Denver, CO — In case you missed it, the Fort Morgan Times wrote about the outrageous and misleading attacks thrown at Republican U.S. Senate nominee Joe O’Dea and O’Dea’s rebuttals.
Read the full article here. See the highlights below:
Democrat Meddling
Joe O’Dea is the same candidate today as he was a little more than a month ago when Democrat dark money accused him of being too moderate in the Republican primary, he said Monday during a campaign call with The Fort Morgan Times.
Now he’s being painted by Democrats as too conservative, he says.
“They spent $10 million to show State Rep. Ron Hanks was the real Trumpster and hardcore Republican,” O’Dea said. “Now, all of a sudden, I’m the hardcore Republican? It is actually comical and somewhat ridiculous.”
Misleading Democrat Attacks
An email Monday from the Colorado Democratic Party attacked O’Dea for a position he claims to never have taken.
“O’Dea would give McConnell the Republican majority he needs to pass a nationwide abortion ban, cut taxes for the rich and put Social Security at risk,” Colorado Democrats’ communications advisor Nico Delgado wrote in an email.
O’Dea on Abortion
On abortion, O’Dea previously said in a debate with Hanks, “I do think the decision should be left up to the woman and her doctor early on in the pregnancy. I don’t support a total ban.” He added that in cases of “rape, incest or for medical reasons,” abortion should be an option. He has called the abortion law in Colorado “outrageous,” while also often noting he was adopted at birth.
O’Dea on McConnell
“He has done some great things for our country,” O’Dea said. “But, I’m Joe O’Dea. I’m going to stay the course for Colorado. A lot of people are tired of partisanship. I’m not going to be owned by either party.”
Meanwhile, Democrats have called him a “yes-man” for McConnell, including in Delgado’s email.
“I find it interesting that is being said, when Bennet has voted with [President] Joe Biden 98 percent of the time,” O’Dea said. “I’m a businessman. I have no political record. He has supported Biden’s agenda the whole time.”
O’Dea on Michael Bennet
He criticizes Bennet for his record on fentanyl and immigration, and especially on spending…
“He has been wrong on inflation, wrong on oil and gas, wrong on crime,” O’Dea said. “He has done nothing to help the working American.”
O’Dea and Trump
Most surprising, O’Dea said, is how as a private businessman he is now being tied to Trump, when his primary opponent attended the Jan. 6 rally and questioned election integrity, becoming the pro-Trump candidate in the primary.
O’Dea on Schumer Inflation Bill
“To call this a reduction is hypocritical. It is a tax. This is going to come back on working Americans,” O’Dea said. “We don’t need to be spending any more money. We’ve already taken a 10 percent inflation tax that Bennet and Biden are responsible for. I pulled up at a gas pump and saw someone pumping two gallons of gasoline for $8. That’s hard to see. It is what that person could afford. Americans are having a tough time.”
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