Thread by @VABVOX

So I am covering the GOP PA Senate debate and the candidates are being asked to define America First and OMG.
#PASenate

Oz is claiming that the reason Trump was so successful is because --wait for it--RESPECT. Oz says Trump respected everyone.

Now they are all talking about the 2020 election being stolen.

The question is whether the GOP should move on from the 2020 election. THEY ALL SAY NO.

Carla Sands is saying that the Chinese Communist Party controlled the "Democrat states lockdowns." These folks forget all the lockdowns were under Trump's administration.

Oz is now saying that he "pushed back against orthodoxy," by which he means he stands against Fauci and COVID protocols.

Kathy Barnette just invoked the anti-Semitic "globalist' term.

Bartos says McCormick was instituting mask mandates at his business and "Oz was living in NJ."

Now they are about to re-write history on Title 42. McCormick says Biden's "open border policy" is "adding to the fentanyl crisis in PA."

Oz is claiming colleges are locking down and "the kids don't want it."

Aside here: U Penn had 800 cases of COVID, so...masks yes.

Now they are all claiming Philly is the fentanyl capital of America.

Bartos says that he is running for the "sons and daughters of Main Street" who are dying of fentanyl.

Carla Sands says that under Trump we had the safest border in her lifetime. (Trump made her an ambassador.)

McCormick says we should treat Ukrainian immigrants differently. Oz says they shouldn't be sent through the "lawless Southern border."

Oz just said biological men should not be allowed to compete in women's sports. "I feel so strongly about it I put it in my ad." Bartos invokes wokeness and says "we fought for six decades to give our girls a level playing field."

Carla Sands says not only is she for laws to keep trans women out of women's sports, but she also will protect children from harmful CRT in the schools.

Oz says "life begins with conception" and "capitalism is a beautiful way" to succeed.

McCormick says he is "battle tested" and Kathy Barnette says freedom 50x and Carla Sands says "I'm a Christian!"

This is such a horrible group of candidates. They were all trying to out Trump each other, even though Oz got Trump's endorsement.

Also, they are obsessed with linking Biden to China, either through Hunter Biden's laptop or through lockdowns.

One interesting thing is Carla Sands said that Fetterman is a string Democrat and she has a history and could beat him. She was the only one to even mention a Democrat.

Ftr, the best candidate running is Malcolm Kenyatta, who can win if people vote for him. He's not Manchin redux and doesn't have any questionable episodes in his past. He's a true visionary.
Primary is May 17. Must be registered by May 2.

There's a typo there: Sands said Fetterman is a STRONG candidate. And she can beat him. She said Barnette lost her last race by 20pts to a "weak Democrat"and it wasn't fraud. This got heated and Barnette freaked out as Sands kept goading her. Most intense scrapping of the debate.