REALITY CHECK: Joe O’Dea Misleads Coloradans on Abortion
GOP Senate candidate Joe O’Dea’s new TV ad tries to mislead Coloradans about his true record on abortion, his involvement in politics before running for Senate, and where he would break away from Mitch McConnell and the Republican Party.
Don’t fall for O’Dea’s deception. Here are the facts:
O’Dea claims to be an “outsider,” but he’s no stranger to politics
O’Dea contributed $18,350 to federal, state and local political candidates according to the Federal Election Commission and the Secretary of State’s TRACER database.
O’Dea has lobbied the government to influence policy.
After being fined for violations, O’Dea supported a bill that would have limited Colorado agencies’ ability to issue fines.
The Colorado Contractors Association lobbied on ten bills in the Colorado State Legislature while O'Dea served as president of the organization according to the Secretary of State’s website.
O’Dea is supported by American Policy Fund, a super PAC funded by his wealthy friends.
O’Dea is not a different kind of Republican. He could not set himself apart from Mitch McConnell
When asked to clarify where he disagrees with Mitch McConnell, O’Dea told 9News “There’s a lot of things that we probably do agree on. I’m a conservative.”
O’Dea praised McConnell and said “[Mitch McConnell] has done some great things for our country.”
O’Dea ditched the campaign trail to fundraise with MAGA Republicans and Mitch McConnell.
One of O’Dea’s top donors and fundraising hosts is an election fraud conspiracy theorist.
O’Dea threatens a woman’s right to choose. He calls himself “pro-life” and pledged to “help move the pro-life movement foward”
O’Dea called himself “pro-life.”
O’Dea said he would “help move the pro-life movement foward.”
O’Dea touted endorsements from “pro-life leaders.”
O’Dea wants to make it “socially acceptable to carry to term.”
O’Dea would’ve voted to confirm all of the Supreme Court Justices nominated by Trump and George W. Bush, the majority of whom overturned Roe v. Wade.
O’Dea opposes Colorado’s law that guarantees the right to choose and called it “reckless.”
Abortion rights groups say Joe O’Dea is not pro-choice.
O’Dea wants to restrict abortion access and take rights away from Colorado women
O’Dea wants to go to the Senate to bring "balance to women’s rights.”
O’Dea voted yes on a 22-week abortion ban with no exceptions for rape and incest and said he “didn't look at all the nuances.”
O’Dea said he supports a nationwide ban on abortion.
O’Dea claims he’ll buck his Party, but he can’t name a single policy where he would reach across the aisle
When asked if there was anything blocked he would reach across the aisle to help President Biden get through, O’Dea could not name a single policy.