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Heartland Signal: Bernie Moreno Claims To Have Learned English From Ronald Reagan Speeches. The Timeline Doesn’t Make Sense.

Columbus, OH – Bernie Moreno repeatedly claimed that he “learned English from watching Ronald Reagan’s speeches” at five years old, but new reporting found that the timeline “doesn’t make sense.” This lie is the latest example in a growing “string of inconsistencies” that is “dogg[ing]” Moreno as he attempts to “turn himself into someone he is not.”

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Heartland Signal: Bernie Moreno claims to have learned English from Ronald Reagan speeches. The timeline doesn’t make sense.
Richard Eberwein
July 9, 2024

• Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno says he learned English from watching Ronald Reagan’s speeches as a child, even though Reagan was not yet a national political figure and Moreno was five years old at the time.

• During an appearance on the “MVRed Podcast” in January 2022, Moreno claimed to have learned English from listening to Reagan’s speeches. When asked about who helped shape his political beliefs, Moreno cited conversations with his father, and speeches by Reagan which he claims to have learned English from.

• “I’d say my dad first. Reagan certainly, you know I learned English listening to Reagan’s speeches as a kid,” Moreno said. “He was very influential in my life politically.”

• During another podcast interview with Ohio Christian Alliance in October 2021, Moreno claimed he listened to Reagan when he started learning English.

• “One of the presidents I got to really know a lot was Reagan because that was my formative years,” Moreno said. “I was just learning English… This was a time that for me was so fortunate to have Ronald Reagan during those years for me.”

• Moreno moved to the United States with his family from Colombia in 1971, when he was about five years old. During an appearance at the Turning Point Action Conference in July 2023, Moreno himself said that he learned English “pretty quickly” after moving to the United States. In a separate radio interview from May 2021, Moreno said he learned English when he was five. Moreno’s parents and older siblings were also fluent or proficient in English at this time, making it extremely unlikely that Moreno substantially “learned English” from Reagan speeches when he was five.

• The Moreno campaign did not immediately respond for clarification on what speeches by Reagan he was watching while learning English at five years old.

• Reagan was also the governor of California at the time, but he had not yet become a national voice for the Republican Party. It wasn’t until his 1976 campaign that Reagan began to make regular radio and television appearances.

• And while Reagan had prominence as an actor and a Democrat-turned-Republican activist (he gave his popular “A Time for Choosing” speech in 1964 to promote Barry Goldwater’s presidential campaign), he wasn’t a popular conservative figure until after he exchanged his governorship for a radio program in 1975.

• Russell Riley, co-chair of the Miller Center’s Presidential Oral History Program, told History in 2020 that after Reagan left office as governor in 1975, he developed “a radio presence in a way that really puts him in the public consciousness as a conservative voice in America.” Moreno was eight years old when Reagan started his radio show.

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Columbus, OH – With less than four months until the #OHSEN general election, Bernie Moreno’s record of “stiffing workers” and “shredding evidence” continues to “prove to be a liability.” From the “dubious claims” “dogg[ing]” him on the campaign trail to his “disrespectful” support for a national abortion ban that would overturn the will of Ohioans, Ohioans continue to see that Moreno is “someone who just does not tell the truth” and “can’t be trusted” to look out for Ohioans.

4 Things Ohioans Need To Know About Bernie Moreno:

1. Moreno is facing scrutiny for the “dubious claims” and “string of inconsistencies that have dogged his campaign” as lie after lie is exposed. Moreno has shown Ohioans he can’t be trusted after he was caught lying about selling the Chinese-made Buick Envision which contributed to “Ohio jobs being shipped overseas,” lying about his phony “rags-to-riches” story as the “signature pitch” of his campaign, lying about shutting down Cleveland State’s Confucius Institute, lying about “escap[ing]” socialism, lying about bringing 5G to Cleveland, and lying about his business origin story.

2. Moreno’s record has been clouded by lawsuits that “could prove to be a liability,” including over a dozen lawsuits where Moreno refused to pay his workers the overtime they earned, then deliberately destroyed evidence he was legally required to keep to get out of it. Moreno was found liable for wage theft by a jury – forcing Moreno to pay over $400,000 in damages to his employees and settle over a dozen similar wage theft cases. After he got caught, Moreno repeatedly lied about the case and multiple fact-checks found his excuses “false.”

