{"id":1473109,"date":"2022-05-12T12:45:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1473109"},"modified":"2022-05-12T12:45:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:45:47","slug":"i-have-a-major-problem-dana-loesch-torches-dr-oz-for-pushing-disinformation-about-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-have-a-major-problem-dana-loesch-torches-dr-oz-for-pushing-disinformation-about-gun-control\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Have A Major Problem\u2019: Dana Loesch Torches Dr. Oz For Pushing \u2018Disinformation\u2019 About Gun Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fi-have-a-major-problem-dana-loesch-torches-dr-oz-for-pushing-disinformation-about-gun-control%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=1473109&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/GettyImages-922998224.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Popular radio host Dana Loesch accused Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz of pushing \u201cdisinformation\u201d about gun control and gun violence statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Loesch laid out her argument in a lengthy Twitter thread responding to a 2018 claim from the Trump-backed candidate stating that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had been barred from \u201ccomprehensively\u201d studying <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/cdc-now-targeting-gun-violence-restarts-research-program-on-epidemic-of-firearm-deaths\/\">gun violence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Right now, the <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\">@CDCgov<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> is NOT funded to study gun violence in this country. It\u2019s time we treat shootings as a public health problem. Contact your congressperson today to demand they fund the <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\">#CDC<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> to comprehensively study gun violence. <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\">#EndTheBan<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-hiw28u r-qvk6io r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">http:\/\/<\/span>congress.gov,\u201d Oz tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a major problem with Republicans who push disinformation like this. #2A#DrOz,\u201d Loesch responded, noting that the CDC was never barred from the comprehensive study of gun violence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have a major problem with Republicans who push disinformation like this. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/2A?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#2A<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DrOz?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DrOz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BdU14QoUgf\">https:\/\/t.co\/BdU14QoUgf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1524507608123588608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe only people who talk like this are Bloomberg gun-control types. This demands explanation \u2014 not excuses or dodging. Remember the people who cover for it, too,\u201d Loesch continued, noting that the CDC had studied firearms but had failed to report their findings for political reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only did the CDC study firearms, they specifically did NOT release surveys on defensive gun usage because it obliterated their gun control narrative. A gov\u2019t agency used our tax dollars for surveys and hid the results from taxpayers in a bid to boost gun control,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not only did the CDC study firearms, they specifically did NOT release surveys on defensive gun usage because it obliterated their gun control narrative. A gov\u2019t agency used our tax dollars for surveys and hid the results from taxpayers in a bid to boost gun control.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1524511770982895620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBut wait, there\u2019s more! When it was discovered that the CDC inflated firearm fatality numbers they dragged their feet for two years before finally changing it,\u201d Loesch added, noting that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/104\/plaws\/publ208\/PLAW-104publ208.pdf\">law passed<\/a> in 1996 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1524513826313547777\">very specifically<\/a> only barred the \u201cuse of taxpayer dollars to advocate for or against gun control.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To make it even easier, here is a screenshot of the precise language used in the provision: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cb1MEV2OqV\">pic.twitter.com\/Cb1MEV2OqV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1524514218619379719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSidebar: It\u2019s also troubling to see a declared Republican describe the willful and deliberate choice of violence with an illegally possessed inanimate object as similar to that of communicable diseases using Bloomberg rhetoric as a way to boost legitimacy of federal infringement,\u201d Loesch concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Oz is currently leading the field in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/polls-show-three-way-neck-and-neck-race-for-pennsylvania-gop-senate-primary\/\">tight Republican primary<\/a>, as The Daily Wire previously reported. \u201cAccording to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrafalgargroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/TRF-PA-GOP-Sen-Primary-0508-Poll-Report.pdf\">poll<\/a> of more than 1,000 likely Republican primary voters by the Trafalgar Group, television host Dr. Mehmet Oz currently leads the race with a 24.5% margin. Barnette follows closely behind at 23.2%, while former hedge fund CEO and Treasury Department official David McCormick comes in third at 21.6%. As the margin of error is 3%, the three candidates are virtually tied.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular radio host Dana Loesch accused Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz of pushing \u201cdisinformation\u201d about gun control and gun violence statistics.Loesch laid out her argument in a lengthy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1482744,"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-1473109","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\/1473109","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1473109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1473109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1473109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1473109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}