{"id":1471953,"date":"2022-05-11T16:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T20:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1471953"},"modified":"2022-05-11T16:00:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T20:00:54","slug":"barnette-campaign-manager-hangs-up-on-reporter-after-request-for-military-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barnette-campaign-manager-hangs-up-on-reporter-after-request-for-military-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnette Campaign Manager Hangs Up on Reporter After Request for Military Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbarnette-campaign-manager-hangs-up-on-reporter-after-request-for-military-records%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1471953&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/\">Elections<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Kathy Barnette\u2019s campaign manager dodges Free Beacon request for standard-issue document<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tKathy Barnette (Campaign website).\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/chuck-ross\/\" title=\"Posts by Chuck Ross\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Chuck Ross<\/a> \u2022 May 11, 2022 3:45 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Kathy Barnette is touting her military service on the campaign trail\u2014but asked on Wednesday to provide basic details about that record, Barnette&#8217;s campaign manager abruptly ended a phone call.<\/p>\n<p>The incident is the latest in a series in which Barnette&#8217;s campaign has rebuffed requests for her DD214, a standard form issued to service members when they leave the military. The form would show when Barnette served, under which branch, and the terms of her discharge.<\/p>\n<p>Her failure to provide the form has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanParnellUSA\/status\/1524408025540354048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raised questions<\/a> from military veterans, including former Republican candidate and decorated combat veteran Sean Parnell, who dropped out of the Pennsylvania race in November.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I see a ton of blue checks &#038; others fawning over <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kathy4Truth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Kathy4Truth<\/a> but the fact is, other than what she\u2019s told you, you don\u2019t really know much.<br \/>How long did she serve? Have you seen her DD214? What was her discharge status? Where did she graduate from college?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aPzveoO3r2\">https:\/\/t.co\/aPzveoO3r2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanParnellUSA\/status\/1524408025540354048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While there is no indication that Barnette has mischaracterized her service, it is standard practice for a campaign to substantiate a candidate&#8217;s claims with such government documents.<\/p>\n<p>Barnette&#8217;s campaign manager, Bob Gillies, ended a phone call with the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> on Wednesday when asked whether she will release her DD form and did not respond to subsequent text messages requesting it. Those exchanges come in the wake of a <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/who-is-kathy-barnette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> that Barnette&#8217;s campaign declined to provide the document, gave vague answers about Barnette&#8217;s service record, and declined to make her available for an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Barnette has surged in the polls in recent days thanks to a brutal battle between the race&#8217;s two frontrunners, Mehmet Oz and Dave McCormick. She has made her compelling personal biography the centerpiece of her campaign, saying she overcame a hardscrabble upbringing to spend ten years in the military and graduate college. &#8220;My life is a clear example of what is right with America,&#8221; she <a href=\"https:\/\/barnetteforsenate.com\/why-im-running\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a> on her campaign site.<\/p>\n<p>Barnette has posted photos of herself in military uniform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BarnetteforSenate\/posts\/523640836083767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on social media<\/a> while disclosing few details about her service and, at times, mangling basic terms. Barnette has said in some places that she served in the U.S. Army Reserves but has also <a href=\"https:\/\/barnetteforsenate.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">referred<\/a> to her service in the &#8220;Armed Forces Reserves,&#8221; a branch that does not appear to exist. Barnette has touted her acceptance into Officer Candidate School but has not said whether she actually attended.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elections Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate Kathy Barnette\u2019s campaign manager dodges Free Beacon request for standard-issue document  Kathy Barnette (Campaign website).  Chuck Ross \u2022 May 11,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1471953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1471953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1471953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1471953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1471953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1471953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}