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New York Times: “There Is Much More That Mr. Moreno Does Not Say About His Background, His Upbringing And His Very Powerful Present-Day Ties In The Country Where He Was Born.”

Columbus, OH – Four days ago, New York Times reporting exposed Bernie Moreno’s phony “riches-to-rags-to-riches,” “only-in-America bootstraps story.” Now, Moreno owes Ohioans answers about why the “signature pitch” of his campaign is a lie.

Here Are Some Questions Moreno Must Answer After Lying To Ohioans About His Phony “Rags-To-Riches” Story:

1. Why did you lie about the modest circumstances of your childhood when your family “never completely left behind” your wealth and status?

2. Why did you lie about moving into a cramped, two-bedroom apartment that was in reality a “three-bedroom condominium in a new, 15-story high-rise” with private beach access and “a pool, a putting green and a sauna” before you almost immediately moved into a four-bedroom house?

3. Why are you claiming you had a “lower-middle-class status” on the campaign trail when your family was actually “rich and politically connected?”

4. Why are you trying to mislead Ohio voters through a clearly “calculated process of self-creation?”

SEE ALSO: WHAT OHIOANS ARE READING: “Questions Have Arisen” About Moreno’s Phony “Riches-To-Rags-To-Riches” Story; Four Questions for Bernie Moreno About Phony “Rags-To-Riches Tale”; Bernie Moreno Faces Further Scrutiny For Phony “Rags-To-Riches Tale”; Moreno’s “String of Inconsistencies” Grows with Phony “Rags-To-Riches” Tale; WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: Bernie Moreno “Under Fire” For Phony “Riches-To-Rags-To-Riches” Story That “Isn’t What He Says”; NEW: NYT Report Details Bernie Moreno’s Phony “Rags-To-Riches Tale” & Lies About “Bootstraps Story” As Part Of “Calculated Process of Self-Creation”

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New York Times: Bernie Moreno, The Republican Challenging Senator Sherrod Brown In Ohio, Tells A Riches-To-Rags-To-Riches Tale. But The Reality Isn’t So Tidy.

Columbus, OH –  Following recent New York Times reporting detailing Bernie Moreno’s phony “riches-to-rags-to-riches” story, Moreno is facing even more scrutiny for lying to Ohio voters about his “upbringings and connections” as part of a “calculated process of self-creation.”

What Ohioans are reading about Moreno’s phony “riches-to-rags-to-riches” tale:

Axios Cleveland: A more complete Bernie Moreno backstory
May 15, 2024

• Moreno, who is running for U.S. Senate against Democrat Sherrod Brown, has frequently told the story of his legal immigration and rags-to-riches success in the United States.

• Reality check: The New York Times recently revealed there’s more to Moreno’s upbringing and connections in Colombia than the narrative he projects.

• “Mr. Moreno was born into a rich and politically connected family in Bogotá, where some members continue to enjoy great wealth and status,” the Times reports.

• Zoom in: Moreno’s father was an accomplished surgeon. One of his brothers is the president and CEO of a “major construction and development conglomerate.”

• Another brother was the Colombian ambassador to the U.S. before being elected president of the Inter-American Development Bank.

• The bottom line: To appeal to Ohio’s working-class voters, Moreno has downplayed his elite South American connections…

The Washington Post: The Early 202: Potential candidate weaknesses
May 15, 2024

• In Ohio, questions have arisen about Republican candidate Bernie Moreno’s background, including his family’s rags-to-riches story as Colombian immigrants.

• The New York Times reported over the weekend that his parents were prominent, wealthy Colombians who came to the United States to help their children learn English and experience something new.

National Journal: Hotline’s Wake-Up Call
May 13, 2024

• OH SEN: 2022 candidate Bernie Moreno (R) is campaigning “as an immigrant who made good, reaching out to Ohio voters with a stirring, only-in-America bootstraps story: arriving as a child from Colombia, taking a risk on a struggling business, and then turning it into a smashing success and himself into a millionaire 100 times over.”