3. Moreno would vote for a national abortion ban that would overturn the will of Ohioans. Moreno has said he is “100% pro-life without exceptions,” called the overturning of Roe v. Wade a “monumental victory,” and opposes protecting a woman’s right to access contraception, including birth control pills.

4. Moreno is not the outsider he claims to be. Moreno exploited his “inside” political connections, hefty campaign contributions, and public board appointments for years to steer government contracts and taxpayer dollars toward his businesses – leading Moreno to ultimately cash out for “at least $5 million.”

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Cherie Lyn, St. Marys Resident: “Moreno Won’t Stand With Ohioans”

Columbus, OH –  Ohioans continue to slam Bernie Moreno for his “disrespectful” support for a national abortion ban that “flies directly in the face of what Ohioans voted for” and would “take away our rights and take away our peace of mind.” Bernie Moreno supports a national abortion ban that would overturn the will of Ohioans and opposes protecting access to contraception, including birth control pills.

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The Evening Leader: Bernie Moreno Wants An Abortion Ban, Doesn’t Respect Ohio Voters
Cherie Lyn
July 3, 2024

• The anniversary of the Dobbs decision this past week was a reminder of the many Ohio voters who showed up at the polls last fall, to enshrine reproductive rights in Ohio’s constitution, and vote by an overwhelming majority to enshrine abortion access in our state.

• But unfortunately, our work isn’t over.

• Bernie Moreno, who is running for U.S. Senate, supports a national abortion ban, and if he were elected to the Senate he would overrule the will of thousands of voters who made their voices heard on reproductive rights last year.

• Ohioans made it clear where we stand. Sherrod Brown has also made it clear he stands with us and has always been an advocate for a woman’s right to make her own healthcare decisions.

• Moreno doesn’t care that Ohioans overwhelmingly support a woman’s right to choose. Frankly, it’s disrespectful of Moreno to campaign on supporting a national abortion ban when he knows that flies directly in the face of what Ohioans voted for last fall.

• Moreno won’t stand with Ohioans and he doesn’t support our values. We can’t let Moreno take away our rights and take away our peace of mind. We have to reelect Sherrod this November.

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Columbus, OH – Bernie Moreno remains silent on the “string of inconsistencies” that are “dogg[ing]” his campaign and owes Ohioans answers about the lies he’s told on the trail, including the “signature pitch” of his campaign and other “dubious claims” he has made to Ohio voters.

Questions Moreno must answer about the lies “dogg[ing] his campaign”:

1. Why are you claiming on the campaign trail that you had a “lower-middle-class status” and lived a “bootstraps story,” when your family was actually “rich and politically connected,” lived in a luxury oceanfront condo, and “never completely left behind” your wealth and status?

2. Why did you claim you “didn’t take handouts” when reporting shows you got your dealership at a steep discount? Will you make documents around your 2005 insider deal available?

3. Why are you lying to Ohio workers by claiming you never sold Chinese-made SUVs? Will you apologize to Ohio workers who have criticized you for contributing to their jobs being “shipped overseas” and “hurt[ing] Mahoning Valley workers and families?”

4. Why are you lying about shutting down Cleveland State’s Confucius Institute?

5. Why are you lying about escaping socialism?

6. Why are you lying about bringing 5G access to Cleveland?

SEE ALSO: NEW: NYT Report Details Bernie Moreno’s Phony “Rags-To-Riches Tale” & Lies About “Bootstraps Story” As Part Of “Calculated Process of Self-Creation”; Questions Bernie Moreno Must Answer After New Report Exposes He’s Been Lying About How He Started His First Dealership; Bernie Moreno Again Caught Lying, This Time About Selling Chinese-Made Buick Envision; NEW: Moreno Lying About Getting Rid of Confucius Institute; NEW: Bernie Moreno Caught Lying About “Escaping” Socialism; Moreno Caught Lying Again – This Time Falsely Claiming Credit For Bringing 5G Access To Cleveland

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Ohio Physician Dr. Nicole King: “Moreno Still Refuses To Accept The Will Of Ohioans”

Columbus, OH –  In a new opinion piece for the Cincinnati Enquirer, Ohio physician Dr. Nicole King makes it clear that Bernie Moreno’s support for a national abortion ban means that “the fight to protect Issue 1 is not over,” and “the reproductive rights we fought to protect by passing Issue 1 are still at risk.”

