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WHAT OHIOANS ARE SAYING: Moreno’s “Lie After Lie” Shows “He Is Wrong For Ohioans”

Mahoning Valley Resident Linda Taylor: “By Lying To Us Time And Time Again, Moreno Has Made It Clear He Is Wrong For Ohioans And Can’t Be Trusted To Represent Us.”

Columbus, OH – Ohioans are sounding off on Bernie Moreno’s “pattern of lying on the campaign trail” that has “made it clear he is wrong for Ohioans.” Moreno continues to face criticism from Ohioans for the “dubious claims” and the “questions about his biography and business background” that are “dogg[ing] his campaign.”

Tribune Chronicle: Pants on fire: GOP Senate candidate Moreno bad for Ohio
Linda Taylor
June 22, 2024

  • On the campaign trail, Bernie Moreno has been caught in lie after lie that makes it crystal clear he is only out for himself, not Ohioans.
  • Moreno lies about selling the Chinese-made Buick Envision. But the truth is, as a car salesman, Moreno sold the Buick Envision, a car that was always made in China and not the United States. While the Lordstown plant was shutting down here in the Valley, Bernie was lining his own pockets, selling a car made in China.
  • Moreno has shown a pattern of lying on the campaign trail, whether it’s lying about escaping socialism, shutting down Cleveland State’s Confucius Institute, building his car dealership business all on his own, or his phony “rags-to-riches” story that he grew up “lower middle class” and “came here with absolutely nothing.”
  • The truth is Bernie “Pants-On-Fire” Moreno has lied over and over in a calculated attempt to reinvent himself to fool us into giving him our vote.
  • Moreno doesn’t respect Ohioans enough to tell us the truth. He’d rather pander to us by lying to our faces. He will say whatever he thinks he needs to say to win, with no regard for the truth.
  • By lying to us time and time again, Moreno has made it clear he is wrong for Ohioans and can’t be trusted to represent us.

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”; Bernie Moreno “Sold Out American Workers” With “Serious Lie” About Selling Chinese-Made Cars; NEW: Moreno Lying About Getting Rid of Confucius Institute; NEW: Bernie Moreno Caught Lying About “Escaping” Socialism; Questions Bernie Moreno Must Answer After New Report Exposes He’s Been Lying About How He Started His First Dealership

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Ohio’s Unique Abortion Rights Landscape is Creating a Vulnerability for Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno

MEMORANDUM

TO: Interested Parties
FROM: Ohio Democratic Party Press
RE: Ohio’s Unique Abortion Rights Landscape is Creating a Vulnerability for Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno 

OVERVIEW: Despite 57% of Ohioans voting to pass Issue 1 and protect reproductive freedom last year, Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno has said he would overturn the will of voters by supporting a national abortion ban that would supersede Ohio law. Moreno’s support of a national abortion ban with no exceptions puts him out-of-step with the majority of Ohio voters and is a major liability as he attempts to win Ohioans’ votes.

MORENO WOULD OVERTURN THE WILL OF OHIOANS WITH A NATIONAL ABORTION BAN: Ohioans made it clear that women’s healthcare decisions should be between them and their doctors – but Bernie Moreno wants to overturn the will of the voters by passing a national abortion ban.

  • Cleveland.com: “While competing for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, Bernie Moreno argued for national legislation banning abortion…and previously has described himself as “100% pro-life without exceptions.”
  • Cleveland.com: “[Moreno] celebrated Supreme Court returning abortion to states. Then Ohioans passed abortion rights…Moreno, as he has throughout his current Senate campaign, called for federal legislation banning abortion.’”

MORENO OPPOSES ABORTION “WITH NO EXCEPTIONS:” Moreno has described himself as “100% pro-life with no exceptions” and “absolute pro-life, no exceptions,” even in cases of rape, incest, and the life of the mother.

MORENO IS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF OHIOANS: Moreno voted to uphold Ohio’s abortion ban without exceptions for rape or incest, voted against protecting contraception and fertility treatments, donated $100,000 of his personal fortune to the campaign to defeat Issue 1.

