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'What the hell was he thinking?': Pennsylvania conservatives react to Trump's support of Oz
Washington Examiner ^ | 4/11/22 | Salena Zito

Posted on 04/11/2022 6:04:06 PM PDT by Revel

RICHLAND, Pennsylvania — Jackie Kulback has a very detailed list of criteria that the county party she chairs, the Cambria County Republican Committee, requires to endorse candidates in next month's U.S. Senate primary contest.

“There are some basic things," she said, "such as, have they ever been to Cambria County and talked to the voters? Do their values line up with our values? Which is very important because we are a very pro-life county. Can they raise money? Can they do the job? And finally, can they actually get elected in a general election?”

Kulback, who has worked tirelessly over the past seven years to register new voters and make Republicans a local majority in this working-class western Pennsylvania county, never put much stock in the endorsement of former President Donald Trump as a deciding factor.

Kulback says that is not a rap on the former president, who remains deeply beloved in this county. Many "Trump" signs are still hanging up 18 months after he narrowly lost Pennsylvania to Joe Biden. “It is just that voters here have to vote for what is best for us and our state, and we have to make the decisions based on that,” she said.

It is a sentiment that was shared by voters and party chairs across the state hours after Trump unexpectedly endorsed Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon better known as Dr. Oz, in the race here for the Republican Senate nomination.

It was a decision that left many dedicated Trump supporters perplexed. Why did he choose someone who had not resonated with conservatives in such a key state on the Senate map? Who whispered in his ear that this was a good idea?

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: droz; drozbadendorsement; droztrump2024; droztrumptrain; magawithdroz; nevertrump; nevertrumper; nevertrumpers; nevertrumpertrolls; pennsylvania; salenazito; trump; trumpendorsement
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To: MHGinTN

He’s easily flattered and he seems to take advice from others without vetting it. His hiring record as president was atrocious. And endorsing a senator….well, it takes six years to fix that mistake.


41 posted on 04/11/2022 7:22:23 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth)
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To: bramps

Examining an issue/phenomenon when you’re working for a corporation (ABC) doesn’t mean you are advocating for it. Get out of here with your clickbait bullcrap, gramps.


42 posted on 04/11/2022 7:23:36 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: clintonh8r

Oz is more than a mistake. He is sold out to evil.


43 posted on 04/11/2022 7:26:10 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

44 posted on 04/11/2022 7:27:19 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Revel

Allegedly Melania really likes Dr. Oz.

So perhaps he was letting the little head do the thinking.


45 posted on 04/11/2022 7:28:07 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Timber Rattler
The best explanation I have seen is that Oz stands a better chance than any of the other GOP contenders of winning the general election in November. One look at the people who have won statewide elections in PA over the last 25 years tells me this may very well be true.

I also remember a post here on FR in the last few days from a Pennsylvania FReeper with some credibility to weigh in on state politics. He said he would not dismiss Oz out of hand simply because he believes any GOP contender in the races for governor or U.S. Senator who comes out of the PA state government (and this would be most of them) would be an absolute disaster as a candidate in the general election.

46 posted on 04/11/2022 7:48:32 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Mr. Potato Head ... Mr. Potato Head! Back doors are not secrets.")
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To: Jonty30
You give the guy a chance. Keep him if he does a good job, but look for somebody else if he does a bad job.

What?? In other words, put him in the Senate for 6 freaking years, over someone with real conservative credentials, then after he turns into another Collins, we can replace him in 2028?

47 posted on 04/11/2022 8:10:45 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: conservative98

Democrats never ever gut their own in public. They are smarter than the self-righteous, hysterical, pearl clutching idiot Republicans who will cut off their nose to spite their face at the drop of a hat.


48 posted on 04/11/2022 8:10:49 PM PDT by odawg (`)
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To: Alberta's Child

A real blue wave seems to be building in PA. We don’t need Oz to win this year.


49 posted on 04/11/2022 8:12:03 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: lasereye

Do you want liberals to have the seat instead by walking up the middle?


50 posted on 04/11/2022 8:12:13 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Ask a liberal if they have a soul or do they just collect them from lives they destroy. )
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To: jimfree

The Republican label, by itself, means nothing.

Mitt Romney proves that.


51 posted on 04/11/2022 8:17:39 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Ask him to define what a woman is. Ask him if little kids should be given puberty blockers. That oz guy is a camel riding worm.


52 posted on 04/11/2022 8:19:00 PM PDT by Clarancebeaks
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To: Jonty30

A liberal is not going to win in PA this year. Nominating a liberal in a wave election year is pathetic.


53 posted on 04/11/2022 8:43:04 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: Timber Rattler

I think my point still stands but we shall see.


54 posted on 04/11/2022 8:47:50 PM PDT by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: Revel

On the #Monday #JFRS JF Defiant, Defends ⁦@DrOz⁩ Endorsement #GodzillaOfTruth https://t.co/IKn1WmO9q1— John Fredericks (@jfradioshow) April 11, 2022


55 posted on 04/11/2022 9:16:06 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: toddausauras

my only issue his is constant poor personnel choices(most of them had to get by Mitch, I am aware) and He’s endorsed a lot of asshole establishments that stabbed him in the back.


56 posted on 04/11/2022 9:19:31 PM PDT by SPDSHDW (You get what you let occur with no resistance. Everything Joepedo n' felons do is on your head.)
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To: Revel

Just a bad move.

Why?


57 posted on 04/11/2022 9:36:42 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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To: O6ret

“Trust The Plan™️!”


58 posted on 04/11/2022 9:40:09 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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To: Basket_of_Deplorables

Put a little effort forth and you will find out EXACTLY why.

John Frederick’s Defense of Trump’s Dr. Oz Endorsement
The John Frederick’s Show (Rumble) ^ | April 11, 2022 | John Fredericks
Posted on 4/11/2022, 9:33:09 PM by mbrfl

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4054247/posts


59 posted on 04/11/2022 9:55:14 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: Revel

Maybe he let Trump beat him in golf.


60 posted on 04/11/2022 10:13:25 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Islam is an ideology. It is NOT a religion.)
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