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Fact check: Deceptive attack ad from Oz allies falsely depicts Barnette's positions on Black Lives Matter, race and policing
CNN ^ | May 14, 2022 | Daniel Dale and Andrew Kaczynski

Posted on 05/14/2022 3:11:59 PM PDT by McGruff

A super PAC supporting Mehmet Oz, the celebrity surgeon and prominent candidate in Pennsylvania's Republican Senate primary, has released an attack ad that wildly distorts the past remarks and positions of Kathy Barnette, a party rival who is surging in late-campaign polls.

The super PAC, American Leadership Action, tries to depict the right-wing Barnette, who ran unsuccessfully for the US House of Representatives in 2020, as a "crazy" advocate of liberal positions. To do so, though, the super PAC misleadingly truncated Barnette's past comments about race and policing and added inaccurate introductions to these shortened clips.

The primary takes place on Tuesday. The super PAC did not respond to a request for comment on Friday.

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


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1 posted on 05/14/2022 3:11:59 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Dr. Odd is pooping his pants, apparently. Going slanderously negative at the 11th hour? Looks like $30 million down the drain, eh?


2 posted on 05/14/2022 3:13:43 PM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: Antoninus

Snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Great strategy.


3 posted on 05/14/2022 3:15:01 PM PDT by bwest
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To: McGruff

I’m not comfortable with a muslim at any level of government.


4 posted on 05/14/2022 3:15:08 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: McGruff

She doesn’t even know what a DD-214 is. The woman is a moron.


5 posted on 05/14/2022 3:17:35 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: McGruff

More taqiyya from the Oz camp.


6 posted on 05/14/2022 3:18:41 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX!)
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To: McGruff

Oz is a smiley Muslim homo.


7 posted on 05/14/2022 3:19:14 PM PDT by humblegunner (Ain't drownin', Just wavin'...)
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To: bigbob

You stay classy.


8 posted on 05/14/2022 3:19:49 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: bwest
Voting for this kind of train wreck. Great strategy!

Dr. Odd sez:

Right now, the @CDCgov is NOT funded to study gun violence in this country. It’s time we treat shootings as a public health problem. Contact your congressperson today to demand they fund the #CDC to comprehensively study gun violence. #EndTheBan https://t.co/iFDGMG7fI5 pic.twitter.com/lZdMXW5zLC— Dr. Mehmet Oz (@DrOz) March 14, 2018


9 posted on 05/14/2022 3:20:15 PM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: McGruff

The ad is indeed a blatant lie, even though CNN says so.


10 posted on 05/14/2022 3:21:01 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: McGruff

Apparently CNN is rooting for her. They must believe that she is extremely vulnerable in the general election.


11 posted on 05/14/2022 3:22:58 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong
Meanwhile, Kathy Barnette says:

I’ve released my military records.

Any statement to the contrary is a lie.

Has Mehmet Oz released his military records from when he served in Turkey?— Kathy Barnette (@Kathy4Truth) May 14, 2022



This lady is a fighter.
12 posted on 05/14/2022 3:25:19 PM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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What makes anyone think she can win? Also, I tire of the never-ending quests for “Black conservatives.” It always ends up like JC Watts, supporting racial quotas because at some point genetics do matter when it comes to achievement.
I’d rather vote for someone who can win with whom I agree 50% of the time than someone with whom I agree 75-80% of the time who can’t.
She’s a flawed candidate with issues of integrity and self-control. She’ll get crushed like a grape in the general, and wet be stuck with a Senator with whom I agree 0% of the time.
Snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.


13 posted on 05/14/2022 3:28:30 PM PDT by georgecorgi
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To: McGruff

Wow! cnn is coming to Barnette’s defense. That should tell you all you need to know about her.


14 posted on 05/14/2022 3:29:02 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: Antoninus
This lady is a fighter.

That she is, but we really know very little about her, and that's just a fact. I'm not telling anyone who to vote for, just that CNN coming to her rescue causes me to wonder why. Pure and simple. 🙂

15 posted on 05/14/2022 3:29:26 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: humblegunner
Oz is a smiley Muslim homo.

Oh, so you are saying you and him have that in common.
16 posted on 05/14/2022 3:30:42 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: McGruff

I find the arguments by both Oz and Barnette supporters persuasive. Tough one!


17 posted on 05/14/2022 3:31:45 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan (Pot legalization licenses every degenerate pothead piece of trash to force drug neighbors.)
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To: JoSixChip
CNN sees everything through the lens of "how can we harm Trump?" In this case, they are miscalculating as badly as Trump himself has. I'm sure they think Kathy will be a weak candidate. Listen to her, though. She is poised to ride the red wave...

Kathy on Gettr:

Mehmet can’t tell you whether or not he’d vote to send $40 billion to the Ukraine because he hasn’t checked with handlers yet.

That’s the nice thing about not owing anything to the establishment - you can listen to the voice of the people.

America First.

18 posted on 05/14/2022 3:33:32 PM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: JoSixChip

I suspect CNN is trying to hurt Trump. 0z and Barnette are just a means to an end.


19 posted on 05/14/2022 3:34:05 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: McGruff

So CNN is standing up for her? What does that mean?


20 posted on 05/14/2022 3:34:31 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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