  • Moreno also opposes guaranteeing a woman’s right to access contraception, including birth control pills, and opposes federal protections for IVF. Moreno called protecting IVF a “non-issue” a week after the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that prompted clinics to halt IVF treatments.
  • Moreno: “I’ve given hundreds of thousands of dollars of my own money to pro life causes…I’m 100% pro-life myself, unapologetically pro-life.”
  • NBC: “Moreno was also visible in the fight and donated money to the campaign to defeat the ballot measure, known as Issue 1.”

OHIOANS HAVE SPOKEN OUT ABOUT MORENO’S PLAN TO PASS A NATIONAL ABORTION BAN: Across the state, Ohioans have made clear that Moreno’s plan to overrule voters and pass a national abortion ban is disqualifying.

  • Anna Birr, Columbus, OH: “I am concerned that we voted against a statewide abortion ban only to now have Bernie Moreno running for Senator from Ohio.”
  • Angie Charles, Stow, OH: “After all the work to get reproductive rights written into our state constitution, we can’t send a fanatic like Bernie to Washington to take it away.”
  • Dr. Kale Turner, Columbus, OH: “We must defeat out-of-touch candidates like Moreno…who would mute our voices by voting for a national abortion ban.”
  • Dr. Arthur Lavin, Cleveland, OH: “Ohioans overwhelmingly voted to protect reproductive rights last fall, but now Bernie Moreno thinks that he and other politicians should be the ones making Ohio women’s healthcare decisions.”
  • Dr. Catherine Romanos, Dayton, OH:  “Bernie Moreno says he opposes all exceptions and will vote for a national abortion ban that would put my patients and all Ohio women in jeopardy.”

THE BOTTOM LINE: Moreno has made it clear he will not respect the will of Ohio voters and will pass an abortion ban that is out-of-step with the position the majority of Ohioans hold. Ohioans will not forget that Moreno wants to overturn their will by voting for a national abortion ban and has said himself he is “100% pro-life with no exceptions.” 

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QUICK CLIP: Bernie Moreno Slammed For Supporting National Abortion Ban

Columbus, OH –  One day before the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, Ohio mom and Red Wine and Blue founder Katie Paris slammed Bernie Moreno’s dangerous support for a national abortion ban that would overturn the will of Ohioans and made it clear that “once again, reproductive rights [are] on the ballot in Ohio in 2024.”

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Katie Paris, Red Wine and Blue: “Bernie Moreno… believes there should be a national abortion ban, and this is the shocking part too, a national abortion ban with no exceptions for rape, incest, or even the life of the mother.”

Katie Paris, Red Wine and Blue: “So I think people do understand that, once again, reproductive rights [are] on the ballot in Ohio in 2024.”

Katie Paris, Red Wine and Blue: “Just last week, the U.S. Senate had a vote on protecting the right to contraception, and Senator Sherrod Brown voted, of course, in support of the right to birth control. But his opponent, Bernie Moreno… his campaign, said that he would have opposed the right to birth control.”

One Day Ahead of the Dobbs Anniversary, Here’s What Ohioans Need To Know About Bernie Moreno’s Support For A National Abortion Ban

  • Bernie Moreno supports a national abortion ban that would overturn the will of Ohioans who voted overwhelmingly to protect abortion rights last year.
  • Moreno opposes guaranteeing a woman’s right to access contraception, including birth control pills. Moreno opposes federal protections for IVF and called IVF a “non-issue” a week after the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that prompted clinics to halt IVF treatments.
  • Moreno voted to ban abortion without exceptions for rape or incest in Ohio last year by voting against Issue 1. 
  • Moreno celebrated the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, calling it a “monumental victory.”

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BAD NEWS BERNIE: Ahead Of Dobbs Anniversary, Ohioans “Denounce” Moreno For Supporting National Abortion Ban

Columbus, OH – Ahead of the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision, Ohioans are “denouncing” Bernie Moreno’s support for a national abortion ban that would overturn the will of Ohioans who voted overwhelmingly to protect abortion rights last year.

