Pa., Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Conway: Pennsylvania primary GOP bids embraced Trump while Democrats shunned Biden

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The Republicans running in the Pennsylvania primaries largely embraced Donald Trump, while on the Democratic side, the hopefuls appeared to shun President Biden, Kellyanne Conway told Fox News on Tuesday.

With the GOP Senate primary too close to call as of press time, all three front-runners sought out Trump’s endorsement or ran as a Trumpian Republican, Conway said on “Hannity.”

The same was true for many in the governor’s race, where State Sen. Doug Mastriano of Gettysburg was projected the winner by the Associated Press. 

Mastriano received Trump’s endorsement and called his margin a “mandate more massive than Dick Thornburgh’s” ahead of the general election, during remarks at his Chambersburg campaign headquarters.

Thornburgh won in 1978 during Biden-like economic turmoil under President Carter, and similarly without the PA-GOP endorsing a candidate in the primary, Mastriano said Tuesday. 

He faced pro-Trump ex-Rep. Lou Barletta and…

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