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Pennsylvania GOP State Senator Urged to Resign after Attending Capitol Attack

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After a violent mob of insurrectionists supporting President Donald Trump seized the U.S. Capitol to thwart the will of voters, lawmakers in Pennsylvania are trying to figure out where to go from here. WHYY's Katie Meyer reports that in the state senate, Democrats are starting by urging Doug Mastriano (R-33), who attended the chaos at the Capitol, to resign.

(Original air-date: 1/8/21)

Katie Meyer is WHYY’s political reporter. She covers politics, policy, power, and elections at every level of government, with the goal of showing how it all affects people’s lives.