The conservative who said yes to Bucks County, USA

Published October 21, 2026 4:18pm ET Updated October 21, 2026 4:40pm ET

DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania — Paul Martino says he was warned before the cameras ever rolled.

When filmmaker Robert May came to Bucks County to document the school board wars that tore through the Central Bucks School District, May told him something in confidence: No conservative would agree to be in the film. “Every time we’re in a movie,” Martino said, “you just make us look like an idiot.”