Pennsylvania Senate Candidate Kathy Barnette appeared on Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream to answer questions about her prior positions, statements and current candidacy. Barnette has climbed in the polls and is in a tight race for the PA senate seat.
There has been an onslaught of criticism and critique in opposition to Kathy Barnette. Many political followers are concerned she might win the primary but then get crushed in the general election due to inflammatory statements in her past. This interview was a great opportunity for her to calm the nerves of republican primary voters and instill confidence. Unfortunately, Barnette did not do well in this interview. WATCH:
Shannon Bream was fair and gave Barnette plenty of time to explain her positions. Pennsylvania voters will need to make their own decisions. Trust your instincts; if you sense sketchy, it is likely because sketchy exists.
I have noticed this before with her. Bannon had her on WarRoom also, trying to help her out, but she never really answers the question. She will get eaten alive in the debates if she makes it though the primary. She did well before but it will be one on one for the general.
Exactly. We have to have some credibility MAGA. We can’t nominate sure losers in the general otherwise the movement will lose steam and credibility.
Support Trump on this one. Vote Oz! This is not about feelings, this is about strategy and victory folks. Victory for MAGA. Vote Oz if you are in PA!
That is correct Durfst. It’s playing the game to take the senate and house. Hold your nose folks and vote for Oz. Barrette cannot win
No.
Then you are stupid and don’t understand the game
Your feelings should be put aside here
Sure, let’s talk about “the game.” What’s your strategy for beating Dominion Voting Systems? They’re the ones who ultimately decide the winner whether MAGA holds the nose or not.
Or mail in voting. I don’t like that when people who have moved over 2 years ago get ballots to mail.
Lord Malloch Brown is the Smartmatic figure on election fraud… a Davos creature and key WEF player. Great spot abt him on revolver.news today
It’s easier for them to use Dominion on a no name like Barnette than on someone as well known as Oz. Just sayin
If Trump himself couldn’t beat Dominion as the sitting President, then how can we possibly expect Oz to?
So we shouldn’t vote because you believe it’s pointless? That’s a gift to the Dems. Primaries already have typically low turnouts, let’s just make sure the Dems get what they want. More than the voting machines, the problem in 2020 was with mail-in and dumped physical ballots. Not voting on the grounds that *what’s the use* is a good way to cut off the nose to spite the face.
What we shouldn’t do is bully others, call voters “stupid,” and bloviate in an internet comment section about “the game” when we don’t even have a strategy for defeating the election riggers.
You, and those like you who are titillated by the ‘game’, are at the root of how the ‘swamp’ got so deep. Your kind gave us the Bush RINO Family, McCain, Romney, McConnell, etal….look closely into the mirror before you label someone as stupid!
Barnette is not the answer right now. She should use this as a springboard to state office or run for Congress in a winnable district or even vie for mayor of a small city
Yes, indeed. She can run again, if she is genuinely passionate about MAGA. She needs to *ripen*, in that case, and prove that she is authentic and produce a track record to support that. Too much opacity and some ambiguity between her official platform and what she has said in the past…she can rectify that, but really hasn’t, hence the red flag. How many Dan Crenshaws do we really need ?
Hagar, I agree with you!
No, we did not. We all have much more accessible information and opportunity to do due diligence, even in that relatively short span of time since the days of Bush. Newsflash: due diligence applies to you, as well, so if you’ve been outsourcing your thinking to *pundits* telling you that *we* are to blame for deep state and/or MSM antics beyond our control, that mirror is wide enough for you stand beside and take a good look. No one is *titillated* by a *game*, but there has to be some intellectually mature pragmatism to recognize that insisting on voting for a candidate who has the certainty of losing because YOU are unable to see the forest for the trees and have a prideful need to expound your virtue with the chest-pounding myopia of boasting ‘but by golly, I voted on principle’, or just as bad ‘I won’t vote because…’ are as much or more the reason we are where we are at now. Barnette is not doing anything to help herself in clarifying the murkiness about her, and damn sure the Dems will exploit that savagely. Oz may not be ultra MAGA—yet—but his friendship with Trump suggests that he will be amenable to touting Trump’s agenda. And despite even the conservative media punditry besmirching him, Oz is also not RINO. Expressing compassion for the muddled though process of a trans person is NOT *support*; it is what most of us do feel for people with mental disorders. Nor does he *support* fake women competing with real women, in fact he spoke of how unfair that is to female athletes.
“An Oz nomination would be have negative coat-tails down the ticket in PA as his dead weight would hit downticket candidates by keeping base at home. Then he loses Senate, indies turn away, Dems walk away with it. Oz isn’t just unelectable, he’s unacceptable.” – Jack Posobiec (who’s from PA)
MAGA has credibility precisely because it doesn’t “hold its nose” and vote for the Romneys. (And oh yeah, didn’t Trump at one point endorse Romney, who thanked him by voting for impeachment?)
Trump is king but not all his picks have panned out all the well
I’m not even necessarily disagreeing with Sundance – if Barnette rubs you the wrong way, by all means don’t vote for her. Point is, vote your conscience. That’s how we keep MAGA the force that it is.
“Trump is king but not all his picks have panned out all the well”
That’s for sure. But I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt about the others. Most of us were surprised at how deeply embedded the UNIPARTY RINOs were in the government. But in this case, there is no excuse for not having doubts about Oz given that he identified a hardcore Fabian Socialist as one of his two Republican *idols*. Trump complained about Barnette not being vetted but was Oz? Why would Trump approve someone who thought Teddy Roosevelt was a model Republican?
I agree.
Why would Trump vote for anyone who would not give up his “home” country to run in America? One can not be true to more than one country at a time. either be willing to give it up or go back home.
He’s not voting for him. He’s just telling everyone else to do so. 😉
Just like Grasley and Perdue and Romney and Cconnell and Lee and so on and so forth.
He can pick his own Cabinet, but not my reps. My vote is my vote.
WE ARE MAGA! WE HAVE THE POWER.
Because it’s not about Oz. It’s about the R. And that’s all Trump is thinking about. He needs another body in the Senate. Despite that person being a leftist shill.
“Because it’s not about Oz. It’s about the R. And that’s all Trump is thinking about.”
Which is the same logic the GOPe used to get our vote for McCain and Romney. Lesser of two evils and that nonsense. Look how well that turned out and all the damage they did to the party and country. Sorry, but I’m not going to be fooled again, even by Trump.
A leftist shill (Oz) is another global democrat. I am not with Trump on this one at all. Oz is no conservative. Does he even have allegiance to this country? I don’t trust Fox News anymore than CNN. It is owned by globalists.
So, you oppose Trump to support which RINO?
Another body in the Senate? Like a Romney?
This isn’t just about getting another R in the senate, it’s about keeping a seat we already have when we need to gain more. A vote for anyone but Oz is a vote for Fetterman, and a vote for Fetterman is a vote for Schumer and the dems to contine controlling the Senate.
What difference does it make. The gop senators are worthless.
Oz has not been vetted.
But you can be sure he WILL be vetted by the Dems if he wins the Primary.
And God only knows what that guy has in his background.
“But you can be sure he WILL be vetted by the Dems if he wins the Primary.”
But if he’s the Fabian Socialist I fear, they might not care who wins. Face it, a so-called republican voting against Trump’s efforts would be more valuable than a democRAT.
Another great reason to just say no to rinos. It gives credibility to the democrats when the Romneys and murkowskis and Collins traitors stab us all in the back. Better to try to have actual representation than win or lose have none.
His background was Dem so it will just be a mirror lol.
Oz is good for PA. He has the MAGA essentials and that should be good enough for us. He’s not McConnell’s puppet like McCormick. That alone should make people in PA vote for him!
TR is one of the great all time presidents.
Oz is who he is. He has high name id and has media savvy. He will do well in the general and Trump is backing him.
Independent voters and disaffected Dems will vote for him for the very reason you cannot stand him. In the end, it’s PA and not AL or TX we are talking about here. So the extent to which you think you can have a strong conservative is probably misguided.
“TR is one of the great all time presidents.”
I understand how he was viewed by the populace at the time, but what made him so great?
His conservationism? Teddy certainly took huge amounts of land out of the public domain. Maybe we benefited from that, but it was certainly a liberal, not a conservative, thing to do. And now that conservationism has expanded to such an extent that we have extreme environmentalism and Climate Change hysteria. Teddy Roosevelt planted the seed of that.
His view of economics and business? His so-called “Square Deal” was the precursor to the New Deal, with his Federal government setting up agencies to *regulate* what businesses could do … in areas like food, drugs and interstate commerce. The overregulation that we have today started with Teddy Roosevelt planting the first seeds.
And in his second term Teddy showed his true colors. In 1906 he declared himself to be the “left center” of the Republican Party. That means he openly attacked business, supported labor unions and proposed a welfare state. He was a progressive, not a conservative. He advocated redistribution of wealth and sought to abandon laissez-faire economics, replacing it with *regulation* by the federal government. He also called for a federal income tax and an inheritance tax. In short, he was the leader of the progressive movement, not the conservative movement, and behind that movement were Fabian Socialists, just like today. In fact, during the second term his excesses in that regard where only halted by conservative Republicans.