• However, Moreno “was born into a rich and politically connected family in Bogotá, a city that it never completely left behind, where some members continue to enjoy great wealth and status.”

• One of his brothers served as ambassadors to the U.S., and another “ founded a development and construction empire that stretches across the Andes from the Colombian interior to its Caribbean shores.” (New York Times)

Cleveland.com: Capitol Letter: Deep Dive
May 14, 2024

• The New York Times published a story Sunday examining Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno’s background, particularly scrutinizing the story Moreno has told voters describing his family’s decision to leave everything in Colombia that eventually led to Moreno’s success in business here.

• The story says “the reality isn’t so tidy” and, doing reporting in Colombia and Florida, gets into details of Moreno’s wealthy Colombian family and his family’s early years in the United States.

SEE ALSO: Four Questions for Bernie Moreno About Phony “Rags-To-Riches Tale”; Bernie Moreno Faces Further Scrutiny For Phony “Rags-To-Riches Tale”; Moreno’s “String of Inconsistencies” Grows with Phony “Rags-To-Riches” Tale; WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: Bernie Moreno “Under Fire” For Phony “Riches-To-Rags-To-Riches” Story That “Isn’t What He Says”; NEW: NYT Report Details Bernie Moreno’s Phony “Rags-To-Riches Tale” & Lies About “Bootstraps Story” As Part Of “Calculated Process of Self-Creation”

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New York Times: “There Is Much More That Mr. Moreno Does Not Say About His Background, His Upbringing And His Very Powerful Present-Day Ties In The Country Where He Was Born.”

Columbus, OH –  Three days ago, New York Times reporting exposed Bernie Moreno’s phony “riches-to-rags-to-riches,” “only-in-America bootstraps story.”  Now, Moreno owes Ohioans answers about why the “signature pitch” of his campaign is a lie.

Here Are Some Questions Moreno Must Answer After Lying To Ohioans With His Phony “Rags-To-Riches” Story:

1. Why did you lie about the modest circumstances of your childhood when your family “never completely left behind” your wealth and status?

2. Why did you lie about moving into a cramped, two-bedroom apartment that was in reality a “three-bedroom condominium in a new, 15-story high-rise” with private beach access and “a pool, a putting green and a sauna” before you almost immediately moved into a four-bedroom house?

3. Why are you claiming you had a “lower-middle-class status” on the campaign trail when your family was actually “rich and politically connected?”

4. Why are you trying to mislead Ohio voters through a clearly “calculated process of self-creation?”

SEE ALSO: Bernie Moreno Faces Further Scrutiny For Phony “Rags-To-Riches Tale”; Moreno’s “String of Inconsistencies” Grows with Phony “Rags-To-Riches” Tale; WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: Bernie Moreno “Under Fire” For Phony “Riches-To-Rags-To-Riches” Story That “Isn’t What He Says”; NEW: NYT Report Details Bernie Moreno’s Phony “Rags-To-Riches Tale” & Lies About “Bootstraps Story” As Part Of “Calculated Process of Self-Creation”

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Columbus, OH – In a new opinion piece for the Columbus Dispatch, Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo reminds Ohioans that Bernie Moreno supports a national abortion ban that would overturn the will of Ohioans.

Moreno called the Dobbs decision, which leaked two years ago this month, – a “monumental victory.” Moreno has also said he is “100% pro-life with no exceptions” and “absolute pro-life, no exceptions,” and voted to ban abortion without exceptions for rape or incest in Ohio last year by voting against Issue 1.

Read more:

The Columbus Dispatch: Abortion rights are essentially on Ohio’s ballot again in 2024
Allison Russo
May 13, 2024

• Two years ago this month, we found out that the Supreme Court was getting ready to overturn Roe v. Wade, a decision that ripped away reproductive rights and would have wide-ranging consequences for women in Ohio and around the country. When the decision — Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization — eventually came out, Bernie Moreno called that decision “a monumental victory.”

• No surprise there, because Moreno once described himself as “100% pro-life with no exceptions.”

• While Moreno was celebrating the Dobbs decision, Ohioans got to work organizing to put an amendment on the ballot that would protect abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution and keep out-of-touch politicians like Moreno out of our doctor’s offices.

