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Tony Totty, President of UAW Local 14: “[Bernie Moreno] Isn’t On Our Side”

Columbus, OH –  After Ohio workers in the Mahoning Valley “castigate[d]” Bernie Moreno for selling the Chinese-made Buick Envisions, which left a “lasting [negative] impact” on Ohio’s auto industry, and lying about it, Toledo workers criticized Moreno for “sell[ing] Envisions for years despite knowing where they were made.” Local UAW and USW members called Moreno’s claims “the lies of a businessperson” and said that Moreno “isn’t on [workers’] side.”

The Toledo Blade: Labor leaders hit GOP Senate candidate Bernie Moreno over China-made vehicle sales
David Barkholz
April 18, 2024

• Local labor leaders supporting U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown’s (D., Ohio) re-election bid held a rally in Toledo on Thursday to bash Republican opponent Bernie Moreno for telling untruths about selling China-made vehicles…

• On the campaign trail, Mr. Moreno said he refused to sell the China-made Buick Envision when he owned a Buick-GMC dealership near Cleveland… said Tony Totty, president of UAW Local 14, which represents 1,500 workers at General Motors’ Toledo Propulsion Systems plant.

• But the record shows he did sell Envisions for years despite knowing where they were made, Mr. Totty said.

• “It’s important for us as leadership to protect our members against the lies of a businessperson like this who isn’t on our side,” Mr. Totty said.

• At the rally Thursday, speaker Tiffany McKee, a Lima-area resident and staff representative for the United Steel Workers, said Mr. Brown has a strong track record of supporting Ohio workers, and his positions aren’t debatable.

• “Sherrod has always had our back; he supports us and walks the picket line with us,” Ms. McKee said. “Things like the infrastructure and jobs act he made sure there were real ‘Buy America’ provisions in that.”

SEE ALSO: Ohio Workers Slam Moreno For Killing Ohio Jobs After Reporting Revealed He Lied About Selling Chinese-Made Cars; QUICK CLIPS: Ohio Workers Slam Bernie Moreno For Lying About Selling Chinese-Made Cars; Bernie Moreno Again Caught Lying, This Time About Selling Chinese-Made Buick Envision

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SBA Pro-Life America President: “Bernie Moreno Stood Strong In The Fight Against The Ohio Abortion Amendment”

Columbus, OH – An organization pushing for a national abortion ban praised Bernie Moreno, who wants to overturn the will of Ohioans, for opposing the amendment that enshrined reproductive rights into Ohio’s constitution. SBA Pro-Life America pledged to only back candidates who support a national abortion ban – and Bernie Moreno fits the bill, as he repeatedly supported a national abortion ban and said he is “100% pro-life with no exceptions.”

Reminder of Bernie Moreno’s support for a national abortion ban that would overturn the will of Ohioans: 

• Moreno has repeatedly supported a national abortion ban.

• Moreno said he is “100% pro-life with no exceptions.”

• Moreno voted to ban abortion without exceptions for rape or incest in Ohio last year by voting against Issue 1.

SEE ALSO: 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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The Toledo Blade Editorial Board: “Mr. Moreno Boasted That As The Chairman Of The Board Of Trustees At Cleveland State University, He Drove The Confucius Institute Off The Campus… That’s, Um, Not A True Statement.”

Columbus, OH – The Toledo Blade Editorial Board today slammed Bernie Moreno for “stretching the truth” and lying about getting rid of Cleveland State’s Confucius Institute. Moreno has already been called out for a series of “dubious claims” and “inconsistencies” that are “dogg[ing]” his campaign, including lying about selling Chinese-made cars, lying about “escap[ing]” socialism, and lying about his business origin story. 

The Toledo Blade: Moreno misstatements
The Toledo Blade Editorial Board
April 18, 2024

• Republicans and the rest of Ohio voters are now learning to their chagrin whom the GOP has nominated to be its Republican candidate.

• Mr. Moreno boasted that as the chairman of the board of trustees at Cleveland State University, he drove the Confucius Institute off the campus.

• “I chaired the board of trustees at Cleveland State University, and I’m very proud of the fact that when I was there, we got rid of our Confucius Institute,” Mr. Moreno said during a campaign event in March, 2023, the Columbus Dispatch recently reported. “We made certain that we focused everybody on student achievement, and we respected free speech on campus.”

• That’s, um, not a true statement. Mr. Moreno’s term on the board of trustees ended three years before the Confucius Institute was banned from Cleveland State’s campus.

