Bernie Moreno “Under Scrutiny” For Mocking Ohioans, Saying It’s “A Little Crazy” For Ohio Women To Want to Make Their Own Health Care Decisions

• Republican U.S. Senate nominee Bernie Moreno, during a recent campaign stop, said it’s “a little crazy” that many suburban women vote based on abortion rights, and he questioned why women over the age of 50 care about abortion at all.
• “You know, the left has a lot of single-issue voters,” Moreno said during a town-hall meeting in Warren County on Friday, according to a recording obtained by Cleveland.com /The Plain Dealer. “Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion’s it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else.’”
• Moreno continued: “It’s a little crazy, by the way, but, especially for women that are like past 50, I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.’”
• As members of the audience laughed, Moreno added, “Oh, thank God my wife didn’t hear that one. I’d get in trouble.”
• Last year, 57% of Ohio voters supported putting language in the state constitution guaranteeing abortion rights, rolling back efforts by the Republican-controlled state legislature and Gov. Mike DeWine to curtail abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.
• Moreno, a Cleveland car dealership owner, called himself “100% pro-life without exceptions” during his 2021 U.S. Senate campaign. Earlier this year, during the 2024 Republican U.S. Senate primary race, Moreno said he supported a federal ban on abortions after 15 weeks into a pregnancy, as well as giving states the option to enact tougher restrictions.
• Brown, a Cleveland Democrat seeking a fourth Senate term, has co-sponsored federal legislation to allow abortion without limits before fetal viability (about 24 weeks into a pregnancy, which was the standard under Roe v. Wade).
• In a statement, Brown, a Cleveland Democrat running for a fourth Senate term, said, “Bernie Moreno has once again shown us exactly who he is and that he thinks he knows better than the 57% of Ohioans who made themselves clear on this issue.
• “As a man over the age of 50,” Brown added, “I care deeply about a woman’s right to make health care decisions for herself – for my daughters, my granddaughters, and all Ohio women, regardless of their age. Despite the majority of Ohioans agreeing, Moreno has made it clear he would overturn the will of Ohioans by passing a national abortion ban.”

• [Bernie Moreno] is coming under scrutiny after [he] said it was “crazy” that suburban women, particularly those past childbearing age, should care about the issue of abortion rights.
• During a town hall on Friday night, Moreno lamented “single-issue voters” in a video snippet obtained by The Washington Post.
• “Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else,’” Moreno said.
• He then continued: “It’s a little crazy by the way, but — especially for women that are like past 50 — because, I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.’”

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• Ohio Senate candidate BERNIE MORENO made comments at a town hall Friday disparaging “single issue votes” focused on abortion, according to a clip unearthed by WCHM-TV that’s going viral among Democrats: “It’s a little crazy by the way, but — especially for women that are like past 50 — I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you,’” he said.

HuffPost: GOP Senate Candidate Bernie Moreno Asks Why Women ‘Past 50’ Are Worried About Abortion
Nick Visser – September 23, 2024

• Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio questioned last week why older women care so much about abortion rights, saying it was a “little crazy” that some voters cited reproductive rights as their prime issue heading into the November election.
• “You know, the left has a lot of single-issue voters,” Moreno said during a town hall event Friday in Warren County, video of which was obtained by WCMH-TV in Columbus, an NBC affiliate. “Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else.’”
• “It’s a little crazy, by the way, but ― especially for women that are like past 50. I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you,’” he said.
• … [Moreno] thought it was “crazy” to think women wanted to “make their own healthcare decisions.”

Newsweek: Bernie Moreno Attacks Ohio Women Over Abortion: ‘Little Crazy’
Khaleda Rahman – September 24, 2024

• Bernie Moreno, the Republican nominee for the Senate in Ohio, has sparked a backlash after calling it “a little crazy” that some women voters in the state cite abortion as their top issue in the 2024 election.
• “You know, the left has a lot of single issue voters,” Moreno said during a town hall on Friday, according to a video obtained by NBC4. “Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else.'”
• Moreno also questioned why older women were concerned about abortion access. He said: “It’s a little crazy by the way, but—especially for women that are like past 50. I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.'”
• Ohio State Representative Allison Russo, a Democrat, wrote that Moreno said “the quiet part out loud, mocking women as ‘a little crazy’ for wanting to make our own health care decisions. He also clearly doesn’t care that 57% of Ohio voters think these decisions are none of his damn business.”
• Bill Kristol, a conservative political commentator, wrote: “I dunno Perhaps women past 50 care about their daughters? Or about younger women in general? Or about personal freedom?”

Raw Story: ​​’Don’t think that’s an issue for you’: GOP Senate candidate jabs women over 50 on abortion
Daniel Hampton – September 23, 2024

• New video shows an Ohio Republican Senate candidate laughing as he questions women who say they plan to vote based on candidates’ stances on abortion rights.
• Bernie Moreno was recorded on video Friday at a town hall in Warren County, Ohio, in which he slammed suburban women who say abortion access will define how they vote, NBC4i reported.
• “You know the left has a lot of single-issue voters,” Moreno in the clip. Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else.’ … OK, little crazy by the way, but — especially for women that are like past 50 — I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.’”

Political Wire: Bernie Moreno Says Women Are ‘Single Issue Voters’
Taegan Goddard – September 23, 2024

• Ohio U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno (R) questioned why a certain group of women would be concerned about abortion during an event in the state, WCMH reports.
• Said Moreno: “You know, the left has a lot of single issue voters. Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else.’ … OK. It’s a little crazy by the way, but — especially for women that are like past 50 — I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.’”

Rachel Maddow, MSNBC: “Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno saying any woman over 50 doesn’t have any reason to support reproductive rights. Abortion rights, you kidding? Because you know women over 50, ‘I’m thinking to myself,’ he actually says it. ‘I’m thinking to myself, I don’t think that’s an issue for you.’ Wow. You know, unluckily for Bernie Moreno in Ohio, running against Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, women in Ohio, even women over 50, apparently, do still have the right to vote, even if he doesn’t think they have a right to an opinion.”

• Ohio’s Republican candidate for U.S. Senate questioned why a certain group of women would be concerned about abortion during an event in the state. NBC4 obtained a video recording from a Warren County town hall on Friday, where GOP Senate hopeful Bernie Moreno accused suburban women of being focused solely on their ability to get an abortion.
• “You know, the left has a lot of single issue voters,” Moreno said late last week at a town-hall-style event. “Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. If I can’t have an abortion in this country whenever I want, I will vote for anybody else.’ … OK. It’s a little crazy by the way, but — especially for women that are like past 50 — I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t think that’s an issue for you.’”
• Yes, how hilarious. A far-right Senate candidate described women’s interest in abortion rights as “a little crazy” and suggested post-menopausal women should probably be indifferent to the future of reproductive rights in the United States — because, you know, they can’t get pregnant.
• What a cut-up.
• In case this isn’t obvious, it was just last year when voters in the Buckeye State voted on a statewide measure on abortion, and reproductive rights advocates scored a big victory, despite Ohio’s shift to “red state” status. Those are, of course, many of the same voters Moreno is appealing to now.

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