Despite Democrats’ calls for state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-33, to resign in the wake of last Wednesday’s unrest in Washington, D.C., state Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman, R-34, said he sees “no cause to act.”
Mastriano issued a statement saying he did not cross barriers or enter the Capitol last Wednesday while he was in Washington “to support President Trump.”
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