Kathy Barnette SURGES in PA primary polling as Dr. Oz stumbles
(thepostmillennial.com)
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This. One of you brilliant people said his endorsement of Oz was to split the support between him and the other dude. People seem to like her and it shows that it's grassroots support for her. Kudos for not following the stars!
So hope she wins.
Yes!!!
Absolutely. Trump knows what he’s doing, and this is all part of the plan!! I’ll bet someone smarter than me could even find a Q drop relating to this.
It took me a day to think through it but I thought so too. Please vote for Barnette. Kathy needs good citizens to endorse her!
yldngo 1 point 1 day ago +1 / -0 Trump's endorsement of Oz and his denouncing of McCormick will probably result in Barnette winning the primary. Why? Trump has spent the last six years creating an America first/drain the swamp mindset. Barnette is a Pennsylvanian who is not swamp and is a little poor on the stage presence but has the right ideas. Oz is not a Pennsylvanian and has an unimpressive swamp like past. PA patriots are just not going to vote for Oz. I have interacted with quite a few who just do not trust Oz no matter what Trump says. Trump went to Greensburg to encourage these people to vote for Oz AND criticize McCormick. My thought is he endorsed Barnette without endorsing her knowing PA is going to reject Oz. He did this while slamming McCormick and consequently turning voter away toward the 3rd choice Kathy Barnette. Why wouldn't he just endorse her though? When she wins without his endorsement her credit is hers and not his. Same reason he did not endorse Mastriano who is holding his own and doesn't need Trumps endorsement.
You hit what has been my struggle. Why not just endorse her from the start and take credit? We've all spent a lot of time trying to figure out some secret reason Trump is endorsing Oz. The simplest reason is usually the best; Trump is truly endorsing Oz and he's wrong. And Trump did say that Mastriano would make a good governor back when he was supporting the early attempts to reject the electors. That was a decent endorsement that many have remembered.
Not endorsing Kathy keeps a lot of money focused on McCormick and Oz destroying each other. That gives Kathy's low budget relief to focus on advancing and not fighting of dark money. I could be wrong but i"m in PA and am trying to think logically about the bigger context of the Oz endorsement.
It makes no sense though when you see what Trumps endorsement did for JD Vance...and he was kind of the same story with people here warning about him being a snake. But it didnt split votes to make another candidate rise...it shot him to the top. I think the thing that makes the most sense is Trump doesnt always get it right. He is human guys.
Were the ohio voters repulsed by Vance to begin with though? Not just neutral but very much opposed to Vance like a lot are of Oz in PA? That sentiment is why we're having this conversation.
Yeah me too. But Trump touts his whatever and 0 on his endorsements winning. I've thought through all the possibilities, and it doesn't make full sense on endorsing Oz, have him lose, and then the candidate he wants to endorse wins but he can't claim credit for it.
Whoever wins has to be electable by Democrats in the primaries -- and Pittsburgh and Philadelphia have a lot of Dem voters. They're not likely to vote for anyone Trump likes. Oz and McCormick have deep pockets. McCormick has ties back to China:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McCormick
Trump's endorsement would be a black mark the enemy would never forget and would use against her. He's giving her cover by ignoring her.
He wants to see if we have really become critical thinkers and this is a low cost way to do it. I think to some extent they continue to test if we are really ready to take off the training wheels so to speak.
I believe that this is the Same strategy he's using in the GA governor race, support loser Perdue and let him and traitor Kemp slug it out while outsider/maga Kandiss Taylor moves past them both.
Yes! Mastriano is a beast, too.
Also, if Barnette is on the primary ballot, the Dems are more likely to vote for her if they don't think she's aligned with Trump.
That was PepeLivesMatter, as I recall. Looks like the plan is working.
PA anon here. PA republicans by and large hate Oz. But democratic suburban women love him (and Oprah). DTs endorsement was always about taking support away from Oz. How can the soccer moms that despise DT support someone he endorses? Combine that with normie news that DTs endorsements are winning every race - bingo. OZ losses support. PA will do our part to keep the Turk out of our government.
Although I could use much less dooming and shilling over at PDW over Trump endorsing Oz. I get it. Oz man bad, you don't have to have a complete bitch-fest everytime you see Oz and Trump together. It is just being annoying and unproductive at this point and I think it is more of Shills and Doomers trying to tear that forum down to destroy the MAGA movement...
Question. What's Oz's angle?
White hat? Black hat? Flipped? Lying? Divider, distractor?
Probably under wh control at this point as it's better than a noose.
That's what I'm thinking.
Might also be worth digging into what relationship Trump had with Turkey at the "end" of his tenure.
That's the only thing that makes any sense to me. Trump has a reason for endorsing, but I'm so against Oz, I truly don't know how I'm voting yet..
What if he is controlled, and Oz withdraws at the last minute and endorses Barnette (after he has built up a slight following)? Barnette wins easily.
I am not making this prediction -- but it would certainly 'wrap up' this whole Oz thing in a nice 5D chess type of package.
Good point!
Thanks for sharing this.
REALLY hoping she makes it!
I personally think that’s exactly why Trump does this. Bring these people to the light. On the other hand tho, doesn’t this look like, to the normies, that people hate Trump’s pick and everyone goes for the other person? That’s what the news would probably say. Which won’t make any sense as in Trump is like 20-0 in supported candidates, or something like that. A few normies of mine wouldn’t get this I’m sure. I’ll probably stay out of trying to explain this one. I’ll stay with the election fraud and abortion stuff for now. Their minds are exploding currently, and it needs to be a controlled explosion. 👍
Think you are right, Trump knows what he is doing. Does not matter who says what, as long as the right person gets in.
Trump did a fine job of selling Oz at the rally too.
Trump is like a good parent. Teaching us to think for ourselves.
This is what 7 years of MAGA has done in PA . Trump knows exactly what he's doing. He doesn't even need to change on is endorsing of Oz either and it's probably better if he doesn't so Barnette wins on her own merit.
I'm sure she has, she's had plenty of time.
Today's Trafalgra group poll. https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/news/pa-sen-gop-0508/
We are praying for you, PA Republicans!
A good listen. Give a "better" insight to Dr. Oz. He is not who I would vote for. https://youtu.be/nkw8Du6grzA
Ugh. She's not much better. Mastriano is endorsing her which accounts for the surge. And then his endorsement for Lt. gov is essentially a thug. We PA Pedes are struggling quite a bit with this primary.
Why do you say she is not much better?
PA pede here as well. I am really torn on this one. On one hand I really like Barnette! Great lady and very promising. But my concern is how she is going to match up with the presumptive Dem nominee, John Fetterman. Fetterman has much better "street cred" and speaks the language so to speak. He plays the working class Joe bit super well, especially after his tenure in Braddock. My concern is that she will get her ass handed to her by Fetterman. I really hope I am wrong.
I hate to hold my nose and vote for any Repub, especially Oz. But I think Oz would have a better chance of beating Fetterman especially among swing voters. Problem with Oz is base voters really don't like him, myself included. I am willing to give him some consideration with the Trump endorsement. And maybe that's why he got it, because Trump thinks he will do better against Fetterman?
I see what you are saying but don't believe there are nearly as many dem voters who still hold dem conviction, and vote like they used too, as dominion would have us believe. We had over 600k votes on Bidet on election night... and that's after algorithms and only God and Space Force know what else... I think Barnette can beat fetterman with the base she's building. This awakened voting base is not like anything we've seen in our lifetimes. I also think, but I am not counting on it, that the Midterms will be fixed and "safe" by november.
If Oz loses, Trump will still be 55-1.