His strong foreign policy? This is the one area where I might agree. His view of foreign policy had a lot to do with why the US became a world power. But maybe what restrained him from the excesses we’ve seen under more modern progressive Presidents, like Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden, is that Teddy had no large military at his disposal. When progressives do have that, we tend to end up in situations like the Ukraine, Kosovo, Libya, Syria, Iraq.
Was it his view of the Federal Government that made him a great President? The Whitehouse.gov website (https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/theodore-roosevelt/) says this about him … “He took the view that the President as a “steward of the people” should take whatever action necessary for the public good unless expressly forbidden by law or the Constitution.” But that’s not the view of MAGA conservatives. We contend that the Federal government is only granted the powers delineated by the Constitution. In fact, the Constitution states in Amendment X that “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.” And all Roosevelt’s predecessors believed that powers not granted were forbidden. No, Teddy Roosevelt’s view of the Federal Government was a Fabian Socialist view. He planted the seed for what has now happened. His view is the same one the UNIPARTY has today. And it’s the primary reason that the size of the Federal government began expanding during his term until we now have the Federal government intruding into every aspect of our lives, like it or not.
And don’t forget that after his presidency, he went even deeper into the hardcore socialist/communist waters. In 1912 he launched his “Progressive Party”, with himself as their candidate for President. Read his acceptance speech to the Progressive Party (https://www.ssa.gov/history/trspeech.html ) when he was nominated for President under that banner. Read the 1912 platform (http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/progressive-platform-of-1912/ ) of the Progressive Party, shaped largely by him. Both attacked capitalism, business and the wealthy. Both called for redistribution of wealth. Both called for the abolition of competition. Both called for a strong central government that would regulate nearly every aspect of American lives. Both called for national health and social insurance, and for all manner of social tinkering. Both called for new taxes, including an inheritance tax and the first ever Federal income tax. Teddy spoke of ”social and industrial justice”. And in other writings, Teddy spoke positively of collectivism. Even the New York Times back called (http://supersocialism.blogspot.com/2012/09/dedicated-to-teddy-roosevelt.html ) Teddy’s agenda “super socialism”. Put that all together and I see no reason for MAGA conservatives to now be putting Teddy Roosevelt on some sort of conservative pedestal. For the most part, he was the antithesis of what we now believe and advocate.
You have not vetted Oz very well. He is subject to as much *misinformation* from even conservative medias as anyone else. Pro-life, pro-2nd, HATES Fauci ( which for me is good enough, right there). Don’t fall for the soundbites, do the due diligence. Much of the allegations made against him are false and out-of-context. His opponents call him *pro-gun confiscation* on the basis of his musing that red flag laws sound good on paper ( and they do, few people are content with the idea of certified nutjobs with guns), but was noted that such laws have probability of being executed abusively. Ditto on abortion…as a doctor, he was musing about when human life really starts, i.e, does it start with the first electrical activity in the heart or when the heart is actually beating on its own? That was not a statement in support of abortion, but he does want the option open for cases of when the mother’s health is endangered, or rape and incest. Accepts SCOTUS opinion on Roe v Wade. He’s not a religious Muslim, either, he with his wife, have attended Swedenborgian services ( a Christian denomination).
Unless we live there, I don’t think what we really think about their election is up to us……personally, I don’t live in PA.
I don’t live in PA either, but I’d sure hate for them to throw away a seat we already have, when we need to gain more. Oz is the only one who can win the general. We have got to get the Senate back!
We needed the Senate to stop Obamacare and we gave it to them and McCain voted for Obamacare anyway. We need real representation.
Then shut the F up. No on in PA wants Oz.
Thank you for your voice of reason. I have lived here all my life of over 55 years and I can’t believe some of the things I’m reading on here. I’ve thoroughly done my homework, first heard Kathy speak shortly after 2020 election, and her message has not changed. For me, Kathy is the only choice.
Trump’s instincts about McCain were spot on.
I said hold your nose to those who have to nitpick everything!
For those who understand the stakes, we have to vote for Oz to spite McConnell. We can’t let Mitch win this one over Trump.
This is just the opening salvos to the MAGA takeover of the GOP. Trump is going to double or triple the amount of endorsements up and down the ballot in 2024 when he runs for the presidency.
But his credibility in that regard will depend on how well he does this year.
If you want the GOP to finally be more MAGA than the same old stupid party, vote Oz if you are in PA!
I agree. Oz is not the answer for Pennsylvania or Dorothy and Toto! He is manufactured— not real —don’t vote Hollywood. Vote for someone who is real.
No, vote for the only candidate who can win to keep the Senate out of Schumer’s hands. We have got to hang on to this seat and win some more.
You are highlighting the problem of MAGA remaining hostage to the GOP and why we need our own party. How does electing more Democrats In Drag (RINOs) bring about change? We all witnessed how they largely helped stall PDJT. We see how they are facilitating Xiden. We hear NOTHING from them about our core concerns and issues. And then, because we have a two party choice and the GOPe/RNC control the strings, we’re supposed to vote for those we know will give us more of the same.
We will never get change, satisfaction, especially JUSTICE from more of the same.
Demand a MAGA party or demand real MAGA candidates who CAN WIN in every primary. And that is if and only if you believe there will ever be such a thing as a free and fair election.
With the (proven) 2020 steal still at status quo, how can anyone remain 100% confident in the election process itself? Answer: Nobody can.
And if the answer is “there is nothing else we can do” then what does anyone expect to gain except more years of frustration?
Not picking on you Gringz. And my questions are not necessarily for you. You are one of many who share the same sentiments. I know you and others have your hearts in the right place. I just don’t get the “settle for what we have always settled for and hope it turns out better” play and never will.
It is an admission of willingness to settle for less IMO.
Look, both Dr Oz and Kathy Barnette are totally unknown political products and you have to buy one of them. Nobody knows for sure how either one of them would actually vote on any issue at this point so trust President Trump on it! Barnette may just be telling you what you want to hear.
Oz has a history in the public arena championing the woke causes of the celebrity wing of the democratic party. He’s not an unknown.
Trump used to run in the left celebrity crowd too – but when he ran, he was immediately pilloried by his “old friends” and essentially disowned by the cool crowd. Because they knew he was for real.
Who among the woke left glitzaratti is denouncing Oz?
I personally didn’t agree with his choice of Bill Barr either, but again, if I don’t get to vote for them, I really don’t matter in the scheme of things do I? He has made some dubious choices , but he is human, and nobody is without mistakes.
Oz’s “pro 2A” vid is the *definition* of “telling people what they want to hear.
A total joke.
ugh. Here it is.
Oh man, some serious cringe right there. 😳
Nice Flannel, Oz.
Hey… wasn’t he in the Turkish Military? Wonder why he wouldn’t have mentioned his firearms training there… maybe not a good look.
”When I was enlisted in the Turkish Military, I became intimately familiar with all manner of firearms. And I will bring my experience in the Turkish Military to the U.S. Senate when I’m elected.”
”I’m sorry… did you just say ‘Turkish Military’?”
He a cardiologist surgeon who does heart transplants. Do you think that maybe he wasn’t toting an AK-47 there?
Yuck! It reminds. E if Kemp’s good ole boy commercials. What a piece of crap he turned out to be.
Whoops— it reminds me of Kemp’s good ole boy commercials with him driving around in a truck.
Don’t buy the con!
He’s got the flannel shirt and jeans in this production 🤣😂
OMG. And after he finished that little dud he probably reposted one of his “and you can lose all the weight you want just by taking these little raspberry keytone miracle pills. You can trust me, I’m a Doctor.”
Dr. Oz wants to declare guns a public health issue. Biden wants to hand American health care over to the CCP controlled WHO. This effectively hands American gun control over to China. – The Donald – America First | Patriots Win
The above is a link to a screen shot of Dr. Oz tweet. It’s from 2018. It says:
Right now, the @CDC.gov is NOT funded to study gun violence in this country. Its time we treat shootings as a public health problem. Contact your congressperson today to demand they fund the #CDC to comprehensively study gun violence. #Endthebancongress.gov
But he’s on record. You have to accept converts.
You think Trump has a clue what’s in the Bible? Yet, we all voted for him even though he didn’t know how to pronounce Corinthians.
Yet he’s turned out to be the best presidents Christian have had in the White House in a long time!
“Barnette may just be telling you what you want to hear.”
And so may Oz. I know for certain, however, that Oz said he wanted to emulate a hardcore Fabian Socialist (Teddy Roosevelt) and a man (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who called Trump the worst President ever. I think the voters deserve an explanation from him about that before they cast their vote for him. Otherwise, they may just be electing another stealth democRAT.
Sounds familiar. Isn’t that what I said?
Same with Oz. And we know he has done that for a living on TV. He’s made his riches by staking his name on and then lying about the miracles of snake oils. But now we’re supposed to trust him?
Well, are you prepared to be accountable if Barnette loses the general because the Dems unearth something we didn’t know about her?
I say go with Oz just to spite McConnell. We’ll deal with Oz after he wins.
How much is the Oz campaign paying troll accounts these days. $1 per post? $5?
None, zip
I can’t stand Oz but the seat is too important to hand over to Asshat Fetterman…..and I am posting here for. Few yrs now
Fetterman had a stroke today.
If I had to look at that mug in the mirror I would have a stroke too.
