PHILADELPHIA — On a weekday afternoon in late August, Doug Mastriano’s campaign bus pulled up outside Gatsby’s Bar & Grill in suburban Philadelphia just after 1 p.m. The words “Restore Freedom” were emblazoned on the side over a red outline of Pennsylvania.
It had been billed as a meet-and-greet. Enthusiastic Republicans were waiting to welcome the candidate for governor as he stepped off the bus. Across the parking lot, a few dozen Democrats had just wrapped up a mini-protest.
But Mastriano didn’t have to deal with any of that. Before the bus had parked, he’d already ducked into Gatsby’s through another entrance.
