Fri May 13, 2022 – 5:04 pm EDTFri May 13, 2022 – 5:07 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Former President Donald J. Trump has reasserted his support for Dr. Mehmet Oz over pro-life favorite Kathy Barnette for the Pennsylvania GOP U.S. Senate nomination despite facing a backlash from social conservatives over his seemingly counterintuitive endorsement.
Trump — who earned admiration and praise as the most pro-life president in history during his tenure at the White House — and his political allies now find themselves at odds with much the Keystone State’s conservative base, splitting what was once a far more unified constituency.
“Kathy Barnette will never be able to win the General Election against the Radical Left Democrats,” declared the 45th President of the United States in a statement issued yesterday.
“Dr. Oz is the only one who will be able to easily defeat the Crazed, Lunatic Democrat in Pennsylvania,” concluded Trump. “A vote for anyone else in the Primary is a vote against Victory in the Fall!”
While Barnette’s personal story and consistent messaging has won her the support of grassroots pro–lifers in the state as well as that of the D.C.-based pro-life Susan B. Anthony
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