A photo of Doug Mastriano, a far-right conspiracy theorist and Pennsylvania gubernatorial nominee supported by Donald Trump, shows him wearing a Confederate uniform.
There is a photo of a faculty group wearing uniforms and regalia.
According to people with knowledge of the photo, faculty members were given the choice to dress as historical figures or as Confederates.
The photo can be seen below.
The photo was released as his Democratic opponent, Josh Shapiro, held an 11% lead in a poll against Mastriano to replace Democratic Gov.Tom Wolf.
The general election will take place in November.
A man with a pilot helmet is wearing a costume.
Following the death of George Floyd, military officials decided to ban the Confederate flag.
The U.S. Army supports commanders who remove symbols that do not correspond with Army values.
It is not known how voters in Pennsylvania will react to the photo. More than 30,000 Union soldiers from Pennsylvania died in the war.
Mastriano was involved in the effort to overturn the results of the presidential election.
On Thursday, the candidate appeared on a radio show and said it was "disgusting" that states want to ban the practice of "conversion therapy" which tries to change a person's sexual orientation.
The article was first published on HuffPost.
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