PENNSYLVANIA — The Republican candidate for governor in Pennsylvania promised Gov. Tom Wolf in a video that he was "going to stomp all over your face with golf spikes," CNN reported Saturday.
In a Facebook video that has since been removed, Scott Wagner is shown jabbing his finger at the camera and addressing Wolf.
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"Somewhere yesterday, your people said that I raised a ... white flag," CNN reported Wagner as saying. "Well, Gov. Wolf, let me tell you, between now and November 6, you better put a catcher's mask on your face," he adds. "Because I'm going to stomp all over your face with golf spikes because I'm going to win this for the state of Pennsylvania."
Andrew Romeo, Wagner's campaign manager, said in a statement that the candidate's comments "were not to be taken literally," CNN reported.