Sean Parnell, a Republican candidate for a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat and an Afghanistan war veteran who led the infamous “Criminal Squadron,” showed a 20 point lead in the polls despite attacks from CNN and the rest of the Democrat facility media on behalf of Jeff Bartos, a former intern for former Democrat President Bill Clinton who is running as a Republican in the Senate primary.
Parnell, approximately a year out of the election, leads the Republican primary field by 20 points, in addition to leading the other Republicans in significant cities throughout the state.
Overall, Parnell protected 27 percent of the hypothetical vote when participants were asked, “If the main election for U.S. Senate were held today and the prospects were Sean Parnell, Jeff Bartos and Carla Sands, for whom would you vote?” Bartos received seven percent of the vote and Sands got 4 percent. There was 5 percent who said “other” and 57 percent who said “unsure.”
The poll information showed Parnell’s strength in significant cities throughout the state, keeping in mind that “any prospect who holds a commanding lead in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Philadelphia is headed towards protecting the nomination”:
— Sean leads in Pittsburgh by 51%, with no other candidate breaking single digits.
— In Philadelphia, where Jeff Bartos has actually been running since 2017, Sean leads both him and Carla by 12.5%. Neither Jeff nor Carla breaks single digits in the most pricey media market in the state. Sean’s never ever run advertising there and is already leading.
— In Harrisburg, Sean’s lead is 10%.
— Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Pittsburgh represent roughly 75% of the main vote in the state. Sean’s lead in the low to high double digits is a trend that continues in the smaller markets throughout Pennsylvania as well.
The poll was taken from October 11 to 14, surveying 500 adults from various parts of Pennsylvania. There was no margin of mistake offered.
Parnell’s project said in a news release, “Sean Parnell continues to surge in the polls and now holds a commanding 20-point lead in spite of the very best efforts of a liberal media still taken in by their hatred of President Donald Trump and those who he endorses.”
The project likewise kept in mind that within hours of Parnell’s receiving a recommendation from previous President Donald Trump, Bartos and the establishment media started a defamation of character, bringing Parnell’s kids into the light in hopes of scoring points with citizens. The campaign stated:
Pennsylvanians have declined these attacks, and that not only displays in the fundraising (more on that listed below), however in our survey, over 50% of primary citizens are less most likely to choose Jeff because he has actually engaged in them. Jeff promised to stay with the issues in his announcement video, and the voters are declining the personal attacks he spoke out versus.
The Philadelphia Inquirer composed an article pushed by Bartos and other facility media claiming Parnell is “unelectable” due to the fact that Parnell’s spouse– who routinely retweeted Parnell’s campaign messages, and attacks on his opponent Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA) throughout 2019 and 2020 election cycle– looked for protective orders against him in 2017 and 2018 when the two were going through a divorce.
Nevertheless, the political attack did not acknowledge that the court expunged both orders, and neither was extended. “The first was dropped after the two sides consented to terms some days later on, and the second was dismissed by a judge,” Breitbart News reported. “Parnell and his spouse were approved equivalent 50-50 custody of their children as the divorce proceedings continue [d]”
Over the weekend, CNN adopted the same strategies as the Philadelphia Inquirer by releasing a short article mentioning Parnell has “considerable individual luggage that is raising concerns.” However, in spite of being unmasked, CNN declared that “a competing Republican candidate,” implying Bartos, “exposed information about Parnell’s continuous and untidy divorce and custody cases.” The short article even questioned Trump’s strategy of endorsing prospects with “alleged pasts” and concerns about their “capability to clear the field in primaries.”
A report in June from the Pittsburgh City Paper revealed that Bartos, who is running as a Republican politician, was as soon as an intern for previous President Expense Clinton’s White Home and has ever since frequently donated and supported top Democrats nationally, consisting of Hillary Clinton in 2014.
“Mrs. Clinton gets a bad rap for being distant … She couldn’t have actually been nicer to a 20-year-old unpaid staffer. … We had a birthday celebration for her chief of personnel, and she helped me clean up– get the plates, throw them in the garbage,” Bartos said when speaking about the Clintons in 2014.
A report from August 2020 in the Philadelphia Citizen also mentioned that Bartos has a close relationship with Pennsylvania’s Democrat Lieutenant Gov. John Fetterman, who’s running as a Democrat against Parnell and Bartos. Fetterman was estimated saying Bartos is “simply a truly excellent guy.”
Breitbart News reported that Parnell’s fundraising numbers that came from contributions were bigger than his challengers– instead of counting on a PAC, outdoors organizations, and self-funding of projects, making their totals seem bigger.
Parnell raised $1,113,811.19 from contributions in the third quarter while counting on donations from actual Americans to money his project. Nevertheless, the other three candidates Parnell is dealing with just raised $899,742 after taking away the money the prospects used to self-fund their projects.
Jacob Bliss is a press reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter.