Brendan Hartnett

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Rapid response editor at The Bulwark, where he reports on Republican campaigns, candidates and operatives, mining voter registration records, old tweets and campaign ads for stories. Writes for The Bulwark on Substack and thebulwark.com, with recent pieces on GOP get-out-the-vote operations in Pennsylvania, congressional candidates and the White House press office.

Where to Find Them

Brendan Hartnett hosts and writes The Bulwark and writes https://www.thebulwark.com . They also write for Brendan Hartnett on Substack.

Recently: “Top GOP Operative Let Out-of-State Voters Vote From His PA Home” on The Bulwark (October 2026); “GOP’s Top GOTV Operative Employed an Organizer Convicted of Strangulation” on The Bulwark (October 2026); “Trump Superfan Running for Congress Pledges Total Obedience” on The Bulwark (October 2026); “The Deleted Tweets of the New White House Press Secretary” on The Bulwark (October 2026); “The Bigot Behind Brian Fitzpatrick’s Attack Ads” on The Bulwark (October 2026); “Florida MAGA Candidate Was Against Jan. 6th Before He Was For It” on The Bulwark (October 2026).

What They Said

“Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity publicly supported data centers in the summer of 2025. Then, according to audio obtained exclusively by The Bulwark, she voiced the same opinion at a December 2025 Greene County Republicans event, saying … they are a “nice opportunity for rural PA, where we have a lot of space where it wouldn’t be so intrusive.”” — Brendan Hartnett on Stacy Garrity, The Bulwark

Hartnett was reporting on audio recordings of Garrity discussing data centers at campaign events.

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