Williamsport, Pa. — Rep. Dan Meuser recently explained to a room of Lycoming County conservatives why he did not vote to certify Pennsylvania's 2020 presidential electors.
Meuser, representing Pa.'s 9th district, spoke for over an hour to the Lycoming County Patriots, a local conservative organization that opens its meetings with a prayer and a group recitation of a confidentiality pledge. At the Aug. 3 meeting, he took questions from the crowd of about 40 on election security, immigration, Social Security, and gun rights ahead of his run for reelection this November.
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Congressman Meuser talks shop with conservative constituents in Montoursville.
Laura Ulrich
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