NEED-TO-KNOW THIS WEEK:

  • The upcoming two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade is a stark reminder that Bernie Moreno supports a national abortion ban and would overturn the will of Ohioans who overwhelmingly voted to protect reproductive rights last year.
  • Watch the 30-second digital ad running today that spotlights Bernie Moreno’s support for a national abortion ban with no exceptions here:

❌ A “MONUMENTAL VICTORY”: Bernie Moreno called the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision which led to Ohio’s dangerous abortion ban a “monumental victory.” Ahead of the upcoming two-year anniversary of the decision, here’s what Ohioans need to know about Bernie Moreno’s support for a national abortion ban:

  • Bernie Moreno supports a national abortion ban that would overturn the will of Ohioans who voted overwhelmingly to protect abortion rights last year. 
  • Moreno opposes guaranteeing a woman’s right to access contraception, including birth control pills. Moreno opposes federal protections for IVF and called IVF a “non-issue” a week after the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that prompted clinics to halt IVF treatments.
  • Moreno voted to ban abortion without exceptions for rape or incest in Ohio last year by voting against Issue 1.

🧑‍⚕️ BERNIE OPPOSES PROTECTING BIRTH CONTROL: After reporting revealed Bernie Moreno opposes guaranteeing a woman’s right to access contraception, including birth control pills, Ohioans continue to hear that Bernie Moreno’s stance on access to contraceptives is “clearly not what the majority of people in Ohio believe.” Moreno already voted against protecting abortion rights and birth control and IVF access by voting against Issue 1 last year. Listen to Howard Wilkinson from WVXU on Moreno here:

  • “According to his campaign press secretary, [Moreno] would have voted against [the Right to Contraception Act] if he had been a Member of the Senate when the vote was taken last week…”
  • “Bernie Moreno, a luxury car dealer from Cleveland, was opposed to Issue 1 last fall, at a time when nearly six out of every ten Ohio voters was saying yes to abortion rights and contraception.”
  • “He’s also on the record several times saying that he’s 100% against abortion and said that he makes no exception for rape or incest or the life of a mom. And lately he has been saying that, if elected, he would vote for a national abortion ban…Now this is clearly not what the majority of people in Ohio believe in 2024.”

🚫 NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT ON BERNIE’S NATIONAL ABORTION BAN: Moreno’s support for a national abortion ban is getting national attention as The Washington Post highlighted that an organization that pledged to only back candidates who support a national abortion ban has endorsed Bernie Moreno. Moreno has said he would overrule the nearly 2.2 million Ohioans who voted to enshrine access to abortion by voting for Issue 1 last fall.

 🗞️ WHAT OHIOANS ARE READING THIS WEEK:

  • Retired educator Linda Taylor: “Bernie Moreno tells lie after lie to Ohio voters to sell us a phony political persona that he thinks will win him votes. It’s clear to me that Bernie Moreno will say whatever he thinks he needs to say to win. He’s a liar and that is not the person Ohioans deserve to represent them.”
  • Marty Schalden, Ohio Capital Journal: “Yes, but who should be a co-host of this [Moreno] fundraiser but Tony George, who wasn’t just somebody who was sort of, you know, elliptically involved in the House Bill Six matter. He was in the center of some of these relationships through the whole thing.”
  • Mother Jones: “Bernie Moreno built an empire selling luxury vehicles—and stiffing workers.”

🐤 TWEET OF THE WEEK:

🎶 CODA: “If you’re going to lie to people you better think twice. We’re not that ignorant. We can see it coming.”

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REMINDER: Ahead of Dobbs Anniversary, Here’s Where Ohio Republicans Stand On Reproductive Rights.

Columbus, Ohio- Ahead of the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs vs Jackson Women’s Health Organization, here’s a look at what Republicans have been saying about abortion after Ohio voted overwhelmingly to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution.

  • Orlando Sonza has repeatedly supported a national abortion ban and said that the United States should be a “place where there’s no abortion.” However, following the passage of issue one, he has repeatedly lied to voters about his views that he knows are too extreme for OH-1. When his constituents overwhelmingly voted to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio’s constitution, he called it a “sad day.”
  • And we can’t forget about last August, where Frank LaRose and his fellow Republicans called a special election in an attempt to undermine Ohio’s democracy that was “100% about abortion” rather than allowing voters to choose to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions, only to be overwhelmingly defeated at the polls.

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