Posted on 05/13/2022 11:00:53 AM PDT by conservative98
In the final weeks of the Senate campaign, Kathy Barnette has taken to campaigning with the phrase, “I am you, Pennsylvania.” But as her candidacy ascends in recent polls, we have to ask ourselves: what do we really know about Kathy Barnette?
Renowned Pennsylvania reporter, Saleno Zito, couldn’t even get basic information out of Barnette and her campaign this week. Barnette’s campaign refused to supply information on when she was accepted into military Officer Candidate School, or when she moved here from Virginia (which she claimed was her residency in a book published in 2020). She refuses to release her DD214 from her time in the Army Reserves.
As a combat veteran, I can say those of us who served may be hesitant to describe the details of our experience, but we are universally proud of our service and willing to answer basic questions about it. She has released her NGB 22 form pertaining to her National Guard service, and I am grateful for that. But she still has not released her DD214 which, up until yesterday, we were led to believe did not exist. She told Chris Stigall on his radio show that she does in fact have a DD214. Why does she refuse to release that, seeming to lead voters away from it? I routinely sent my DD214 to reporters when I ran for Congress and Senate. It is among the most basic documents veteran candidates are asked to produce, but she won’t.
The bio in Ms. Barnette’s book says that she lived in Virginia, which she now says she never did, and that it was a mistake by her publisher.
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As an author myself, I can’t imagine such an error going unnoticed and uncorrected. She says she has lived in Pennsylvania for nine years but won’t say where she lived before that.
Asking for clarity on these questions is not an “attack.” It’s about as reasonable a request as our current political system will allow. Her refusal to answer them, and her combative tone when asked about them, is what raises concerns. She seems to be trying to run out the clock on those pesky questions ahead of Tuesday’s Primary election.
But perhaps the media knows more than they are letting on, and are just hoping she becomes the nominee so they can pounce. Maybe they see in Ms. Barnette a repeat of Christine O’Donnell, the fatally flawed Republican nominee for Senate in Delaware in 2010, whose candidacy crashed and burned after the press did the vetting primary voters did not.
Ms. O’Donnell will long be remembered for an infamous ad, where her response to criticisms was, “I’m not a witch, I’m you.” Now Ms. Barnette has borrowed that phrase – “I’m you” – and the real question is will she replicate the crash and burn of Christine O’Donnell 12 years later if she gets the nod to take on likely Democrat nominee John Fetterman?
My fellow Pennsylvanians, we can’t risk an unvetted nominee who won’t even answer basic questions about her background, and the little that we do know raises real questions about her authenticity as a MAGA conservative. I know firsthand the lengths the media and the Democrats will go to uncover every detail of a candidate’s life. The issues raised are not from her youth, but from her adulthood. The balance of the Senate runs right through Pennsylvania. Whether or not Joe Biden can count on Chuck Schumer to ram through his agenda will literally be on the line on May 17. We can’t risk this seat on an unvetted, opportunistic candidate whose campaign will crumble when the press begins the real vetting on May 18.
Sean Parnell
Combat veteran and America First supporter
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
@SeanParnellUSA
General?
Medical?
Dishonorable?.........................
Parnell is now the third person I have seen compare Kathy to Christine O’Donnell
Ah they are pulling out all the stops.. more they try more they are convincing most folks Barnette’s worth a shot.
Oz is no MAGA, neither is McCormick... and everyone knows it.
If there was a true MAGA pushed by the party then Barnette would be in the single digits.
The documents she did release (photos of documents) show that she was honorably discharged
She did NOT refuse to release it....
It was release days ago... More lies and attacks to keep the unwashed masses on the plantation for their worthless chosen two.. Oz or McCormick.
There must be another reason, maybe her MOS?.............
How about a direct quote from Kathy yesterday:
“I have a DD214 for the first three years.”
She said she would release it. She has not.— Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellUSA) May 13, 2022
How did she get this far? Was she a state legislator?
She has the endorsements of the GOA and Mastriano.
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She is a train wreck....
Asked about her own tweet, Kathy Barnette says "I don't think that's me."
This is what a dishonest train wreck looks like.
Here's her tweet: https://t.co/e5UMooCS7F #PAsen pic.twitter.com/V3YL4NETfu— Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) May 13, 2022
Not sure what to believe. I hope its clear to me by Tuesday.
For the record, I have a copy of my DD214 and have no problem sharing with people I trust.
Gee whiz. These publishers are always making mistakes.
Didn’t Barack Obama blame his publisher/ PR for writing on the book jacket that he was from Kenya ? 🙄
All the fake “Patriots” are flushing themselves out while they trip over themselves to smear a political opponent.
I’m done with these Conservative98 threads.
Dr.Oz is Mitt Romney, he will back peddle on everything he is claiming he believes right now. He moves to the center if he wins the primary
It’s has to be over a decade since O’Donnell ran in Delaware. Yet as you say, there are people who are now comparing her to Barnette.
I think most people long ago forgot about O’Donnell.
Seems odd. Seems contrived.
Please, give it up...
OZ is no Maga, McCormick is no Maga, you want to be a tool for the swamp, go ahead, but these stupid attacks aren’t swaying anyone.
If Oz or McCormick were worth a damn they wouldn’t be sitting at 20% the entire election despite spending 60 Million between them both... And that’s among ONLY Republican voters...
They are dogs that won’t hunt... and that’s not going to change... all the mud in the last 48 hours is just a joke.. Oh she wasn’t honorably discharged.. she was... Oh she won’t say when she worked for a college, proven she did... just give it up...
I know you will post another 400 hit pieces between now and tuesday, because you are just a troll, not sure who’s writing the checks, but no ones buying it.
I also know, if Barnette does pull off the upset on Tuesday, you and your ilk will keep it up until November, because the last thing the swamp wants is anyone who’s actually an unapologetic conservative christian pro life person in office.
Oz is slimeball opportunist, what my dog leaves on my lawn is more MAGA that this guy... and McCormick is just another wall street Bush Republican.. GOP of PA is useless and feckless and will only accept either of them.. if only they actually fought against Democrats 1/2 as hard as they fought against true conservative what an amazing world this would be.
Maybe it was Kenya?
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