• Not only that, Mr. Moreno held leadership positions on the board of trustees when the trustees approved university budgets that funded the program.

• He was vice chairman of the board when trustees passed a 2017 budget that gave roughly $38,000 to the institute.

• The Dispatch’s conclusion: “Taken together, Moreno’s claims appear to overstate his involvement in the institute’s closure.”

SEE ALSO: Ohio Workers Slam Moreno For Killing Ohio Jobs After Reporting Revealed He Lied About Selling Chinese-Made Cars; Four Weeks Since #OHSEN Primary, Four Questions Moreno Must Answer About His “Dubious Claims”; What Ohioans Are Reading About The “String Of Inconsistencies” “Dogging” Bernie Moreno; Bernie Moreno Again Caught Lying, This Time About Selling Chinese-Made Buick Envision; Bernie Moreno’s Campaign Totally Eclipsed By Lies; NEW: Moreno Lying About Getting Rid of Confucius Institute

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Former Lordstown Employee Mary Ola Stemple: “Moreno’s Business Decisions Hurt Mahoning Valley Workers And Families, And He Has Proved He Will Not Fight For Us”

Columbus, OH – After recent reporting revealed that “shady car salesman” Bernie Moreno sold the Chinese-made Buick Envision for years and lied about it, Ohio workers are saying that Moreno’s “business decisions hurt Mahoning Valley workers and families” and “[took] jobs away from Americans.” In Youngstown yesterday, Ohio workers said “Moreno does not care about anyone besides himself” and they “can’t trust him.” 

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Tribune Chronicle: Labor leaders blast Moreno
David Skolnick
April 17, 2024

• Local labor leaders, who are backing U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown’s reelection campaign, criticized Bernie Moreno, his Republican challenger, for selling the China-made Buick Envision at a dealership he owned.

• “Bernie Moreno is a shady car salesman, that’s what he is,” said Jose Arroyo, vice president of the Mahoning-Trumbull AFL-CIO Labor Council and staff representative for the United Steelworkers union. “Sometimes they are what we think they are.”

• Mary Ola Stemple, UAW Local 1112’s administrative assistant and a former Lordstown GM employee, said: “Moreno’s business decisions hurt Mahoning Valley workers and families, and he has proved he will not fight for us.”

• Those speaking at the event say Brown, a Democrat seeking his fourth six-year term in the Senate in the Nov. 5 election, has been a longtime friend of labor and the Mahoning Valley while Moreno, who emerged from a three-man Republican primary for the party’s nomination, can’t be trusted.

• Jim Devlin, UAW Local 1112’s vice president and a former Lordstown GM worker, said the Envision “takes jobs away from Americans. We protect ourselves and buy American.”

• He added about Moreno: “When you lie about things, I can’t trust him.”

• Moreno’s various auto dealerships also sold numerous foreign luxury cars, including Rolls-Royce, Maserati, Porsche and Aston Martin.

• Darwin Cooper, UAW Local 1112 president and Lordstown GM retiree, said he was angry about Moreno settling several wage theft lawsuits after a Massachusetts jury ordered him to pay more than $400,000 to two former employees for failing to pay overtime in violation of that state’s labor laws. Moreno also faced discrimination lawsuits in Cleveland that were settled out of court.

• “We don’t need a crook, we need an honest politician,” Cooper said.

• Arroyo said of Moreno: “To sell Chinese cars and mistreat your employees and lie about it on the campaign, you can’t position yourself as a buy-American first, put-Ohio-workers first (candidate) when your history says different.”

Spectrum News: Union workers criticize U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno
Cassidy Wilson
April 17, 2024

• Some union workers are criticizing U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, a week after a Spectrum News report showed he sold cars that were made in China, despite telling voters multiple times that he would not.

• Union workers say they cannot trust Moreno.

• The controversy stems from the Buick Envision, a Chinese-made car that Moreno said he told GM he wouldn’t sell when he owned a dealership in Beachwood.

• “He lied about selling foreign cars, well Chinese cars,” said Jose Arroyo, Vice President of Mahoning/Trumbull County AFL-CIO. “Once again, if you do it, that’s your business, but you don’t go and lie to the American people, not lie to Ohioans or lie to people in the valley about your business records.”

