He's Toast

In a previously unreported interview in 2019 with Pennsylvania radio station WITF, Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano was pressed about a bill he sponsored that sought to ban abortions when a fetal heartbeat could be detected – at about six weeks. Mastriano was asked whether a woman who decided to get an abortion at 10 weeks would be charged with murder.

Here's his response.

OK, let’s go back to the basic question there. Is that a human being? Is that a little boy or girl? If it is, it deserves equal protection under the law.

Then, when asked if he was saying that anyone seeking an abortion should be charged with murder, Mastriano responded Yes, I am.

Understandably, his campaign did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for comment.  Here at GOTV, we considered The Man Is Pond Scum as the title for this post.