McCormick beats Fetterman, period.
McCormick is Mitch McConnell and Karl Rove’s pick. His wife is Dina Powell. He is completely unacceptable.
Grandma Piddles always told me: “When life gives you lemons, vote for Kathy Barnette.”
I always thought that was an odd thing to say.
It is odd.
Don’t know Grandma Piddles, but she sounds like a smart lady! Kathy has my vote!
🤣 🤣 🤣
If McCormick beats Fetterman then everyone should vote for McCormick.
Apparently, the whole issue is to keep the seat republican no matter who it is.
Oh, except McCormick.
We get $50 a pop plus we can work at home and love it!
A vote for OZ is a vote for a democrat. When a rino is elected you don’t get Maga votes on bills/legislation/laws. A vote for Oz is a like a vote for Fetterman. Have we learned nothing over these 2 years? Collins/McConnell/Romney/markowski…we are in this mess to begin with thanks to republican turncoats. Why would you vote more in just because they claim to be a republican. This isn’t about feelings…it’s about cleaning up the swamp and not adding more trash to the pile!
I still don’t know the reasoning for pushing for the R’s taking back the house and Senate. Seems to me,they did have both, and still did nothing…. so what difference will this time make? Will they still let things slide? Will they actually DO something? I doubt it, and no I’m not a D. And yes, I voted for Trump (if my vote got counted.)
Did Trump accomplish anything?
We take back Congress in 2022 and then deliver a filibuster proof Senate to Trump in 2024.
That’s what this is all about!
I don’t know how much they will be able to accomplish in Biden’s remaining 2 years (as Biden will just veto everything they try to pass) , but at least they will be able to stop Schumer, Pelosi and company from raming bills down our throats. If we hadn’t lost the House in 2018, they wouldn’t have been able to impeach Trump twice.
This is about Trump vs McConnell. Do you get it???
Oz vs McCormick is just the sideshow. PA is going GOP this fall unless we screw it up with Barnette.
The difference is the others you mentioned HATE Trump. A vote for anyone else is a vote for Fetterman. We are talking about a very blue state where we need just as many independents and moderate Dems to cross over, as we do Republican votes. Oz is the only one who has crossover appeal, Barnette has the very least. I thought so even before we found out about all those tweets bashing Muslims and Gays. Those tweets are so bad , the left would cancel out their own candidate if they had posted them. I was already concerned about her strong pro-life stance (which we all agree with ) at this particular time when Roe is being struck down and the Dems are using abortion to rile up people(especially women) to get out and vote.. They’re going to make her race about Abortion, when it is a topic that she would really need to avoid, and then they’re going to throw out all those old tweets and make her out to be a bigot. Oz has name recognition and a large fanbase . He is the only one who can win the general . Please don’t throw away a seat we already have and keep the Senate in the control of the Dems.
I think we are counting our chickens before they hatch on Roe being overturned. It’s likely just coordinated theatre to get Democrats to the polls.
Oz is not a Pennsylvanian. His history of statements shows him to have advocated against legal gun possession and for transgender (maiming) surgical procedures in youngsters. Add to this his dual citizenship (TURKEY), and you have a mess that is in utter contradiction to that of Pennsylvania Conservatives.
I feel quite certain that PDJT thought through much of the above, but concluded that Oz is leaning more conservatively during this time of upheaval here and throughout the world, and particularly that Oz has immediate name recognition because of his television work – a feature that usually attracts less knowledgeable voters.
President Trump appears to be so focused on the win in November that he’s willing to look past the troublesome topics listed above.
I desperately want a win in November against that horrific Dem Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (who just suffered a stroke this weekend BTW). But in my opinion, I don’t see nearly enough evidence to place my trust in the new model Oz. His conversion looks to be one of convenience, designed to attract Republican votes on Tuesday – and later in November.
What is Ozzie’s take on Republican voters’ determination to de-throne “Leader” McConnell after we win back the Senate Majority? Oz states that he himself cannot be bought. The hell he can’t. Every one of them has a price and McConnell works his stealth magic like the pro WormTongue that he is: to unearth that price and reel in the newest fish in his Swamp. Then voilà: we have the metamorphosis of yet another “Conservative Republican” into the newest RINO Globalist Senator all dressed up to laugh in voters’ faces – all the way to the bank.
My gut is not at ease with this candidate endorsement made by my President 45.
The above remarks concerning Oz do not automatically translate into a vote for Barnette.
There are other candidates – Carla Sands, for one. But I don’t want to throw my vote away on someone who isn’t ascendant against the competitors.
Whatever the results of Tuesday’s Primary, I will vote Republican in November – and try not to throw up in the process.
Sands has no endorsements, thus no shot. Don’t waste the vote and allow McCormick to win
I trust his gut instincts better than mine. He was right about Roy Moore. People were convinced to vote for him by those who thought they knew better than Trump and look what happened. We’d stil have a 51-49 majority in the Senate now (even after the GA senate was stolen in 2020) if the voters had listened to Trump. It’s about getting the Senate back.
AL has two R Senators now, so I don’t follow all your logic. True about the mistake of voting for Moore though. He was always a fake (10 commandments showboat) and many saw through it.
If you get to decide who wins or not, why should anyone else bother to vote.
Dufrst – Vote Oz if you are in PA!
WTLT01 – Hold your nose folks and vote for Oz.
Tell me, has Dr Oz repudiated the two Republicans that he identified as his inspirations for what a Republican should be like … Arnold Schwarzenegger and Teddy Roosevelt? I wouldn’t vote for him until he did because Arnold is vocally Anti-Trump and Teddy was a hardcore Fabian Socialist. This is why I don’t trust Oz and the last thing we need in office is another supposed Republican who is in reality a UNIPARTY Fabian Socialist.
Yuup, I’ve had to live with one for the last 6+ years and watch he vote against every thing that Trump tried to do. Don’t need to do that any longer if we can help it, and voting for Oz just might finish Trump; and he has done well so far.
Oz is aligned with Trump and that should be good enough for you.
This is about Trump vs McConnell. Purity tests were burned when Trump won the nomination because Trump himself would not past muster if we were to go on his past positions and statements.
Welcome all converts to MAGA. How else are we going to grow? You can’t have these purity tests and then complain when you don’t win.
If MAGA comes out for Oz, guess what? He’s likely to cater to MAGA. See how that works?
Totally disagree…A vote for Oz is a Romney, McCain, Murkowski, Collins, Barrasso, etc etc etc Vote…We already have enough of those votes. Barnette can and will win.
HERE IS THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUMP BACKING OZ -They have been friends for decades and he lives near Trump in Mar-a-Lago. We all know Pres Trump likes loyalty and he is being loyal to Oz as a friend but we know that Loyalty doesn’t go both ways as witnessed by the above names and oh, should I mention Christie, Pence, Mattis, etc etc…
Oz is a TRUMP back stabber. He is still a Turkish citizen, he is a member of the WHO, a member of the World Economic Form. He will NEVER be a MAGA person. He is following all the things that Bi Dumb has been trying to turn America into….part of Europe. I thought we left them over 200 years ago to be come a ‘REPUBLIC’.
Oz supported Trump before this. He gave Trump that good bill of health remember?
Oz may be more than meets the eye. I say, let him prove it by winning in the fall and helping Trump achieve a filibuster proof Senate in 2024!
Afraid so, much as we can’t trust Dr. Oz….
I certainly am. The fact that there are so many half-truths and untruths about his stances—i.e, *he supports transgenderism*, he doesn’t. He spoke of compassion when treating ADULTS, and suggests that it is mental disorder that should not have parents rushing off to maim their minor children. At the same time he also spoke out AGAINST the trans-man/woman/whatever U Penn swimmer who hijacked the women’s swim team, by saying it was not fair to women athletes to have males on their team. So, pretty pragmatic, imo, gawd forbid someone express the need for compassion for messed-up people. In any case, Barnette is not helping herself by cultivating so much opacity and ambiguity, and Trump noted that very pragmatically. Clear the air and then we’ll talk, but in the meantime, this Senate seat is not something we can afford to gamble with. While I do not believe 0x is RINO, nowhere near it, but not ultra MAGA either. So I’ll take the 3/4 loaf, rather than starve. 0z is friendly with Trump, so I interpret that and Trump’s endorsement as a sign that Oz is malleable to Trump’s agenda. Barnett has another 2 years til ’24, to either make or case or break it. Can’t gamble on her now.
Not a chance, Dufus. Oz will never get this PA resident’s vote
I thought that is all that politicians do…..don’t really answer a question. That is how they are trained. I mean, look at the current President ; has he ever answered a question. Actually, none of them has ever answered a question besided, the OZ is a member of the WEC, and backs the WHO, which is about to become the World Wide Health Organization at their big Geneva get to gether om a couple weeks, thanks to BiDumb. What do you think her has been after these past couple years anyhow.
Fake news.
I’ve heard enough from her to know that something is off. I’m guessing a Democrat in disguise and McCormick hits me as a Romney type figure.
Oz cheered for abortion and for transitioning “trans” children, and sees no issue that he holds dual citizenship. Barnette tweeted support for Trump in the 2016 primary, before it was popular. But OK, maybe she’s the democrat.
Hmm! Oz has to say what his producers want him to say to keep his paycheck. You wouldn’t be on The View if said that everybody should own an AK-47.
