Posted on 05/09/2022 10:47:07 AM PDT by Red Badger
With two weeks to go before the hotly contested Pennsylvania Republican Primary, a new poll shows that race is now a statistical 3-way tie between Dr. Mehmet Oz, Kathy Barnette, and Dave McCormick.
Kathy Barnette is surging due to her debate performance and Oz's heavy negatives with GOP voters pic.twitter.com/LxQLyVWuFK— Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) May 9, 2022
According to the new Trafalgar Group poll, Trump endorsed Oz was at 24.5 percent, Barnette was at 23.2 percent and McCormick was at 21.6 percent in the race to be the nominee for the seat of retiring GOP Senator Pat Toomey.
The survey was conducted between May 6 and May 8. The poll consisted of 1080 likely 2022 GOP primary voters, had a response rate of 1.44 percent and a margin of error of 2.99 percent.
Pundits theorized that Barnette is surging due to her recent debate performance and Oz was falling due to his heavy negatives with Republican voters. During the debate last Wednesday, Barnette spoke about her mother, who was only 11-years-old when she was raped by a man 10 years her senior. Barnette was the result of that rape, and her gratitude to her mother for carrying her and giving her life was clear.
"Whether this was a leak or whether this was a tactical operation we will soon figure out," she said in response to a question about the recent, unprecedented leak of a draft majority opinion from the Supreme Court that could overturn Roe v. Wade.
"One thing is clear, I am so very grateful that our nation is now having a very important conversation, and that is the most important conversation, that is about life. I am the byproduct of a rape," she said.
"My mother was 11-years-old when I was conceived. My father was 21. I was not just a lump of cells. As you can see, I'm still not just a lump of cells. My life has value. And that is one of the reasons why it was so very disturbing when I saw Mehmet Oz running for this particular race." Barnette said she had seen Oz, on "numerous occasions," including on podcast The Breakfast Club, where in 2019 he said that six weeks into a woman's pregnancy, a baby's heart is just "a cell" with "little electrical changes." Oz is a surgeon who has performed operations on infants.
Receipts: https://t.co/8gZSOCKgCW— Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) December 7, 2021
"And the other thing is this whole thing about heart beating," Oz said at the time. "I mean, they're electrical changes at six weeks, but the heart's not beating … If you were to say, starting when we can hear the heart, like when the heart's really doing something, that'd be different. That's not six weeks, though."
Barnette asked Oz if he had changed his position on that. Oz did not say whether he had or had not changed his view but said, "One of the toughest endorsements you could ever get is from your mother-in-law. My mother-in-law is an ordained minister. She wrote a lot of the pro-life literature in Montgomery County where we live, and she certainly understands that I'm pro-life."
"As a heart surgeon I've operated on small children few days old and witnessed the majesty of their hearts pounding blood even though it's ill because I'm operating not to those bodies. I would never think of harming that child or even nine months earlier because life starts at conception," Oz said.
Republican candidate Kathy Barnette receives an ovation after her closing statement. pic.twitter.com/kffNrocGhM— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) May 5, 2022
In her closing statements, Barnette said "I am you Pennsylvania and like you I believe this is the greatest country that has ever existed, but like you, I believe our country is in trouble. I believe that America that allowed me to claw my way out of dire poverty is about to come to a close."
"This time you do not have to hold your nose to vote for the lesser of two evils. I am in a statistical tie for first place, so voting for me is not throwing your vote away."
Here is @Kathy4Truth slamming BLM and Defund the Police in the summer of 2020 during the middle of the riots pic.twitter.com/3b7HOzQ96v— Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) May 9, 2022
"Listen, go to my Facebook page by Kathy Barnett for Senate and you will see exactly what I'm doing today that I will amp up tomorrow after this race. You will see me in rooms full of black people changing their voter registration from Democrat to Republican, you will see me downtown and Chinatown. They are mine. You will see people ushering me in front of a roomful of Amish people with them introducing me as someone with their values."
"Not only do I have a grasp on our own base, but I can go into every nook and cranny and take the votes that we need in order to really be better than in the general election. So, let's go do this." Barnette received a massive round of applause after the remarks.
“..would have won, damn long day”
I was onedering what you meant.
Dave McCormick is the quintessential RINO, temporarily wearing the badge of “conservative” (which he will desert the moment he clinches the nomination), and Dr. Oz continues to be tarnished in regards to rumors of his apparent allegiance to a foreign power. At this point Kathy Barnette, still the most under of underdogs, may or may not capitalize on the stumbles of her two rivals.
But clearly her credentials are excellent. This may or may not please the Rove-Bush league managers. At this juncture, this is irrelevant, as they have a LOT of other fish they must keep frying.
Very good news. This lady is impressive!!!!!
Dr. Oz makes Romney look good.
I think aside from who she is, part of her appeal is that neither are endorsing her.
And Trump picked Oz over these other two for a reason. He is 20-0 for last week, is everyone here ready to join Lyn’ Ted in undercutting Trump?
22 wins, 0 losses. Sorry.
Same here. She’s been traveling the state campaigning. She’s also a strong second amendment supporter. She’ll be a pit bull in Congress.
Wish Trump would switch his endorsement.
I really don’t know anything about Oz beyond Trump’s endorsement and campaigning for him. I’ll be the first to note that Trump has picked people poorly in the past, which I think crippled his administration. Is Oz a bad pick? Is he another person with divided loyalties? Will he be an other Lyn’ Ted?
I’ve heard Fetterman speak at the Pittsburgh bridge collapse. I’m surprised he can tie his own shoe laces.
Why do you have to piss on every thread?
He’s a Turkish citizen and his wife’s family’s company paid a $95 million dollar fine for purposely hiring thousands of illegal aliens.
“Is Oz a bad pick?”
Muslim, pro-trans, anti-gun. Do you need more? He is a terrible pick. Either of the other two republicans are better.
The situation isn’t binary. Try thinking like an adult and drop the false dichotomy BS.
Why has Trump chose to support him?
If either of these are true Trump Republicans, and do not drop out and endorse the leader, then we’ll know.
I was suspicious of Oz, but I heard him on Wilkow and he was articulate and his answers satisfied me. The media going after him seals the deal.
Barnett seems like a great candidate too- but Rove supported.
If I had to choose, for this election only, I am voting 100% across the board Trump supported candidates.
I assume because Trump thinks he can win.
I honestly don’t have a clue what Trump is thinking.
The real race-breaker here will be which way McCormick’s voters go.
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