Mahoning Matters: Mahoning, Trumbull union members discuss Bernie Moreno’s anti-worker allegations
Kelcey Norris 
April 16, 2024

• Union officials shared reports that Moreno owned a Buick GMC dealership in Beachwood and told voters he’d “refused to sell a Buick SUV model made in China, the Envision,” according to Spectrum News. However, a Facebook post made in 2019 revealed that the Chinese-made vehicle had been sold for years at the Beachwood dealership.

• Reports from Business Insider detailed anti-worker allegations against Moreno in court.

• “Bernie Moreno has shown Ohio workers over and over that he does not care about anyone besides himself,” said Arroyo. “He lied to us about selling cars made in China at the expense of Ohio workers and lied to us about not paying his employees the overtime wages they earned. It is clear that Bernie Moreno is not on our side and that we can’t trust him.”

• “I know what it means to stand up for Ohio workers. Bernie Moreno is not standing up for people like me, he is too busy putting himself and his profits first,” said Stemple. “Moreno’s business decisions hurt Mahoning Valley workers and families, and he has proved he will not fight for us.”

• “I know that Ohioans need a Senator who will fight to keep our jobs here – not one who made his fortune selling cars manufactured in China, because decisions like that led to Lordstown closing and Ohio jobs being shipped overseas,” said Devlin.

Spectrum News: Ohio Workers Say They Can’t Trust Bernie Moreno

Spectrum News: “Members of  the UAW and AFL-CIO along with labor advocates gathered near Youngstown, collectively, to say that they don’t trust Moreno…The Envision is made in China and Moreno owned a car dealership in Beachwood. Moreno told GM at that time that he would not sell those vehicles, but Spectrum News found testimonials on his website from customers who bought the vehicle from him.”

Jose Arroyo, Mahoning-Trumbull AFL-CIO Central Labor Council Vice President: “He lied about selling…Chinese-cars…You don’t go and lie to the American people, not lie to Ohioans, lie to people in the Valley about your business record.”

WFMJ: Moreno Lied About Selling Chinese-Made Cars

WFMJ: “Recent comments from Moreno have made headlines, claiming that when he owned a Buick GMC dealership in Beachwood, Ohio he refused to sell a Buick SUV model made in China, known as the Envision. The UAW says despite Moreno making the claim [he never sold Buick Envisions], those vehicles were still sold on his lot.”

Jim Devlin, UAW Local 1112 Vice President: “It [selling the Chinese-made cars] still has a lasting impact, and [Moreno] lied, he didn’t sell them. When you lie to me, that tells me I can’t trust you.”

SEE ALSO: QUICK CLIPS: Ohio Workers Slam Bernie Moreno For Lying About Selling Chinese-Made Cars; Bernie Moreno Again Caught Lying, This Time About Selling Chinese-Made Buick Envision

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Spectrum News: “Union Workers Are Criticizing U.S. Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno A Week After A Spectrum News Report Showed That Moreno Sold Cars That Were Made In China Despite Telling Voters Multiple Times That He Hadn’t.” 

Columbus, OH –  After recent reporting revealed that Bernie Moreno sold Chinese-made Buick Envisions and lied about it, Ohio workers slammed Moreno for lying to Ohioans and selling the car – noting that selling the Envision had a “lasting [negative] impact” on Ohio’s auto industry and that autoworkers “don’t trust Moreno.”

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Spectrum News: “Members of  the UAW and AFL-CIO along with labor advocates gathered near Youngstown, collectively, to say that they don’t trust Moreno…The Envision is made in China and Moreno owned a car dealership in Beachwood. Moreno told GM at that time that he would not sell those vehicles, but Spectrum News found testimonials on his website from customers who bought the vehicle from him.”

Jose Arroyo, Mahoning-Trumbull AFL-CIO Central Labor Council Vice President: “He lied about selling…Chinese-cars…You don’t go and lie to the American people, not lie to Ohioans, lie to people in the Valley about your business record.” 

WATCH MORE FROM WFMJ HERE

WFMJ: “Recent comments from Moreno have made headlines, claiming that when he owned a Buick GMC dealership in Beachwood, Ohio he refused to sell a Buick SUV model made in China, known as the Envision. The UAW says despite Moreno making the claim [he never sold Buick Envisions], those vehicles were still sold on his lot.” 

Jim Devlin, UAW Local 1112 Vice President: “It [selling the Chinese-made cars] still has a lasting impact, and [Moreno] lied, he didn’t sell them. When you lie to me, that tells me I can’t trust you.” 

SEE ALSO: Bernie Moreno Again Caught Lying, This Time About Selling Chinese-Made Buick Envision

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