My son in law is from Turkey (Christian) and just became a US citizen last week. Said he started to cry, He’s well educated, highly personable and says most Turks hate Hillary, etc because they had to live through her machinations in the Middle East. He can’t wait to vote for Trump. Also, the Turks aren’t afraid of guns.
Chuck shummer is rooting for barnette.
That is all anyone needs to know….
Chuck Schumer is an Israeli citizen but New York keeps voting for him!
She’s one committed Democrat actor to be keeping up a right wing MAGA persona for over 7 years now.
The man knows things and has great instincts.
Not always.
See Mattis, Kelly and McMaster for a start.
These weren’t candidates.
They were the only appointment choices the UniParty Senate would allow!
He didn’t fight for what he wanted then did he? will this happen again if/when they take both the house and the senate? I mean fighting for what you truly believe should mean you keep going, not let the other side knock you down.
Are you crazy??? Trump didn’t fight for what he wanted????? OMG. You’d better go to bed.
He was a rookie politician who didn’t know enough about any of the people he picked for his cabinet. He mainly took the advice of others who he didn’t know not to trust. He knows who everybody is now. He’s probably already knows who he wants in those positions now.
And Pence, Sessions, Barr, Wray, and the three SCOTUS picks who stabbed him — and more importantly the country — in the back while wiping their asses with the U.S. Constitution in refusing to address the Texas + 17 states case against The Steal.
We could go on here all night. If Trump manages to overcome the Margin of Fraud in 2024, he needs to fire EVERY feral employee, disperse every agency to rural areas throughout the nation (and Greenland?), and then replace about 5% of them with local MAGA leaders.
And then go Full Pinochet … Make Helicopters Great Again!
Totally agree. It’s a dirty game and it’s about to get dirtier
Left us w/the Gnome Nazi too.
And still supports vaccines.
The Rinos forced them on Trump.
You mean they exposed themselves. Sometimes the process is necessary.
Trump made a bad choice in Oz.
It’s the best of the 3 he had to choose from and the only candidate who can win.
Zinke and Hageman. nuff said.
most of the time.
But, Oz is a liar.
He is Muslim and it’s called Taqiyya.
If you don’t pick Oz you’re going to get Fetterman. That’s your choice. My wife had open heart surgery and the surgeon who did it is a Muslim. Did my wife care about his religion? Not for a second!
Fetterman suffered a stoke today but will recover ok
Barrette will get eaten alive by the grizzly Fetterman
Have to play the game here and let trump drive this car
He must not be a good Muslim. Mohammad would not be pleased.
“Kill the unbelievers wherever you find them.” Koran 2:191
“Make war on the infidels living in your neighborhood.” Koran 9:123
“When opportunity arises, kill the infidels wherever you catch them.” Koran 9:5
“Any religion other than Islam is not acceptable.” Koran 3:85
“The Jews and the Christians are perverts; fight them.”… Koran 9:30
“Maim and crucify the infidels if they criticize Islam” Koran 5:33
“Punish the unbelievers with garments of fire, hooked iron rods, boiling water; melt their skin and bellies.” Koran 22:19
“The unbelievers are stupid; urge the Muslims to fight them.” Koran 8:65
“Muslims must not take the infidels as friends.” Koran 3:28
“Terrorize and behead those who believe in scriptures other than the Qur’an.” Koran 8:12
“Muslims must muster all weapons to terrorize the infidels.” Koran 8:60
Thank you.
You just proved my point.
Oz is a liar and his lying is sanctioned by the Koran.
Oz wasn’t her surgeon.
I was told (and learned to my disbelief) they are not allowed to touch a female that is not their wife. Had strep throat the kept lingering so had to go to a local doctor. This DR was close by and made an appointment; none of the other local ones were, since I was new to the area. I learned things after the fact. the Dr. didn’t even listen to my lungs, or check my heart or even check my BP …..told me to go home and rest. A month later, took vacation time and went to where we used to live and our old Dr. got medicine and over it in less than 4 days after seeing him…..but had to drive 9 hours to get there and didn’t even have to wait for an appointment.
Why do you say that?
Fetterman is weird. McCormick would beat him, esp. now with Fetterman’s health a concern.
McCormick is Deep State.
I’m Catholic and it is called Lying.
And as a [real] Catholic, you don’t get to do it.
If you were a Muslim it would be just fine.
Yup.
I get it.
Oz is a Liar sanctioned by Islam…by their Koran.
Personal attack is the mark of a D-rat.
OK… Barnette refuses to answer questions.
So, the RNC won’t promote her because they don’t know where she stands.
Oz answers questions…with answers totally opposite from what he did before.
He is Muslim.
They have Taqiyyah…that means that he can lie to you.
Oz is Muslim…he can lie.
Barnette isn’t Muslim…she won’t answer.
Only to the infidels, Just Saying.
What did Barnette not answer?? She’s been open about everything…she’s the only candidate I’ve seen and read that is open. I’m not even in PA but I’d vote for her…actually, I think according to the 2020 election I can do this now. sarc
Now you sound like the Democrats who call President Trump a liar!
No.
Oz is the liar.
Let me be clear about that.
I say he’s dead wrong. It won’t be the first time. I think she’s just deflecting to not give ammo to critics before the primary.
Sundance, I think this is a test of the emergency broadcast system.
Barnette is the canary in the coal mine. If she beats Oz and McCormick, while not having Trump’s endorsement, then people are truly fed up and will only accept MAGA. If she wins the primary, despite all that opposition, the people are truly in control.
As I have said before, Barnette is being battle tested. The fact that she goes on national news and stays firm, doesn’t get rattled, owns the comments but puts them in context. The fact that she has been working the ground game. The fact she is able to call out globalists. The biggest thing that let me know she was viable was Trump’s comment.
I am reminded of “let the enemy think you are weak, when you are strong”. If she wins the primary, wins Trump’s endorsement, continues her ground game, she will have a very good chance to win in November. In a corrupt place like PA, the RNC would never let a true MAGA senate candidate get this far willingly. Just the fact that Trump had to endorse and rally for Oz should tell you everything about the state of politics in PA.
Great comment. Thx!
Exactly!!! She beats the 2 Fake R’s then Pres Trump would HAVE to endorse because she’d be the Republican nominee. The ones who won’t come to her aid will be the NRSC but that’s a given because she’s not a globalist for them.
can’t read it if you aren’t a member, and I don’t belong to any social media…..never did, never believed in it…..still don’t.
Just press the time stamp?
Appreciate this, there’s been so much fog in this cast of characters that we do have to go with PDJT’s instincts on this. And I don’t even vote in PA. Also, because Sundance’s instinct’s have been spot on target every time!
So we have someone who raises concerns, someone whom McConnell would like to have, and finally Oz who has a video supporting child surgery operations for tranny sex changes.
That is the the full menu list for the GOP? Wow.
Last week Mike Pompeo went on national TV to brutally attack Dr Oz more than likely at the request of Mitch McConnell and Rona McDaniels. So, what does this tell us?
Clowns in America
Maybe Pompeo is shilling for McCormick.
no one likes Pompeo- he got trump to hire Esper and other scumbags. But I also don’t trust that just cuz Pompeo knocked someone means he doesn’t actually like them. Politics is a sick game.
Pompeo attacked Oz over the fact that he holds dual citizenship, U.S. and Turkish. According to Pompeo this presents a national security threat and is disqualifying. Would Pompeo say the same thing about an American politician who holds both U.S. and Israeli citizenship? There are a lot of those! Of course he wouldn’t ! Turkey is a member of NATO so at least it can be said that it is an actual official ally of the United States.
None of our representatives should hold dual citizenship IMO.
That sums it up. The voters in PA have a tough choice because none of the current front runners is a very good one. Honestly cannot figure out what the race will be like with any of them challenging the Dem. Good luck PA.
Go with America First candidate even if she doesn’t interview well. Any more vague talk against her bona fides is gaslighting.
She doesn’t interview well in friendly interviews, the Dems will chew her up and spit her out. The probably already have thei r ads ready with all those anti-Gay tweets, and supposedly there is one out there where she’s saying 9/11 was an inside job. They’re going to make her out to be a bigott, a conspiracy theorist , and they’re going to make the race about abortion because of Roe being overturned. We have to have crossover votes from Dems and Independants and they’re not going to vote for an unvetted, unknown ULTRA pro life candidate. I’m not saying that I disagree wth her, just that the people we absolutely need to win over do. Oz is the only one who can get the crossover votes in BLUE PA. This isn’t about who would make the best senator, this is about who can win, it’s about hanging on to a seat we already have when we need to win more to get the Senate back.
PA is not blue unless they steal the election.
She may not be great, but she is a lot better than the other choices.
She can also win in the general election.
I don’t live in Penn., but if I did I would absolutely vote for her.
I voted for Trump twice, and even I know he makes many mistakes (e.g. Comey, Barr etc.), I think he is wrong in this race.
She cannot win the general
People need to realize how the game is played. She’s failed now to explain her sketchiness. Oz is the devil we may know.
BULL.
You do know that she ran for a house seat in 2020 and lost by 20 points.
And Delusional Joe won. It was the safest election in history. Joe is the most popular basement dweller candidate ever.
