Bernie Moreno Still “Facing Criticism” For “Flip” Comments Mocking Ohio Women
COLUMBUS, OH – Bernie Moreno is still “facing criticism” for his “flip” comments mocking Ohio women for wanting to make their own health care decisions.
In comments first reported by WCMH, Moreno said it was “a little crazy” for women to want the ability to make their own health care decisions. Moreno has said he is “100% pro-life with no exceptions” and “absolute pro-life, no exceptions” and would support a national abortion ban, overturning the will of Ohioans who voted overwhelmingly to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution just last year.
Scripps News: “A Republican running for the U.S. Senate in Ohio is facing criticism, including from former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley, after he said it was, ‘a little crazy’ for women older than 50 to worry about abortion rights…”
Scripps News: “Bernie Moreno, who is running against incumbent Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown, reportedly said he didn’t understand why many older, suburban women support only candidates who allow them to ‘have an abortion in this country whenever I want.’”
Scripps News: “But on social media, Haley wrote, ‘Are you trying to lose the election? Asking for a friend.’”
Scott Jennings, Republican Political Strategist: “On the Moreno comment, which we played, I always tell candidates…when you’re talking about issues and you’re talking about people, even people that may disagree with you on an issue, you have to do so with great care and understanding their views… you sort of forfeit that when you start to become flip.”
HuffPost: Nikki Haley Blasts GOP Candidate’s Comments On Women Voters
Marita Vlachou – September 25, 2024
- Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday criticized recent comments by the Republican Senate candidate in Ohio [Bernie Moreno] in which he openly questioned why women “over 50” are concerned about reproductive rights.
- “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,’” 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,’” Moreno added.
- In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Haley claimed Moreno’s words could hurt him politically…
- “Are you trying to lose the election?” Haley said. “Asking for a friend. #Tonedeaf #DonLemonVibes”
- Abortion has repeatedly proven to be a winning issue for Democrats as Republicans have made efforts to further restrict access to the medical procedure following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022.
- Last year, Ohioans voted to codify abortion rights in the state constitution…
Ohio Capital Journal: Bernie Moreno’s bold strategy: Going after Ohio women voters on abortion rights
David DeWitt – September 25, 2024
- 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. “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.’”
- … this issue this isn’t some hypothetical in Ohio, it’s the very recent past.
- For eight weeks in the summer of 2022 after Roe v. Wade was overturned and Ohio’s six-week abortion ban was in place, we heard horror story after horror story from women and doctors.
- Many of us were absolutely horrified by these stories and don’t ever want our fellow citizens to suffer in such ways, no matter what our age, gender or demographic is.
- In November 2023, Ohioans went to the polls and passed a constitutional amendment protecting reproductive rights to put an end to these horror stories for good.
- At least as early as August 2023 when it made the ballot, current Ohio U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown supported the reproductive rights amendment.
- Moreno opposed the amendment. He also “donated six figures of his own money” to stop it, and he campaigned against the abortion rights amendment with false fear-mongering, about, of all things, child rapists.
- … Moreno told Brietbart, “I’m 100 percent pro-life with no exceptions.”
- Ohio voters passed the reproductive rights amendment Moreno opposed…
- Moreno is very committed to being noncommittal, but he seems pretty “aspirationally” thirsty for imposing something at 15 weeks, thus overturning the 2023 amendment.
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