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"Well, Gov. Wolf, let me tell you, between now and November 6, you better get a catch 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."
Wagner's campaign spokesman Andrew Romeo said in a statement that Wagner's "comments were not taken literally."
"He wanted them to be a metaphor for how he would approach the final stretch of the campaign," he added.
Wolf's campaign called Wagner "unhinged and unfit for office" after he released the video.
"Scott Wagner's latest rant shows he is unhinged and unfit for office," Wolf campaign communications director Beth Melena said in a statement to CNN. "Threats of violence in society, especially from someone running for public office."
In the video, Wagner begins by attacking a Wolf-sponsored billboard that says, "Scott Wagner's Penn Waste sued 6,979 Pennsylvanians," Wagner's referencing waste disposal company.
"Hey, Gov. Wolf, did you ever have a customer when you were such a sharp business guy?" Wagner asks. Wolf was most recently an owner and then an executive of the Wolf Organization, serving several York County boards.
Wagner also blames Wolf of pretending to support small businesses after harming them in previous budget fights.
"Wagner says," I want to puke when I see them because small business owners have to collect their money. "You could get a lot of small business out of business, because they could not pay their bills because of the budget standoff for nine months in 2015 and '16. state of Pennsylvania. "
Wagner opened for Trump at a rally Wednesday in Northern Pennsylvania.
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