No, what I know is that the 2020 elections were STOLEN. MASSIVELY. And the theft was covered up by the very people selling you this next lie.
Congrats! You fell for it.
There isn’t sketchiness?? What? Her military record is out there. The Tweets totally make sense as she mentioned at the times of what was happening in 2014…Other comments have been spliced. The University came out and said YES she was an adjunct professor. She is better than either of these two yahoo’s that are pretenders.
We know how the game is played. We lose they win. They run a Republican RINO and a Democrat. They win no matter what. Lets try something new this time.
How do you figure she can win the general? fThe only reason Trump won in blue PA was because of all the Dems (many of them life-long Dems) and independents crossed over to vote for him, and many were pro-choice. Do you think they are going to vote for someone who is pretty much running on pro-life because of her compelling story? Do you think they will vote for someone who has tweeted those things about Muslims and Gays? Do you think they will vote for a 9/11 truther? Oz is the only one who can win in PA. You’d vote for her, I’d say fine in a red state, but not in PA. If the voters chose her, they will be throwing away a senate seat that we already hold. We can’t afford to lose one. We have got to get the Senate back and that is the bottom line.
The MAGA vote should not be split. Unfortunately it’s a choice between a seemingly (time will tell) not so MAGA candidate in Oz, but he’s Trump’s candidate versus the Mitch McConnell, GOPe candidate in McCormick.
If the MAGA vote splits, McCormick may slip through with the victory. This is a proxy race for control of the GOP. We have to support President Trump. If you are in PA, vote Oz! Just hold your noses and support Trump on this one!
Yes. This is what has to be done
So if people go with your pragmatism – side with Trump so MAGA wins this proxy war for control of the GOP – what happens if/when Oz loses? It’ll be MAGA under the bus yet again. And the sting will be even greater – because he’s not even really a MAGA candidate!
Oz has zero innate appeal. The man oozes weirdo. One look and I expect him to be selling me something on TV at 2AM. He’s just not a good candidate, period. It’s a mistake to wrap him in the MAGA banner.
I mean when he loses in the General.
I hear ya but this is about Trump more than Oz. Trump understands PA and believes Oz can win it. It will be a tough fight but this is a red wave year so even someone like Oz should be able to pull it off!
I saw it happen in Az. Senate race to replace McStain.
Kelly Ward (Maga) against McSally (Rino) and so party pulled Sheriff Joe Arpio out of retirement to run.
He had name recognition, pulled enough MAGA votes away from Ward, that McSally won the primary.
PDJT gave her a very backhanded endorsement, and so in the General, I did NOT vote for that office, and yes Kirsten Synema, the Dem won.
I did NOT vote for a Rino, in the primary.
I did not vote for a Rino, in the General.
I do not like Rinos, I do not vote for them ever.
Green eggs and ham.
PA is less conservative than AZ and look at how purple AZ has become! PA is a blue state no matter how we may deny it. Oz is what can pass as a tolerable Republican for independent voters and disaffected Dems. Just reality
Uhhhhh….Arizona is NOWHERE NEAR a purple state. We are “ULTRA MAGA” and always have been. We had the election stolen from us and we are still p*ssed off about it here. Unfortunately, we have some Oz’s, errrr…McCormick’s…errrrrr…Ducey’s….errrrr RINO’s here in key positions like AG and Maricopa County Board of Supervisors that are dragging their feet on everything.
In fact, Arizona’s people above are a GREAT example of what will happen to PA if you vote for the two Faux R’s there.
I live on the Western PA border. I don’t think PA is as blue as you think it is.
EXACTLY Dutchman…I was for Ward 100% as an Arizonan. She was the true MAGA just as Barnette is here.
Just think if you and those who think like you had held their noses and voted R we’d still have a 51-49 majority in the Senate.
So what? What would be different right now?
“Trust your instincts”
My instincts say to go with the one being set upon by a pack of wolves.
I share those instincts 100%. Why can’t she win the general election ? Trump won against the smartest woman to ever walk the planet.
Because Dems and Independents crossed over to vote for Trump. They will not do so for her, especially with all those old tweets. I trust Trump’s instincts.
Does Oz believe in the Quran? Does he believe it is Holy and the word of God? Does he believe Mohammad is the perfect man? Or is he a Muslim apostate?
Oz believes in Kim Jong-un?
Oz believes in $$$ just like the rest of us!
Big Al says its ok to lie if it advances Islam. Plus the guy is connected to Hollywood, another snake pit of dishonesty. For Pete’s sake he’s just a guy trying to literally walk from a tv set into congress.
And then the other guy is swamp, which has a requirement of dishonesty.
Barnette’s tweets about Obama were right on, he is a muslim. He loves hearing the murderous mosque bells, etc etc.
A turkish foreign national or a corporate swamp rat or Kathy Barnette. How hard can it be?
That’s dirty pool. You were able to edit your post after posting. Now, my snarky response makes no sense.
Friendly fire.
It’s McCormick or Oz. We cannot let McCormick win and say we’re for MAGA.
Trump selected Oz. We have to win this race. Vote Oz if you are in PA. This is not about purity tests or conspiracies. This is about control of the GOP. Trump is attempting a hostile takeover. Let’s win!
That’s correct. People are so thick to learn because their feelings rule their brains
Trump has a history of making poor choices in his appointments, staff, advisors, and his pushing of the deadly vaccine. Let’s not forget. He isn’t God and he’s certainly no savior, so it’s weird everyone can just rally behind him like he’s got a proven track record of being right all the time. Make up your own mind on who you want to vote for based on your own instincts! Kathy is not a polished speaker or a smooth talking politician. Neither was Trump. His mean tweeting is One of the reasons people voted for the dementia patient, so let’s leave public speaking out of the issue. There’s no feelings involved…it is just honest do your own research and be a critical thinker who questions everything vote! No more holding your nose to vote for trash because trump said so.
Independent thinking? Heaven forbid!
How bout leaving the racism around religion outside the treehouse boundaries
Racism about religion ????
“Kill the unbelievers wherever you find them.” Koran 2:191
“Make war on the infidels living in your neighborhood.” Koran 9:123
“When opportunity arises, kill the infidels wherever you catch them.” Koran 9:5
“Any religion other than Islam is not acceptable.” Koran 3:85
“The Jews and the Christians are perverts; fight them.”… Koran 9:30
“Maim and crucify the infidels if they criticize Islam” Koran 5:33
“Punish the unbelievers with garments of fire, hooked iron rods, boiling water; melt their skin and bellies.” Koran 22:19
“The unbelievers are stupid; urge the Muslims to fight them.” Koran 8:65
“Muslims must not take the infidels as friends.” Koran 3:28
“Terrorize and behead those who believe in scriptures other than the Qur’an.” Koran 8:12
“Muslims must muster all weapons to terrorize the infidels.” Koran 8:60
Didn’t you read about the Egyptian College Professor saying Muslim men can rape non-believers to teach them a lesson? To me that makes them incompatible with our country and they should not be allowed to live here because of their racism around religion. Look what they did to Sweden. Because of unfettered Muslim immigration Turkey doesn’t think Sweden should be in NATO. Its nuts. I’m tired of putting up with Islam. Its violent and it harms women.
I rarely play the devil’s barrister but we have something set in stone (I’m several bourbons in and I couldn’t find it among the amendments; must be in the articles) that religion will not disqualify any citizen from holding office. This is obvious from a cursory look at the American hating “squad”.
Islam is hatred with some trappings of religion.
The fundamental doctrine of the Christian religion, is the extirpation of hatred from the human heart. It forbids the exercise of it, even towards enemies. There is no denomination of Christians, which denies or misunderstands this doctrine. All understand it alike—all acknowledge its obligations; and however imperfectly, in the purposes of Divine Providence, its efficacy has been shown in the practice of Christians, it has not been wholly inoperative upon them. Its effect has been upon the manners of nations. It has mitigated the horrors of war—it has softened the features of slavery—it has humanized the intercourse of social life. The unqualified acknowledgement of a duty does not, indeed, suffice to insure its performance. Hatred is yet a passion, but too powerful upon the hearts of Christians. Yet they cannot indulge it, except by the sacrifice of their principles, and the conscious violation of their duties. No state paper from a Christian hand, could, without trampling the precepts of its Lord and Master, have commenced by an open proclamation of hatred to any portion of the human race. The Ottoman [Muslim, not “Islamist”] lays it down as the foundation of his discourse.
Wait…I thought that was Liberalism
It doesn’t matter. What matters is will Dems and Independents cross over to vote for him. A Republican cannot win with just the MAGA vote.
This is the same argument the GOPe always uses. This way we never get actual representation just some uniparty jackwagon who will vote against us and our country every chance they get.
I’m not impressed but I didn’t think she did so badly. It is a reasonable tactic to change the subject when thrown difficult, cancel culture questions especially related to tweets(come on). I liked what she tweeted about BHO. She might have been taking advice from a political consultant for the first time.
Anyone who runs without being in on the script for the PA installation plan will be eaten alive so why worry about that?
Some, like Mitt Romney, who are members of the cast relish being eaten alive for cash and prizes.
And I still bet that it will be Lamb, not Shrek as the dem. standard bearer.
I probably will not see the inside of a voting precinct until there has been something resembling election reform.
