MAGA Rep. Kevin Hern likes to tell how he made millions off his McDonald’s franchises. How in 2018 he successfully launched a MAGA franchise right in the heart of Oklahoma. I’m running for Congress in Oklahoma’s First District to defeat Hern and shut down his MAGA franchise that is tearing Oklahomans apart.
Kevin Hern is not from Oklahoma. He’s from Missouri and went to school in Arkansas. He opened his first McDonald’s franchise in North Little Rock in 1997. The franchise template is simple – they give you the branding, the training, the slogan. Hern’s main concern for success was location. That’s why he opened a McDonald’s franchise in Muskogee and then opened a lot of them in Tulsa. But making money from a legitimate business franchise is not what this is about.
It's about how in 2018, when Hern first ran for Congress, he acquired another franchise – a MAGA franchise. He figured red state Oklahoma was the perfect location. Hern likes the MAGA business model – the branding, the slogan, and most of all - Hern loves Donald Trump. And why wouldn’t he? The MAGA franchise keeps getting Hern elected and Hern's campaign coffers are overflowing thanks to his MAGA fear machine that runs on lies rather than truth.
The MAGA franchise has been very good to Hern. But it’s been a disaster for Oklahomans. Like Union workers hurt when Hern voted NO to the PRO Act that protects workers and their right to organize. Like military veterans that would have been denied medical care for burn pit injuries if Hern’s NO vote to the PACT Act had prevailed. Like federal workers whose pay and retirement system aren’t protected because Hern voted NO to the Preventing a Patronage System Act.
Beyond that is Hern’s efforts to cut Social Security and Medicare, his vote to block student loan relief and the $1.2 million in Paycheck Protection Plan tax dollars he took and never paid back.
Our campaign is working day and night to tell Oklahomans the truth about Kevin Hern. It’s our job to do that. Because when they hear that story there won’t be a place in the First District for a MAGA franchise. To tell that story I need your help. Our campaign needs funding to get that message to them.
We believe Oklahomans want a government that solves problems and works for them. We believe Oklahoma won’t move forward until we leave MAGA behind. That’s what this election is about.