• Once that issue successfully made the ballot (in spite of some political gamesmanship from Republican politicians), Bernie Moreno opposed the abortion rights issue and even donated $100,000 to Protect Women Ohio, the group leading the campaign to defeat November’s Issue 1.

• But Moreno wasn’t done. He then turned right around and called for a national abortion ban that would overrule the will of Ohio voters.

• Time and again, Moreno has proven that he’s on the wrong side of this issue and is only looking out for himself.

• A national abortion ban does not reflect what is best for Ohioans. Last November, Ohioans said loud and clear they want the freedom to make their own healthcare decisions, but Moreno has made it known he will overrule the nearly 2.2 million who voted to protect abortion rights if he is elected to the Senate.

• It’s clear that abortion rights are once again on the ballot in 2024.

• We must reject politicians like Moreno who want to overrule Ohioans and insert themselves into private, personal decisions that should be made between a woman, her doctor and her family.

• Moreno doesn’t care about what’s best for the health and privacy of Ohioans. He doesn’t care that Ohioans have already been clear they support abortion rights. And that’s why we have to make sure Bernie Moreno gets nowhere near the U.S. Senate this November.

SEE ALSO: On Anniversary Of Dobbs Leak, Ohioans Should Know Bernie Moreno Supports A National Abortion Ban; WHAT OHIOANS ARE SAYING: Bernie Moreno “Insists” On “National Ban On All Abortions”; Bernie Moreno Reaffirms “Well-Documented” Support For National Abortion Ban That Would Overturn Will Of Ohioans; Organization Pushing For National Abortion Ban Praises Bernie Moreno, Who Would Overturn Will of Ohioans; WHAT OHIOANS ARE SAYING: “A Vote For Moreno Equals National Abortion Ban”; Bernie Moreno Bragged About Donating “Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars” To Ban Abortion; REMINDER: Bernie Moreno Supports National Abortion Ban, No Exceptions

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Cleveland.com: Ohio Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno’s Background Faces National Scrutiny In New York Times

Columbus, OH –  New reporting from Cleveland.com further “scrutiniz[es]” the phony “riches-to-rags-to-riches” tale Bernie Moreno tells on the campaign trail after the New York Times exposed Moreno’s “bootstraps story” as a “calculated process of self-creation” – the latest in a series of lies “dogg[ing]” his campaign that shows Ohioans they can’t trust Moreno.

Cleveland.com: Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno’s background faces national scrutiny in New York Times
Andrew J. Tobias
May 13, 2024

• A new New York Times article offers further details on Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno’s biography while scrutinizing the story he’s told publicly about his family’s decision to move to the United States.

• As previously reported by cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer, Moreno comes from a wealthy and politically connected family in Bogota and moved to the United States when he was a child. He has described to voters while campaigning how his family “left everything” in Colombia to live in a two-bedroom apartment in Florida.

• The New York Times story casts the version of his life Moreno has told while campaigning, which can give the impression of a rags-to-riches immigrant story, as “not as tidy” as he portrays it, and the type of “calculated process of self-creation” that all candidates undergo when deciding how they will present their lives to voters.

• The New York Times article describes how Moreno’s family initially lived in a three-bedroom condo in a high-rise building on the beach after moving from Colombia to South Florida in 1971. But a couple months later, they moved to a four-bedroom house, using money loaned to them by Moreno’s step-grandfather on his mother’s side.

• Moreno’s father, Bernardo Moreno Sr., held a high-ranking position in the Colombian government roughly equivalent to the U.S. Secretary of Health.

SEE ALSO: Moreno’s “String of Inconsistencies” Grows with Phony “Rags-To-Riches” Tale; WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: Bernie Moreno “Under Fire” For Phony “Riches-To-Rags-To-Riches” Story That “Isn’t What He Says”; NEW: NYT Report Details Bernie Moreno’s Phony “Rags-To-Riches Tale” & Lies About “Bootstraps Story” As Part Of “Calculated Process of Self-Creation”

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