{"id":1389662,"date":"2022-03-18T23:51:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T03:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1389662"},"modified":"2022-03-19T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T15:00:01","slug":"chaos-in-ohio-gop-senate-debate-gibbons-mandel-in-heated-altercation-as-vance-berates-them-for-conduct-unbecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chaos-in-ohio-gop-senate-debate-gibbons-mandel-in-heated-altercation-as-vance-berates-them-for-conduct-unbecoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaos in Ohio GOP Senate Debate: Gibbons, Mandel in Heated Altercation as Vance Berates Them for Conduct Unbecoming"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fchaos-in-ohio-gop-senate-debate-gibbons-mandel-in-heated-altercation-as-vance-berates-them-for-conduct-unbecoming%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=1389662&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><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">At Ohio\u2019s Republican Senate debate on Friday evening, chaos broke out when candidates Mike Gibbons and Josh Mandel got into a heated altercation, as J.D. Vance berated the two for conduct unbecoming.<\/p>\n<p>Gibbons and Mandel got into a heated face-to-face altercation after Mandel accused Gibbons of making millions of dollars off of Chinese petroleum stock.<\/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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Happening Now: Ohio Senate candidates Josh Mandel and Mike Gibbons are getting into each other\u2019s faces \u2013 literally \u2013 at a debate. Photo sent by an attendee: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O5BU8VVt95\">pic.twitter.com\/O5BU8VVt95<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Isenstadt (@politicoalex) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politicoalex\/status\/1504950530065539077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou filed that with the federal elections committee, you own stock in Chinese petro,\u201d Mandel told Gibbons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI personally didn\u2019t buy the stock,\u201d Gibbons replied. \u201cYou made millions off of it sir,\u201d Mandel said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve made millions off of anything,\u201d Gibbons said. \u201cI\u2019d love to have made millions off of Chinese petro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The altercation increased in intensity after Gibbons claimed that Mandel had never worked in the private sector. \u201cYou may not understand this because you\u2019ve never been\u2014 You\u2019ve never been in the private sector in your entire life,\u201d Gibbons told Mandel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mike Gibbons and Josh Mandel get in each other\u2019s faces at tonight\u2019s GOP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OHSen?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OHSen<\/a> forum hosted by FreedomWorks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou watch what happens,\u201d Mandel says. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fQuqfHxXHT\">pic.twitter.com\/fQuqfHxXHT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeartlandSignal\/status\/1504955509094371339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI understand fully,\u201d Mandel said as he stood up to get into Gibbons\u2019s face. \u201cI\u2019ve worked. Two tours in Iraq, don\u2019t tell me I haven\u2019t worked,\u201d Mandel said in reference to his military service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t know squat. You don\u2019t know squat,\u201d Gibbon replied.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTwo tours in Iraq, don\u2019t tell me I haven\u2019t worked,\u201d Mandel said again. Then, as Mandel was in Gibbons\u2019s face, Gibbons said, \u201cback off, buddy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou back off,\u201d Mandel responded. Mandel later said, \u201cYou\u2019re dealing with the wrong guy.\u201d Mandel can be heard calling Gibbons a \u201cpussy,\u201d as the altercation ended and the two candidates returned to their seats.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is not an episode of Jerry Springer,\u201d\u00a0<em>Politico\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0Natalie Allison\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/natalie_allison\/status\/1504957031932907523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s tonight\u2019s Ohio Republican Senate debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is not an episode of Jerry Springer. It\u2019s tonight\u2019s Ohio Republican Senate debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re dealing with the wrong guy,\u201d Mandel says to Gibbons before calling him a \u201cpussy.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AbbyQpwXvu\">pic.twitter.com\/AbbyQpwXvu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Natalie Allison (@natalie_allison) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/natalie_allison\/status\/1504957031932907523?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the altercation, Gibbons\u2019s campaign issued a statement calling Mandel \u201cunhinged, unfit, and flailing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Gibbons spokesperson Samantha Cotten said in a statement provided to Breitbart News:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Josh Mandel is unhinged, unfit, and flailing \u2013 because he\u2019s losing. He is only a professional at one thing: running for office. He is hellbent on lying because he is failing. He doesn\u2019t have the temperament, experience, or fortitude to be a U.S. Senator, and Ohio voters got a first hand look at just how unprepared Josh Mandel has become and that will be reflected on the ballot on May 3.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>All the while, JD Vance remained calm and kept his cool while making his policy pitch to Ohio voters. Immediately after the altercation, Vance, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Iraq War, called out Mandel\u2019s \u201cdisgraceful\u201d emphasis on his military service during the altercation with Gibbons.<\/p>\n<p>Vance\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/surabees\/status\/1504991834694729729?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Before I answer that question, I just gotta comment on what we just saw. Look, as the only other person who served his country in uniform, I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. My ma-maw had six grandchildren and three of them and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. I think the way you use the U.S. Marine Corps, Josh, is disgraceful.<\/p>\n<p>Think about what we just saw. This guy wants to be a U.S. senator, He\u2019s up here, \u2018Hold me back, hold me back, I got two tours in the Marine Corps.\u2019 What a joke. Answer the question, Stop playing around.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone call 911 because I think I just witnessed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JDVance1<\/a> murdering <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshMandelOhio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoshMandelOhio<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0ermlxdCMM\">pic.twitter.com\/0ermlxdCMM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Surabian (@Surabees) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Surabees\/status\/1504991834694729729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the debate, Vance also talked about transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who came in first place in the women\u2019s swimming NCAA championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s a basic truth: men are men and women are women,\u201d Vance\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVancePress\/status\/1504956442348081153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not fair to any girl to be forced to compete against biological males. Ladies and gentlemen, it\u2019s time to get biological males out of girls\u2019 sports,\u201d Vance\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVancePress\/status\/1504956442348081153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JDVance1<\/a>: &#8220;Here&#8217;s a basic truth: men are men and women are women\u2026It&#8217;s not fair to any girl to be forced to compete against biological males. Ladies and gentlemen, it&#8217;s time to get biological males out of girls&#8217; sports.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OHSen?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OHSen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CCL2TjguF7\">pic.twitter.com\/CCL2TjguF7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JD Vance for U.S. Senate Press (@JDVancePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVancePress\/status\/1504956442348081153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Ohio\u2019s Republican Senate debate on Friday evening, chaos broke out when candidates Mike Gibbons and Josh Mandel got into a heated altercation, as J.D. 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