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State Rep. Aaron Bernstine, whose 8thLegislative District covers parts of Butler and Lawrence counties north of Pittsburgh, uttered the insults about Philadelphia state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta in a crowded McGrath’s Pub, according to Michael Ford, the secretary/treasurer of the Pennsylvania Building and Construction Trades Council.
Bernstine did not respond to a message seeking comment from PennLive.
Kenyatta, who declined to comment, is openly gay and has purposefully lost considerable weight over the last few years. He is also a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.
While the two lawmakers are at opposite ends of the political spectrum, it was unclear Wednesday what prompted Bernstine to verbally attack Kenyatta, who was not at the bar.
Ford and Bernstine got into a verbal confrontation as the Republican spewed insults about Kenyatta and Robert Bair, the president of the Building Trades Council, who was sitting at a nearby table talking to other people and was not involved in the altercation.
Bernstine called Kenyatta a “gay, black [slur]” and asked in a joking manner if anyone knew why Kenyatta was now “so skinny” before saying it was because he has AIDS, said Ford.

Yes.

The guy who lies all day about election integrity in Pennsylvania doesn’t think election laws in Pennsylvania apply to him…

WILKES - BARRE, LUZERNE CO. (WOLF) — Insider trading has become a hot topic in NEPA, and a petition has been making the rounds the last couple months to ban Luzerne and Lackawanna County officials from doing it. They needed a combined 20,000 signatures across both counties. They got over 40,000.

Their pitch is simple: elected officials shouldn’t be using the knowledge they learn from their office for personal profit.

Republicans have maintained a majority in the state Senate since taking control in 1978, with a brief interruption in 1993 after Sen. Frank Pecora switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party, shifting the Senate balance to a 25-25 tie and giving Democratic Lt. Gov. Mark Singel the tie-breaking vote. Republicans have also controlled the state House of Representatives, with Democrats only gaining their current slim majority in 2022.

Therefore, Democrats haven’t achieved the holy “trifecta” of control in Harrisburg for nearly 50 years, though Republicans have several times over the years, making the stakes “a lot higher this year,” said John Kennedy, professor of political science at West Chester University.

“There’s certainly a bit of pent-up frustration and pent-up legislative activity that’s been boiling for decades,” he said. “We’ve had essentially bipartisan split government since Gov. Wolfe was elected in 2014. The governor is in a strong position today for reelection to have that political trifecta.”

Berwood Yost, a political science professorand director of the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College, said that has long had a “moderating” effect on agendas put forth by Democratic governors, such as Shapiro.

“It would be a whole new world from a policy standpoint for Democrats to control all those levers of power because there are things that are never discussed that now might be,” he said. “I think about how many people favor, say, an increased minimum wage. That’s been dead in the Senate.”

This man is one of the most disgusting voices in our public discourse and he deserves no solidarity or promotion. He can’t target so many vulnerable and innocent people then claim the victim over a joke side comment. He uses his radio show to put people at risk all the time. I can’t believe any one would side with him even if another person said something they shouldn’t have about him.

He is a disgusting person and says horrible shit all the time. I can’t believe people are rallying to his defense at all.

Greg Rothman is also the Chair of the PA Republican Party. PA GOP in bed with Big Tech.