{"id":1175914,"date":"2021-12-31T15:34:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T20:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1175914"},"modified":"2021-12-31T15:34:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T20:34:20","slug":"dewine-challenger-jim-renacci-slams-ohio-governor-masking-kids-in-schools-is-child-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dewine-challenger-jim-renacci-slams-ohio-governor-masking-kids-in-schools-is-child-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"DeWine Challenger Jim Renacci Slams Ohio Governor: &#039;Masking&#039; Kids in Schools Is &#039;Child Abuse&#039;"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fdewine-challenger-jim-renacci-slams-ohio-governor-masking-kids-in-schools-is-child-abuse%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=1175914&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pre-K-students-story-time-floor-masks-ap-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Ohio gubernatorial candidate and former Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH) slammed Ohio governor&nbsp;Mike DeWine (R) and health officials in the state over their new push to make all&nbsp;Ohio children wear masks in schools, calling the practice \u201cchild abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s be honest \u2014 masking our kids in schools for eight hours a day is child abuse,\u201d Renacci said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cKids need to breathe properly, interact with others and to be heard,\u201d the former congressman continued. \u201cThe long-term educational and psychological ramifications of these reckless policies are abhorrent.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Masking our kids in schools for 8 hours a day is child abuse. I immediately call on Mike DeWine to condemn this abuse being pushed by state health leaders. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NyLTC8Y2M0\">pic.twitter.com\/NyLTC8Y2M0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Renacci (@JimRenacci) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimRenacci\/status\/1476325423239897092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Renacci added, \u201cI immediately&nbsp;call on Mike DeWine to condemn the child abuse being pushed by state health leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy running mate, Joe Knopp, along with countless other parents, have already seen first hand what these policies do to our kids,\u201d the Ohio gubernatorial candidate affirmed. \u201cI stand with Ohio\u2019s parents and say no more!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Renacci\u2019s comments were in response to the Ohio Hospital Association, which released a statement on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/news\/2021\/12\/ohio-childrens-hospital-association-asks-k-12-superintendents-administrators-school-boards-to-require-kids-wear-masks.html\">encouraging<\/a> more Ohio school boards to establish in-school mask mandates \u2014 a call that has also been echoed by Gov. Dewine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Omicron spreading quickly through Ohio, we need everyone\u2019s help to make it through the coming weeks. Please help us by requiring students to wear masks when they return to school,\u201d the Ohio Hospital Association said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>Renacci told Breitbart News on Thursday that \u201cpeople are sick and tired\u201d of the mask mandates, and that \u201cthey are sick and tired of a governor that won\u2019t stand up and defend them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe parents are saying [the masks] are uncomfortable, [the students] don\u2019t keep them on, they\u2019re touching them all the time,\u201d Renacci told Breitbart News, adding that masks \u201creally take away from the social atmosphere\u201d in schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParents want their children to have the ability to have a normal day in school,\u201d&nbsp;the gubernatorial candidate added. \u201cThey want a governor t0 stand up and do what\u2019s right for the parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana&nbsp;Mastrangelo on&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and Twitter at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio gubernatorial candidate and former Rep. Jim Renacci (R-OH) slammed Ohio governor\u00a0Mike DeWine (R) and health officials in the state over their new push to make all\u00a0Ohio children wear masks &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1175914","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\/1175914","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\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1175914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1175914\/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=1175914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1175914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1175914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}