{"id":1390314,"date":"2022-03-20T08:26:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T12:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1390314"},"modified":"2022-03-20T08:29:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T12:29:56","slug":"jd-vance-takes-lead-in-ohio-senate-republican-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-takes-lead-in-ohio-senate-republican-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance Takes Lead in Ohio Senate Republican Primary"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fjd-vance-takes-lead-in-ohio-senate-republican-primary%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=1390314&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:\/\/assets.rebelmouse.io\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yOTU2MzQwMi9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY5Mzc0NDYwN30.T4yno3zl113NM_Aczl8fdc81FmcFw2bK6SBjztVp0yo\/img.jpg?width=1200&#038;coordinates=0%2C0%2C0%2C171&#038;height=600\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Friday debate between Republican Senate candidates in Ohio intensified primary rivalries as candidates exchanged jabs and confronted each other over their political bona fides.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the event, candidate Mike Gibbons, who is currently leading in the polls, implied that he was cautiously optimistic about his current lead over other candidates. He told TheBlaze, &#8220;You never know until Election Day, but we feel confident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The event, sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/freedomworks-us-senate-forum-ohio-registration-274963251487\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">FreedomWorks<\/a>, had more than 900 RSVPs, according to event staffers, and was intense from the outset as candidate Josh Mandel used his introductory remarks to attack Mike Gibbons&#8217;s alleged business dealings with China. <\/p>\n<p>The evening&#8217;s first question \u2014 regarding the U.S.&#8217;s relationship with Russia and China \u2014 brought tensions to a boiling point as Mandel once again used his permitted time to speak to criticize Gibbons for doing business with China. <\/p>\n<p>Gibbons&#8217;s responded to Mandel by criticizing him for never having worked in the private sector. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You may not understand this,&#8221; Gibbons said, &#8220;Because you&#8217;ve never been in the private sector in your entire life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mandel responded by standing up and getting in Gibbons&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mangold_Lenett\/status\/1504949592567296008?s=20&#038;t=oUrNC5bVsaf3jXA1vlNYfQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">face<\/a> to tout his time in the military, saying: &#8220;I understand fully, I&#8217;ve worked. Two tours in Iraq, don&#8217;t tell me I haven&#8217;t worked.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"3c4aa\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"46a79fe9a95537cdc096e9b46c1fa65d\">\n<div class=\"rm-embed-container rm-embed-twitter rm-loading\">\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-mobile\"><\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-desktop\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rm-embed-holder\">\n<blockquote class=\"rm-embed twitter-custom-tweet\" data-twitter-tweet-id=\"1504955509094371339\" data-partner=\"rebelmouse\">\n<p>Mike Gibbons and Josh Mandel get in each otheru2019s faces at tonightu2019s GOP #OHSen forum hosted by FreedomWorks.nnu201cYou watch what happens,u201d Mandel says.pic.twitter.com\/fQuqfHxXHT<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Heartland Signal (@Heartland Signal)<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeartlandSignal\/statuses\/1504955509094371339\">1647644328<\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Gibbons campaign released a statement about the confrontation that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gibbonsforohio.com\/u-s-senate-candidate-mike-gibbons-denounces-physically-aggressive-actions-of-senate-opponent-josh-mandel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, &#8220;Josh Mandel is unhinged, unfit and flailing \u2013 because he&#8217;s losing. He is only a professional at one thing: running for office. He is hellbent on lying because he is failing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It continued, &#8220;We can&#8217;t leave this race to child-like candidates. We need an adult in the room, and Josh Mandel has proven that he is not capable of being that for Ohioans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After the brief kerfuffle, candidate JD Vance criticized Mandel for using his military service as a political credential.<\/p>\n<p>Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mangold_Lenett\/status\/1504950689696464910?s=20&#038;t=72GU8ZQqJyi1WA2FlmO6CQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, &#8220;I think the way you use the U.S. Marine Corps, Josh, is disgraceful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whereas the other candidates worked to propose policy solutions to the questions they were posed, Mandel appeared more focused on reducing Gibbons&#8217;s lead in the polls by attacking his business record. <\/p>\n<p>His attacks on Gibbons continued throughout the night as he appeared to be reading off a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Surabees\/status\/1505181826020691972?s=20&#038;t=pqmjHh_ZKNrkhcBXmUXnsg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fact sheet <\/a>containing information on Gibbons&#8217;s financial dealings and FEC filings.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mandel&#8217;s strategy and Gibbons&#8217;s subsequent rebuttals favored neither candidate as FreedomWorks&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomworks.org\/content\/freedomworks-releases-ohio-senate-candidate-straw-poll-results?utm_source=dlvr.it&#038;utm_medium=twitter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">official<\/a> post-debate straw poll overwhelmingly favored JD Vance&#8217;s performance. <\/p>\n<div id=\"e189a\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"e47bfbd425ef65ee918c37c468881d91\">\n<div class=\"rm-embed-container rm-embed-twitter rm-loading\">\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-mobile\"><\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-desktop\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rm-embed-holder\">\n<blockquote class=\"rm-embed twitter-custom-tweet\" data-twitter-tweet-id=\"1505176946174484480\" data-partner=\"rebelmouse\">\n<p>Despite the desperate theatrics of the contrived Mandel-Gibbons play fight (Mandel was filming for an ad), I am grateful to see that the debate audience heard my America First Conservative message and responded by choosing me by better than a 2 to 1 margin in their straw poll.https:\/\/twitter.com\/surabees\/status\/1505167035055099918u00a0u2026<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 J.D. Vance (@J.D. Vance)<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1\/statuses\/1505176946174484480\">1647697123<\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Vance believes that the poll&#8217;s results are due to him focusing on issues that actually affect the average Ohio voter. <\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;While others made a mockery of themselves with their phony tough guy antics, I focused on engaging with the voters, honing in on the real problems that Ohioans face and providing true solutions that may make life better for working- and middle-class Americans. This clearly resonated with the crowd, and I am proud to have earned this kind of support from the attendees.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Friday debate between Republican Senate candidates in Ohio intensified primary rivalries as candidates exchanged jabs and confronted each other over their political bona fides.Prior to the event, candidate Mike<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-1390314","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\/1390314","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1390314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1390314\/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=1390314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1390314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1390314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}