Posted on 05/14/2022 2:10:48 AM PDT by RandFan
Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate Kathy Barnette on Thursday denied writing a tweet that claimed “pedophilia is a Cornerstone of Islam,” saying that she “would have never said that.”
In an interview with NBC’s Dasha Burns, Barnette, a conservative commentator who is running for the GOP Senate nomination in Pennsylvania, flatly rejected the notion that she had authored the 2015 tweet, despite the fact that the post still exists on her Twitter account.
“Yeah, no, I don’t think that’s me,” Barnette said. “I would never have said that. OK, I would have never said that, because I don’t believe that.”
Barnette’s campaign manager did not immediately respond to The Hill’s request for comment on the denial.
The denial comes as Barnette surges in the Pennsylvania GOP Senate primary just days before Republican voters head to the polls to choose their nominee to succeed retiring Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.).
Former President Trump has endorsed celebrity physician Mehmet Oz in the primary, though polling suggests a close race for the Republican nod. A Fox 29-InsiderAdvantage survey released earlier this week shows Oz leading the field with 23 percent support, though Barnette trails in a close second with 21 percent support.
Barnette’s late rise in the primary has come as a surprise to many Republicans, who saw Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick as the two front-runners.
I had high hopes for you.
You are proof that information warfare works.
Agreed...why is she being ignored? Is there something we're missing?
Remember when we were all enamored over Rubio?
I think Barnette may be the same sort of deal - notice it wasn’t an outright denial.
Message paid for by Mitch McConnell, Inc.
The Dems have installed lyin’ Biden into the highest office without the slightest remorse because they understand that the goal is more important than the players. I’m thinking Barnette can move the ball in the right direction. I’m going to vote for her with enthusiasm.
Muhammad is another name for Mehmet.
Just like Mehmet Oz, what a coincidence.
Barnette is right, if she wrote it.
I wonder if it is possible for twitter to make up tweets, back date them, and insert them in your account.
I believe the dynamics have changed, a scrapper can win in the general election with blemishes and all. Democratics are so dangerous that we don’t need to put forward a Romney style polished turd to get the anti dem decadence vote. We win virtually nothing if we manage to squeek in a RINO.
Make America Great Again. Oz is not that person. Trump will have success where he backs MAGA candidates and not elsewhere. This is way bigger than Trump.
Oh God...
Islam is DISGUSTING.
Don’t back down from the truth. Tell that to all the girls in London who are raped and sold into slavery by the Mooselimbs.
>> Except Kathy Barnette is not a lawyer
I don’t think she claimed to be one.
Yeah I’ll stick with her. It’s obvious she’s over the target because she’s the one taking flack
You didn’t finish. You also have to include that you were easily swayed by fake news.
She does NOT believe in systemic racism. The Swamp took clips out of context, totally. You have bought the Big Lie.
No.. it’s called reality. Are you cognizant enough to remember the Christine O’Donnell disaster in 2010?
Great, with Barnett as the nominee, PA have a dem Senator in January.
Yes, she was 6 when they “married” and 9 when they “consummated”. But don’t forget that before 9 he pased the time by “thighing” her.
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