USA Today: “Republican state Rep. Aaron Bernstine shared video clips this summer on his now-deleted Snapchat account in which he encourages his 5-year-old son to puff on a cigar and use profane language — and plays an adult-themed game with another youngster. The videos have spurred one of his two general election challengers to call for Bernstine to immediately resign.”
“In one video obtained by the USA TODAY Network, Bernstine, R-10, New Beaver, Lawrence County, is behind the camera, but his hand is shown holding a cigar and offering it to his son. When the young boy takes a puff, Bernstine tells him to ‘hit it harder’ and ‘breathe in,’ followed by a woman’s voice saying, ‘No.’ A second video has Bernstine again off camera asking his son, ‘What are we going to chase in Nashville?’ The boy replies in a whisper, “Cadillac p—-,” using a vulgar term for vagina. Bernstine is running for a third two-year term and faces two challengers, Beaver Falls Democrat Kolbe Cole and independent candidate Johnathan Peffer of Franklin Township, who is running under the United Party banner.”