At the same time, Moreno, who calls himself “100% pro-life” and who “doesn’t believe in any exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother,” is campaigning behind closed doors with Senator John Thune, who also supports a national abortion ban, and State Rep. Melanie Miller, who – like Moreno – wants to overrule the overwhelming majority of Ohioans who voted to enshrine access to abortion in the state constitution.

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The Cincinnati Enquirer: Vote for Moreno puts access to reproductive care in danger
Dr. Nicole King
June 30, 2024

• June marked the second anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, a decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and threatened the reproductive freedoms of women across Ohio. But thanks to the relentless work of [healthcare] workers and organizers across Ohio, we passed Issue 1 last fall by an overwhelming majority.  A ballot measure that enshrined reproductive rights, birth control and infertility treatment protections into our state’s constitution.

• Unfortunately, with Bernie Moreno running for U.S. Senate, and promising to pass a national abortion ban if he’s elected, the reproductive rights we fought to protect by passing Issue 1 are still at risk. When the Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision, women in Ohio were rightfully scared, facing the risk of losing the fundamental freedoms we had worked so hard to attain.

• Moreno had a different response. He celebrated the Dobbs decision as “a monumental victory.”

• Women and men across Ohio got to work to get Issue 1 on the ballot and make sure it passed, but Bernie Moreno opposed the effort relentlessly. Moreno donated $100,000 to Protect Women Ohio, the group spearheading the effort to defeat Issue 1. 

• Thankfully, on Election Day last fall, Bernie Moreno found himself on the opposite side of nearly 2.2 million Ohioans who passed Issue 1. Moreno voted against Issue 1, and in doing so he voted to ban abortion without exceptions for rape or incest and voted against protecting access to contraception, infertility treatment, and miscarriage care.

• Moreno still refuses to accept the will of Ohioans.

• He is selfish and ignorant enough to support a national abortion ban that would overturn access to abortion – access that Ohioans overwhelmingly support. He has also opposed guaranteeing a woman’s right to access contraception, including birth control pills and opposed federal protections for IVF.

• His bravado and false sense of purpose and justice is a weapon he is using to eliminate the rights enshrined within our own state constitution. Rights overwhelmingly supported by the constituents of Ohio.

• Moreno has said he is “100 percent pro-life with no exceptions,” showing what his priorities would be if he ever makes it to Washington.

• Issue 1 is about so much more than access to reproductive freedom; it is about the health and safety of women. Before Issue 1, Ohioans experienced the dangerous and frightening reality of the lack of abortion protections, even when faced with dire medical emergencies.

• During this time, politicians were allowed to make [healthcare] decisions for women, inserting themselves into private, personal [healthcare] discussions that should be kept solely between a woman, her chosen loved ones and her physician. Moreno’s support for restrictive bans would subject Ohio women and women across the country to a reality devoid of access to safe reproductive care.

• Ohio women cannot trust Moreno because he cares more about his politics than our safety.

• When it comes to protecting reproductive freedom, the stakes are just as high in 2024 as they were in 2023. We must make our voices clear once again that [healthcare] decisions are between a woman and her doctor. Politicians like Moreno have no business inserting themselves into sacred private relationships between a woman and her physician.

• The fight to protect Issue 1 is not over. We must continue the fight by making sure Bernie Moreno is never elected to the U.S. Senate.

Salon: Senate Republicans set to seize on Supreme Court’s abortion opening
Cecile Richards
June 29, 2024

• Every mainstream Republican candidate running for a seat in the United States Senate would be a vote for a national abortion ban.

• And they won’t stop there. In the last month alone, Republican senators have blocked Democratic legislation to protect access to birth control and IVF.

• Moreno doesn’t believe in any exceptions for rape, incest, or the life of the mother.

• Sherrod Brown – has a long track record of fighting to protect access to abortion.

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