So ….. all in for Oz now?
Cuz there’s no sketch there.
What makes this sketchy, as opposed to just not having a great answer?
And I’m sorry, if a MAGA republican has a problem with her, tell us why – but don’t hide behind electability in the general. That is how republicans were sold Romney and McCain, and now Trump and his people are trotting it out …. for Oz?
Scratching head at this one….
Roy Moore. Enough said
Kathy Barnette wasn’t screwing 16 year olds as a 30 something grown woman.
You missed the point entirely
…and you know that how? Even if she didn’t that doesn’t mean the Democrats won’t say she did!
Dbags will say anything. Problem is the conservative talkers that run with the lies.
Or waving a gun around on stage like a lunatic.
Donald Trump. Enough said. No one thought Trump could win.
Hold the nose and vote for Oz. Did that for Romney too.
Anyway, not so sure our salvation lies in DC. Might be best to cede that to the enemy and establish some parallel structures. How about a red state coalition for starters? Why should states keep waiting for the Feds to give them their power back? That ‘aint never gonna happen.
Dr Oz has never attacked Donald Trump. Romney did multiple times!
JD Vance also did. Although he had a big change of heart. I suppose anyway.
The 2012 election, was the first time I didn’t cast my vote for POTUS, since I started voting, 50 years ago.
I saw Romney say he was a “true conservative” and I projectile vomited all over the T.V.
I had too much compassion for the poll workers, to try to cast a vote for the R candidate, and sure as heck wasn’t going to vote for Obama, so left it blank.
That was when I had my “I ain’t ever voting for a Rino, again!” moment.
And I haven’t. I think outspoken MAGA candidates CAN win in a General.
Not in a blue state.
nopity nope
I held the snout for:
G.H. Bush
Dole
George W in 2004(he fooled me in 2000)
McCain
Romney
Ridge(Rino PA governor)
Corbett(Rino PA governor)
Pat Toomey(Rino PA senator)
Arlen Specter(Rino PA senator)
And now we have an Orwellian, bio-fascist state
We’ve have been falling for this for over thirty years. It’s time at least get something out of losing these fixed elections.
None of the above did anything substantial to prevent the destruction of our Bill of Rights, sovereignty and security.
Maybe I will vote in this primary to, as the wife says, “At least throw some sand in the gears.”
At this point in history we are almost always going to lose on every major issue.
Isn’t the first step in reclaiming our rights having representatives with a large megaphone, loudly proclaiming the truth to awaken the people?
Ever hear the turtle or his minions speak about the injustice of the DC gulag?
We need so many more like MTG and Boebert.
Aren’t we tired of losing by 1% or less, followed by the hand wringing explanations of RINOS, explaining like a quack surgeon that he/she did everything possible but the patient was too sick to save.
In PA and in DC there is no Republican party. There is only The Party.
Outsiders every time, from now on, until this farce is discontinued.
I’m in CA not PA but it really seems like there are no solid choices there. She’s a drake, Oz is a no go and Mc Cormick is GOPe. Not good but we need the senate so as SD says gotta go with your gut. She’s going to get shredded in the general and we can’t lose that seat.
A black woman conservative who loves this country. Seems like a win to me.
Not in a blue state.
If PA is truly blue, let it be.
I don’t think it is.
Trumps announcement on her is all you need to know
The seat is at stake and she cannot win. Oz can be used to do the work. Trump knows him. And even though I don’t like him either. Barrette cannot win and I said she was sketchy
The state seat is too important even though Oz isn’t perfect. No one is
Admire much about Trump but assessing personnel is too often not his strength.
This is definitely a go with the gut scenario but it will alas be all for naught because voting has been gone in PA for a long, long time and the loss of that right was codified into law in 2019 with Act 77 and upheld by the highest court in the state despite being patently in contravention of the state constitution.
Drop and Roll, baby.
Drop and Roll.
Trump won PA in 2016 and 2020
This is a hostile take over
He may have won PA in 2020, but Biden was proclaimed the winner in that purple state.
Dems: Depends on what your definition of is is.
Reps: Depends on what your definition of win is.
Maybe the young lady should start out running for the Pennsylvania State House or even a House of Representatives seat before going for the Senate Seat. She could prove her abilities and positions there first. With Dr Oz you’re getting a well known celebrity doctor (brain surgeon?) who is well liked and very popular with suburban women and Independents. Oz stands a very good shot at winning against Fetterman.
That’s a good point on the state senate
Her district is heavily Dem.
So she’d have a heck of a time running there.
Everyone remember what happened with Roy Moore
Let’s not repeat the same mistake twice
if Barnette wins the primary, the GOPe wont lift a finger to help. in fact, they will help the dem win the general. thats a fact. its how they roll.
You hit the nail on the head resist !!! Perfectly stated
Which is why Pennsylvanians should do everything they can to help her win without the RINO machine backing her. President Trump will still back her but I know some of these drones that follow his every word won’t promote her in media. Someone like John Fredericks will throw his hands up on Tuesday night if she wins and then proclaim the seat is lost every day until the general. He is also embarrassed about supporting Moore over Strange and how that went.
Any MAGA Candidate the GOPe won’t lift a finger and help the opposition. However, really it’s just the other side of the coin.
Everything you said there sounds familiar. Sorta like 2016. How many treepers pick a candidate based on the whims of a suburban house wife ? Those are the very people who elected Obozo.
Then we should have made our own party. If the GOP gets a guy they are willing to help he won’t help us. SO what difference does it make?
I didn’t think the interview was bad. The military and job stuff is insignificant to me. However, they have yet to ask her about specific tweets and radio show comments that were more controversial (Muslims and gays). And I’m sure there is an avalanche more out there. She’ll be on defense, rather than offense, the whole time. Never good in an election.
So, I go back and forth on this Senate race. Been on both sides. There are things about both candidates (I’m a never McCormick) that constantly make you second guess any decision you make.
Here are two articles that basically cover my concerns:
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2022/05/12/kathy-barnette-s-ascension-brings-scrutiny-from-republican-rivals-in-pa-senate-race/stories/202205120144
And,
https://freebeacon.com/elections/bull-market-barnette-appears-to-have-fudged-wall-street-career/
It’s a lot to think about. I hope PA can give you the best it had, no matter who wins.
And, to be fair….
Trump will have some influence part of the time and in some issues on Oz….
And I don’t think Oz would ever vote to impeach Trump the way Romney did…
But, if not for hoping Trump would have some influence on him at least as a friend….
I don’t think Oz would be a Mitt Romney. I think he might easily be a Chuck Schumer.
Good finds
Kathy is a strong Christian so it would be normal to think LGBTQ is not a healthy lifestyle from that perspective….
But her wording in those issues are very harsh (as opposed to how someone like Mike Huckabee might talk about). It would be a problem with millenials, independents, etc.
How bad would that hurt her with votes?
Less than folks are imagining. Economy sucks right now and Dems are in power. If she ignores the past tweets and other statements and focuses on pocketbook stuff and culture stuff like being pro-life she will win in November. The Trump comment about banning Muslims from coming into the US never hurt his poll numbers.
Dems are not going to ignore those tweets. They are not going to allow her to ignore them. The gay comments are the worst. Immagine a Dem ad flashing all those tweets with a woman narrating in a very hateful voice things like “Obama was parading homosexuals in front of the Pope”.
What Trump comment about banning muslims?
Very badly! I’m sure the Dems already have all those tweets queued up ready to blanket the airways as soon as the primary is over. I know that I was shocked when I saw them. I know they were from years ago, but that language is considered hate speech now. I can hear the voice of the narrator of those ads in my head now.
Ok, the second link starts off with bitchy little Hair-Splitting, if you ask me…
Barnette, a conservative commentator, cited her experience on Wall Street in 2011 and 2020, and in an attack on Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign. “I worked 4 years on Wall Street. Would u invest money w/ someone who was filing bankruptcy?” she wrote of Trump’s finances in 2016.
But Barnette’s official résumé suggests she worked far from the domain of “bulls, bears, [and] people from Connecticut.” She has held three jobs in the financial services industry, according to a now-deleted LinkedIn profile. She was an associate analyst at the Missouri-based A.G. Edwards from 1997 to 1999, and a financial equity analyst at “Banc of America Capital Management,” her résumé says. She described the latter as a “major Wall Street firm” but worked for the company in St. Louis.
A Washington Free Beacon geographic analysis found that Wall Street is in New York City, not St. Louis. There is a Wall Street in the midwestern town, but it is largely residential.
So if Peter Lynch managed Magellan sitting in a fluffy bathrobe and velvet slippers while sipping a Glenlivet On The Rocks in a Penthouse on Beacon Hill, and claimed “I worked on Wall Street for 35 years” or whatever.. I think we’d know what he’s talking about.
She may have legit problems… but that line of attack is not particularly useful.
I thought she did very well. It’s very hard to be on National Television for the first time or when you are just really not used to it. And she’s absolutely right that Obama is a Muslim … and he has never forsworn his Muslim faith — in fact he talked about it to George Stephanopoulos, who hastily “corrected” him on ABC News to get him to say “my Christian faith” instead.
Also, the same people who say there is no problem with Islam becoming powerful in our country are very quick to attack you for calling someone a Muslim. “Not that there’s anything wrong with that,” right?
