CLARION - Republican gubernatorial candidate Lou Barletta had a very straightforward message for Clarion County Republicans during a breakfast event on Wednesday morning: "Enough is enough."
"We saw some of the decisions Gov. (Tom) Wolf made during the pandemic, and that was the beginning of the turning point for me," said Barletta, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives who had represented the southeast-central portion of Pennsylvania.
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