Carla Thompson, Lima City Councilwoman: “[Moreno Is] Lying To Turn Himself Into Someone He Is Not To Appeal To Ohioans.”
Columbus, OH – Today Ohioans in Lima called out Bernie Moreno for “lying [to] and disrespecting Ohioans” and said they are “insulted and appalled” by his calculated attempt to “turn himself into someone he is not” after reporting revealed the lies and “string of inconsistencies” “dogg[ing]” him on the campaign trail.
WLIO: “Lima Councilwoman Carla Thompson, local UAW President Jeff Adams and retired teacher Pat Joseph Johnson, all spoke on what they are calling Moreno’s record of lying. They said that he didn’t tell the truth when he was telling his business origin story of doing it all on his own, when the Democrats say that he got an insider deal for his first car dealership. Plus they say he lied when he said he refused to sell a Chinese made car: a Buick Envision.”
Jeff Adams, UAW Local 1219 President: “I always ask: where was Bernie Moreno when the auto workers Stand Up Strike of 2023 was? I never heard him say anything or do any of our press conferences. Sherrod Brown was on the strike line and walking with us.”
Carla Thompson, Lima City Councilwoman: “If you are considering looking at Bernie Moreno as your candidate, also do the research, look at his stories, and then see if his stories are true, because what we have found is that they’re not. And I don’t think that we can afford to have somebody else in office that’s not telling us the truth.”
Lima News: Allen County Democrats speak out against Bernie Moreno
Charlotte Caldwell
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- Moreno said he refused to sell Chinese-made Buick Envisions when he was a car salesman when he sold them for years, “hurting Ohio workers in Lima and our manufacturing industry,” Thompson said.
- Moreno said he escaped socialism when he migrated from Colombia to the U.S., but Thompson said that’s not historically accurate.
- Moreno said he shut down Cleveland State’s Confucius Institute while serving on the university’s board, but Thompson said it operated for years after he left the board, and he approved multiple budgets that funded that institute.
- Moreno said he built his car dealership business all on his own without handouts, but Thompson said he got a special deal and was able to purchase his dealership at a steep discount.
- Moreno said growing up he was lower-middle class, but Thompson said his family was rich and politically connected.
- “He’s lying to turn himself into someone he is not to appeal to Ohioans. There’s no need to do that,” she said. “Ohioans are smart enough. If you bring your real self, we can decide those things on our own.
- “It’s getting harder and harder to discern what the truth is, and we have to demand honesty from our politicians and the people running to be our politicians.
- United Auto Workers Local 1219 President Jeff Adams spoke next about Moreno’s history as a car salesman and how Moreno’s competition, incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown, was present and willing to fight for recent issues for employees in the car industry.
- “As a car dealer, Moreno refused to pay his employees overtime wages they earned, and he went as far as to shred evidence to try to get away with it, and then he got caught when he repeatedly lied about it. Even after fact-checks found his excuses to be false, he kept lying.”
- Finally, retired educator Pat Joseph Johnson called out Moreno for lying and disrespecting Ohioans.
- “As one of those voters, I am insulted and appalled that one of our potential elected officials would craft such stories to get elected. Does he think we’re that gullible?” Johnson said.
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