Oz is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. And he still has his Turkish citizenship, and votes in Turkey.
He said he’s renouncing it if he wins
Right, and I have ocean front property in AZ.
Only if he wins. Do it now.
Mmm… like when Hillary closed down CGI… and Hunter divested from Bohai Harvest… and…
Large Dunkin Regular and a Cruller says he doesn’t.
OK… Barnette refuses to answer questions.
So, the RNC won’t promote her because they don’t know where she stands.
Oz answers questions…with answers totally opposite from what he did before.
He is Muslim.
They have Taqiyyah…that means that he can lie to you.
Oz is Muslim…he can lie.
Barnette isn’t Muslim…she won’t answer.
Exactly. If you don’t like the things she’s said or tweeted then don’t vote for her because she was saying what she actually believes and doesn’t want to lie about it now so she’s giving non-answers. Oz will be further left than Collins and Romney. He couldn’t even commit to voting against this massive Ukraine spending.
I seriously doubt he’s a religious person.
With Fetterman having a stroke on Friday and still being hospitalized, who knows if he’ll be able to run.
He said he will be fine. His wife was quick thinking on the symptoms and got him to hospital pronto
I hope he recovers fully so he can lose to Kathy.
Talk about Sketch City… check out Fetterman’s response here…
https://thehill.com/news/campaign/3489216-fetterman-suffers-stroke-days-ahead-of-pennsylvania-senate-primary/
“On Friday, I wasn’t feeling well, so I went to the hospital to get checked out,” Fetterman said in a statement released from Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital.
“I hadn’t been feeling well, but was so focused on the campaign that I ignored the signs and just kept going. On Friday it finally caught up with me. I had a stroke that was caused by a clot from my heart being in an A-fib rhythm for too long,” he explained.
Uhh.. exsqueeze me?
This should be the first debate question: “Mr. Fetterman, how much bacon do you eat on a weekly basis?”
Unusual for so many young people to have a-fib. Pre vax, that is.
I think those who want OZ may have overplayed their hand.
They should have been less like a pack of wolves..
Now, she may well get a sympathy vote.
So she didn’t answer where she was a fellow or at what college- but says it’s up now at her sight. I don’t care if she was just a graduate assistant(in this case). Her Muslim tweets don’t bother me. JMHO
Her Muslim tweets don’t bother me either but in the general it will be front and center. Dems will label her as anti gay and Muslim. Won’t sit well with the suburban soccer moms.
We have to play chess and think about the general so I will hold my nose and vote for Oz.
I would really like to vote for Bartos but he’s only polling at 7% so I feel I would be throwing my vote away.
A lot of the open questions are addressed… to one extent or another… here:
https://barnetteforsenate.com/things-you-want-to-know/
For example:
I didn’t have a problem with her tweets, as she said taken in context.
I didn’t see her as being evasive, she pointed viewers to her website, for the documents questions, good strategy to get her website out, right at the start.
She is describing old fashioned succesful campaigning, putting in the miles, handshakes, babykissing and TALKING WITH voters, which means LISTENING to voters, as opposed to talking TO or AT voters, with ad campaigns.
Sorry, but I don’t have a problem with her,…
Yeah, I have no problem w/ her either.
Was surprised she didn’t just say “Judson”, but- like you say- could just be a way to get people to her website.
Shannon Bream did a good job.
Bream didn’t know about the Fetterman shotgun incident, apparently… which to me gives off a little whiff of Fox News producers handing Bream a sheet of paper and telling her: “go interview this woman, and ask her these four questions.”
Does a tiny college, seminary, with less than 1,200 students even need an adjunct?
An adjunct, adjunct faculty, or adjunct professor is a part-time teacher who completes many of the same tasks done by a full-time professor. The working agreement of an adjunct faculty varies based on what they teach and the institution in which they work. It may entail monitoring, researching or teaching.
Am sure she’s a great person, just not ready for Prime Time.
Our community college is small and has adjunct professors. Maybe they have other jobs while they teach.
The problem with her website and what it says now is that last Wednesday it was quite different!! I was curious about her because opinions I was reading were on opposite sides and I was confused. I went to both the Oz and Barnette sites. If I was a PA voter I would not be satisfied with the info on either site; it’s definitely possible that there is more info available locally that I didn’t find. I found the Barnette site very disturbing in that I had more questions about her than before I read her site. When I went back to her site on Thursday it was very different — a week before the primary her website is overhauled and people think she can win the general? The first time I heard anyone say ultra MAGA was in a video clip of Barnette and all of a sudden MSM is talking about ultra MAGA? I would have a hard time voting for Oz but I would also want to give Trump as much support in Congress as I possibly could.
Shannon didn’t even get to the gay tweets. They were really bad. I was shocked by them. You have to understand that we need Dem votes in a blue state. They are not going to vote for someone they believe to be homophobic.
I knew her when she was teaching at Judson College in Elgin, IL.
By all means, tell us about it. What did she teach?
I’m in PA. The whole family is voting for Barnette. Electability arguments are nonsense. After years of Covid abuses by Democrat administration, who is going to vote for a commie?
I weigh that too. Any other year past controversial tweets could be a problem….
But if there was ever a year where real situations (inflation, economy, Ukraine, woke, etc) could over ride it …it is 2022.
Just depends on how angry the public is over those things.
“Just depends on how angry the public is over those things.”
Folks are most definitely not happy.
Sorry guys. Im not seeing why we go for Oz on this. She sounds nervous and unpolished to me. Not a Decepticon or RINO.
Oz is polished, slick, and feels very sketchy to me. I say the American people need to rally around candidates that are America first, not who we think will win because of optics. We did that with McCain, Romney, and every other RINO who is currently stabbing us in the back.
And Trump isn’t perfect when it comes to who he picks to trust either. Like we have seen over his entire term of his presidency. He might be a genius but he’s not perfect. We need to think for ourselves.
It just seems like we do this every time. Vote for MCCONNELL because hey we know he will win and at least he’s a republican. Vote for Kemp because Stacey Abrams is worse. Vote for OZ because he has a better chance of winning.. Really?
If we rally behind someone we need to do it because they actually represent what it means to us to be America first.
Totally agree!
All she had to do was answer a simple question and didn’t. Where was she an adjunct professor. She was one and the dates were verified, but when you are on national tv and give a non answer it makes everything else seem suspect.
She didn’t answer because it’s all on her website. How about you take a look? She needs more politician polish but I like that in a candidate. Oz just reeks.
I don’t have to take look because , if you had read my comments, you would see that I already know the answer. But let me state it again, just in case you experienced technical difficulties with your system.
…but when you are on national tv and give a non answer it makes everything else seem suspect.
Saying go to my website, instead of saying Judsen University and here are the dates, is a sketchy non answer. Both take the same amount of time but by being sketchy instead of giving straight answers reinforces the point PDJT is making. Or maybe you’re smarter than Trump.
Obvious lack of real handlers. I doubt she has 10% of the aides and staff that Oz and McCormick have so there aren’t people prepping her for this. This is a real weakness in a debate.
I agree. And I actually like her better than the other two, but I’m going to have to go with Trump’s instinct on this one.
All Politicians often don’t answer questions directly. At worst, she’ll fit right in. Bream should have just said: “You didn’t answer the question”, and forced a reply.
Even Trump quite often doesn’t provide focused answers to questions… though not necessarily to evade questions. Go check out any of his sit-downs with Chrissy Ballbuster or whoever. He’d be asked a question, provide a very brief “Well, we’ll see what happens”… then he’s off for 5 minutes talking about 8 other things. He could be asked a question about the Border Wall and within 3 1/2 seconds he’s talking about “the radical Democrats” and “the Green New Deal” or whatever.
Trump though is a known though. When you’re in her position, answer the question clearly and move on to what you want to talk about. Don’t add to the controversy. You have the undecided voter’s attention but for a second. If you give a flippant or non answer, it’s not going to convince them to vote for you.
I get the “good person, but not yet ready for prime time” vibe from her.
If you have to hold your nose to vote for Oz then make it a two part process, as we should do for all candidates.
1) vote for them
2) once elected, HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE!! Make them follow through with YOUR wishes.
That’s exactly what a good citizen should be doing, vote them and keep on their ass
And how is that working out? If you vote for the one they want you to when they threaten “electability” – they aren’t suddenly going to fear that you’ll “keep on their ass”
So far, that hasn’t worked EVEN ONCE.
And it WON’T work with Oz.
Once he is in, as recent history has shown us, he WILL go Left and support the Swamp.
Once he is in, President Trump will have no leverage and neither will the voters.
He shoudl get the Glenn Youngkin treatment on Day 1. Assume he’ll drift towards RINOism because he will.
When has that ever worked? I’ll wait.
KB has been vetted pretty darn well pre- Primary.
Oz has not.
Can’t imagine what dirt the Dems will dig up re. Oz if he actually wins the Primary to throw against him.
Bet there is plenty out there.
Barnette has way more credibility than Dr. Oz. Anybody with half a brain should be able to see this. Trump got this one wrong. A couple 10yo tweets I agree with…come on you need something with a little more meat to sway me against this woman.
Tweedle-dee Tweedledum. It won’t make a speck of difference who is in the Senate if in fact the GOP wins that seat. Our Congress is corrupt and damaged beyond repair. We can’t vote our way out of this.
