The lengthy hearing in Gettysburg deserves its own report. Below are excerpts from Sen. Doug Mastriano and Rudy Giuliani, which give a sense of the historic nature of the fight to maintain the republic:
SENATOR MASTRIANO: “And welcome everybody to this most historic occasion and this most historic town and what happened here in 1863. I think today we’re going to see a turning of the tide because we have not really heard the truth of the arguments made on the other side and what happened and what we’re dealing with, a government and leadership in Harrisburg that wants to close their ears to what’s happened during this election, and sadly, many in the media that are complicit and want to write off what happened. For me, on this battlefield and remembering what happened 137 years ago, and especially 157 years ago last week, where Abraham Lincoln gave his most famous address….And I think his final sentence captures why we’re here today. He said, ‘That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.’ And everything is at stake in what happened during this election cycle, everything, the Republic is at stake. This is no game for us. And for any veteran in this room here, who wore the uniform … put their lives on the line here fighting for our country, and to see that there is a group in this state and country willing to throw away our valuable and precious freedoms here for power.” [He blasts the governor, and AG for willfully ignoring evidence of fraud, refusal to even consider it.] “What is going on here? The place where this all started in 1776 and we can’t get an election right? You got to be kidding me, here.
“What’s going on here? Thousands of people from across the Commonwealth have reached out to us, tens of thousands, asking and demanding action, they deserve it. And as a result of the inability of our Executive Branch to do their job, we’re stepping in here. We’re co-equal members and we’re going to do our job….The forgotten men and women of our great state feel betrayed by their government and I’m with them, I feel the betrayal as well. We undertake these proceedings today to find out what happened and then hopefully to come up with an approach where that never happens again…. And the very Republic very much is at stake ..., as Benjamin Franklin is leaving Constitutional Hall in 1787, he was approached by Mrs. Powell. And Mrs. Powell ran up to him, we surmised she knew him personally, and she said, ‘Well, Mr. Franklin, what do we have, a monarchy or a Republic?’ And he said, ‘A Republic, if you can keep it.’ This is our time to keep this Republic. Thank you and God bless you..”