You go ahead and vote.
We don’t participate in make believe. As I don’t recognize the tranny as Real, Psychotic yes.
Real,….No.
Our time will be better spent that day …solidifying what I feel is proper for the future of this home amd family.
Vote Harder!!
Good Luck.
Oz….
Is make believe.
President Trump has made garbage appoints/endorsements.
Garbage: Wray, Romney, Esper, Hapsel… must I go on?
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them.”
Why on earth is this being denied?
Oz has a history that is EASILY discovered.
He’s a New Jersey carpetbagger, former Turkish military who voted in the last Turkish election, and can’t even answer about sending billions to Ukraine – that will FOR SURE be laundered then sent to the likes of Crackhead Son Number #1, Piglosi and God knows who else – without equivocating.
I am clear eyed about President Trump’s accomplishments as well as his failures.
That interview was not as characterized.
Amen, brother…good comment!
Fox interviews are always bad, but definitely not her best interview.
She answered many questions here very well.
*****
Chris Stigall interviews Kathy Barnette and asks for answers to questions raised by Salena Zito.
https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/kathy-barnette-answers-all-the-questions/
I hate to see MAGA divided so detrimentally. But, neither Oz or Barnette has ever held office and that worries me about either one of them. They are complete political unknowns because one can’t know a candidate until and unless he or she has actually worked in political office.
I do think from what else I have read about her in the media that she has some views that are going to turn off independents and the 18-45 group. All media is so biased to begin with that if they have something they can dig up, they will. Trump’s statement may mean that there is more that might be found in the future, but I don’t trust Hannity or Pompeo. Each state has its definite difficulties in choosing who to vote for, but I’m glad I’m not having to pick a candidate in Pennsylvania.
18-45 year olds are a small portion of the Republican vote. The base is older folks and pandering to folks my age will keep more of the boomers at home instead of winning over a few cagey millennials.
Shannon asked her a simple question “where were you an adjunct professor” and she could not answer this simple question. Shannon did not press her for an answer instead asked if the information will be on her website to which Barnette replies “yes it is”.
If you go to her website she states she was an adjunct professor at Judson University in Illinois but doesn’t offer any real proof other than to post a tweet from Todd Starnes saying he phoned the University’s head of communication who confirmed this. You would think she could have posted documentation proving this.
Also her comment that Obama was “a Muslim who does Muslim like things” is beyond the pale. For her to say “I can’t provide any context for the tweets because they were nearly ten years ago” is an insult to the intelligence.
I don’t view Oz as having any big issues. His dual citizenship? Ted Cruz had dual citizenship for a while also. His shows on transgender etc issues? He had a talk show (entertainment) and it would be expected. And on and on. I don’t care too deeply about that. I don’t care if Oprah was his friend. She was Trump’s friend too.
My problem with Oz is that he is just plain wrong on all the issues. Will he listen to Trump? Will he follow the Senate Republican caucus (they are wrong half the time anyway)? Will he go along to get along with Dems (useful idiot)?
So, might be a better Gen election win, but then what?
It’s really a tough call.
Ted Cruz sux tho. I don’t know why people give him any attention. If he likes someone- I’m a skeptic 🤨
No, Ted Cruz endorsed McCormick. I was just relating to the dual citizen issue.
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Would you be having this angst if Oz was not in the race?
I am going to say, probably not.
Why? Because McCormack would have been ‘polling’ so ‘favorably’, it would appear that the other three (Barnette, Bartos, Sands) were barely blips in the primary.
But with Oz in the race — and particularly with Oz siphoning off heavily McCormack’s support — the race has morphed into nearly a three-way tie rather than a run-away RINO fest.
To discern who would best represent YOU, is up to you, not PDJT.
But he surely ‘did’ stop people from mindlessly pulling the lever for the ‘establishment darling’ by throwing a little sand on that machine . . .
Hold your nose for 6 more years?
I watched the video and I don’t find anything sketchy about this woman.
It’s just very obvious she doesn’t speak like a forked tongue politician.
Some very important information on Dr Oz:
“In September 2016, during his presidential campaign, Donald Trump appeared on The Dr. Oz Show.[60] In the lead-up to the show’s taping, Oz promoted Trump’s appearance with a claim that Oz would assess medical records submitted to the show by Trump and reveal his assessment on the show.[61] CNN speculated that Trump’s appearance aimed to appeal to The Dr. Oz Show’s large female viewership.[62][63] In 2018, Trump appointed Oz, athletes, and The Incredible Hulk star Lou Ferrigno to his Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. Trump’s selections of pundits, rather than experts, for the panel was criticized.[13] Trump appointed Oz to a second term on the council in December 2020.[64][65]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Oz’s television appearances influenced Trump’s decision-making, and he became an informal advisor to the Trump administration.[66][67][68][69] Oz had promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug, as a cure for COVID-19 on more than 25 Fox News broadcasts in March and April 2020.”
It seems that Donald Trump knows Dr Oz pretty well and Dr Oz has stood by President Trump pretty well, too!
why did dr oz not stand strong for hydroxychloroquine ???????
She wasn’t that bad, I have seen worse, and at this point what politician isn’t a liar? If I was in PA I would vote for her over the others.
I don’t think she was sketchy. I think she chose not to play their games, as President TRUMP often does in interviews. She chose instead to use her valuable air time, the very little they afforded to her, especially compared to the hours they have given other candidates and the hit jobs they have all done on her, to get out what she wanted to get out.
https://barnetteforsenate.com/things-you-want-to-know
Great interview with Bannon:
Senate Cand. Kathy Barnette Responds to Critics and Detractors
By Bannons War Room
Published May 14, 2022
https://rumble.com/v14qo9j-senate-cand.-kathy-barnette-responds-to-critics-and-detractors.html
Kathy Barnette Responds To Criticisms Stemming The Left And Establishment
By Bannons War Room
Published May 12, 2022
https://rumble.com/v14izga-kathy-barnette-responds-to-criticisms-stemming-the-left-and-establishment.html
This gal is dumber than a bag of hammers. All three of the front runners are pretty much disaster areas. I heard Bannon interview Carla Sands the other day and she was about three times as articulate and well spoken as Barnette. What’s the story on why Sands isn’t getting any traction?
DO NOT give your vote away to anyone else and do not hold your nose when you do not have to.
Almost everyone said TRUMP can’t win. And he won, and won, and won some more.
Dr. Oz is NOT a win.
I’m not a PA voter, so take it with a grain of salt. I thought the interview went just fine. She doesn’t have the charisma that other politicians seem to have. She comes off a little amateur or inexperienced. Idk if she’ll win, but I didn’t mind this interview.
I am going to ask what may be to some a stupid question. I watched the forum hosted by Greta van Susteren precisely because I knew nothing much about any of the five candidates, not being a Pennsylvania resident. The three front runners, McCormick, Barnette and Oz did not resonate with me at all. They are all three very flawed.
Why is there so little interest in Bartos and Sands? Both seemed to express real conservatism yet they are lagging in the polling.
It should also be mentioned, that the likely Dem candidate has a black voter problem. So the false attacks on her today, may benefit her in the general. I can’t say by how much.
Fedderman did win a state wide election (Lt Gov) in Nov 2018. But that was a good year for Dems in my state. Won’t be so good in 2022 because Biden is very unpopular in my state right now
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Fetterman’s past gun incident rattles Black Democrats in Pa. Senate race
https://tinyurl.com/5ejyzz5s
2018 was a test run for 2020. There was a lot of Dominion wins IMO. Pelosi made sure of it
I originally supported her candidacy, but when Trump made an official statement indicating that he’d support her only after she cleared up some questions from her past, I read more reports and found her military experience to b in question..
Oz will be as useless as Romney.
She gets a defensive tone in her voice. She needs to listen to herself and correct it.
On adjunct professor. She should have answered. It’s good she gave her web site and I did go to find the answer but most people won’t.
The Muslim thing doesn’t bother me at all because I feel the same way. But she has to appeal to a wider, less conservative, less Christian group to win. Her explanations were not enough. Her tweets are a problem.
I’m torn. I don’t live in Pennsylvania but if I did I don’t know who I would vote for.
I’m in Georgia where Stacie Abrams is going to be Governor no matter what we do.
What you found on her website was ADDED LAST THURSDAY. It was not there on Wednesday. Other things were changed/added as well. I do not believe that adding so much basic info so close to the primary is a sign of a good candidate.
Total B.S. If 1000s of people do a last minute hit job on me I an going to update my website to reflect the truth if it is not there already. I will address each and every one of their lying pieces of b.s., exactly as she is.
AND, for the network that did the hit job, one that I was formerly a well respected and well known contributor too, I will not play their games and spend my time answering questions when you can see those answers to on my website.
I am going to spend my time getting MY MESSAGE OUT! It is MY time and not someone else’s. President TRUMP does the same exact thing, all the time.
The real outrage as far as I am concerned is why did he not vet Kathy Barnette? Why is he picking anyone without vetting all of the candidates before he makes a choice FOR YOU?
He did the same thing in Georgia with Perdue for Governor. He did not even meet with Kandass Taylor, who has been stumping for the job for well over a year.
https://kandisstaylor.com