{"id":1916995,"date":"2023-04-20T04:10:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T08:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-senate-race-gets-another-gop-contender-in-entrepreneur-bernie-moreno\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T04:14:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T08:14:07","slug":"ohio-senate-race-gets-another-gop-contender-in-entrepreneur-bernie-moreno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-senate-race-gets-another-gop-contender-in-entrepreneur-bernie-moreno\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Senate Race Gets Another GOP Contender in Entrepreneur Bernie Moreno"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fohio-senate-race-gets-another-gop-contender-in-entrepreneur-bernie-moreno%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=1916995&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 class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0419\/acab9f98-71f0-49da-b487-b7bc62b7691b\/audio.mp3?length=9618957&#038;duration=802\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>CINCINNATI, Ohio\u2014On a stage in suburban Cincinnati, Cleveland entrepreneur Bernie Moreno told an enthusiastic crowd on April 18 why he decided to enter Ohio\u2019s 2024 U.S. Senate race\u2014after vying for former Sen. Rob Portman\u2019s seat in 2022 before dropping out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomehow, we\u2019ve lost our way. And I think it started with a virus from China. And of course, I\u2019m not talking about COVID. I\u2019m talking about socialism and communism,\u201d Moreno said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a battle of what type of world we want to live in. Do we want to live in the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s view of the world with small groups of elites and faraway places get to tell us what to do? Or we\u2019re going to recommit to the constitutional principles of self-governance. To me, that\u2019s not a question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moreno is the second candidate to enter the Republican primary, joining Ohio State Sen. Matt Dolan, who also ran for Portman\u2019s seat in 2022.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5206120\" style=\"width: 487px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/19\/id5206120-moreno2-1200x1600.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Bernie Moreno talks to a supporter after announcing his candidacy for the Ohio U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Sherrod Brown. (Courtesy of Melissa Townsend)<\/figure>\n<p>There are other potential candidates, including Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson.<\/p>\n<p>Many Ohio conservatives believe the GOP can unseat Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown, who first arrived in Washington as a congressman in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Ten of Ohio\u2019s 15 congress members are Republicans. The state has a Republican governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. The state legislature has a Republican super-majority.<\/p>\n<p>Vance defeated Ryan by 6.2 percentage points last November to fill Portman\u2019s seat. Trump won Ohio by eight points in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Cook Political Report rates the Ohio 2024 U.S. Senate race as a toss-up.<\/p>\n<p>Moreno was part of a crowded Republican primary in 2022 competing to replace Portman, who retired.<\/p>\n<p>The race included seven candidates, all of whom favored Trump, except for Dolan.<\/p>\n<p>Moreno spent millions of dollars of his own money to run TV commercials and build his name recognition, but he decided to end his campaign in February 2022 after a meeting with Trump.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5199952\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/17\/id5199952-04142023-DSC03674-Trump-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Former President Donald J. Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association in Indianapolis, Ind., on April 14, 2023. (Madalina Vasiliu\/The Epoch Times)<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI asked for a private meeting with President Trump this afternoon to discuss the state of the Ohio Senate race. I am a businessman, not a politician. Business leaders recognize patterns before they happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter talking to President Trump, we both agreed this race has too many Trump candidates and could cost the MAGA movement a conservative seat,\u201d Moreno said.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving the race, Moreno endorsed Vance, helped the now freshman senator raise funds, and even played the role of his opponent, Democrat U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, in debate preparations.<\/p>\n<p>Vance defeated Ryan and took office as a freshman Senator in January.<\/p>\n<p>When Moreno filed paperwork to run last week, Trump offered his support on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWord is that Bernie Moreno, the highly respected businessman from the great state of Ohio, and the father-in-law of fantastic young Congressman, Max Miller, is thinking of running for the Senate,\u201d Trump posted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe would not be easy to beat, especially against Brown, one of the worst in the Senate!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On April 18, Moreno offered his support for Trump. He told the audience that he is \u201cunapologetically pro-life,\u201d that \u201cI will defend our Second Amendment rights,\u201d and that \u201cI believe Donald Trump was the greatest president of our lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy current opponent in this race has already said \u2026 publicly that he may or may not support Trump if Trump\u2019s the nominee,\u201d Moreno said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was attacked viciously and mercilessly for four years, unlike any person ever in American history. They\u2019re not just attacking him; they\u2019re attacking you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s the one who can solve the problem in Ukraine. Nobody else can,\u201d Moreno added. \u201cRon DeSantis is a great governor of Florida, but we need Donald Trump back in the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3793167\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript> A group of protesters demonstrates against the Cleveland Indians mascot prior to the Opening Day game between the Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Royals in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 24, 2020. (Jason Miller\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When he campaigned in 2022, he appealed to many Ohio conservatives because of his compelling personal story.<\/p>\n<p>When he was 5, Moreno boarded a plane for America with his mom, five brothers, and sister. Born in Colombia, he hailed from a country surrounded by the socialist ideology of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey promised to give everyone all they needed and solve all their problems. Now, we see the same threat rising here,\u201d Moreno said. \u201cOnly in America could a young boy that legally immigrated to a new country run for the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moreno believes his story of legally immigrating to the United States, and his Latino heritage will allow him to combat attacks from the far left.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats have this narrative that says Ohio is primarily made up of a bunch of white supremacists, racist hillbillies who hate every ethnic group in the world and are afraid of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut wouldn\u2019t it be something when they elect a senator to represent them in D.C. who was born in Colombia, South America, who had to learn English, who had to become a U.S. citizen? It breaks that narrative apart,\u201d Moreno said.<\/p>\n<h2>Business Successes<\/h2>\n<p>Moreno attended the University of Michigan\u2014where he met his wife Bridget\u2014because of its proximity to Detroit and the automotive industry.<\/p>\n<p>He started his career as a General Motors intern and eventually worked his way to vice president of a major New England auto dealer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe moved to Cleveland when he purchased a struggling Mercedes-Benz dealership on the city\u2019s west side in 2005. Under Moreno\u2019s leadership, the dealership became the largest volume Mercedes-Benz dealership in the Central United States.<\/p>\n<p>Moreno formed the Bernie Moreno Companies and expanded his auto dealership portfolio to brands such as Premier AMG, Sprinter, Porsche, Infiniti, Aston Martin, Maserati, Rolls Royce, Buick, and GMC.<\/p>\n<p>The Bernie Moreno Companies achieved $1 billion in annual sales before the founder began divesting his auto-dealership portfolio and reinventing himself and his business.<\/p>\n<p>He spearheaded a new goal to transform Cleveland into a national epicenter for blockchain technology.<\/p>\n<p>Moreno launched a campaign called \u201cBlockLand\u201d with the objective to make Cleveland a global center for blockchain technology and a hub for blockchain businesses and research.<\/p>\n<h2>Against Changing to \u2018Guardians\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Dolan, an Ohio state senator whose family owns Major League Baseball\u2019s Cleveland Guardians, poured millions of dollars of his own money into advertising when he ran for Senate in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He surged in the final days of the Republican primary and finished third behind Vance and former Ohio state treasurer Josh Mandel.<\/p>\n<p>Trump chastised Dolan for his family\u2019s role in changing Cleveland\u2019s baseball team\u2019s name from the Indians to the Guardians. Dolan is the son of Indians\u2019 principal owner Larry Dolan and a cousin of Madison Square Garden chairman and CEO James Dolan.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2021, the team announced that it would change its nickname from the Indians, which had graced the franchise since 1915, to the Guardians in recognition of statues that sit atop a bridge near Progressive Field and are known as the \u201cGuardians of Traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody that changes the name of the once-storied Cleveland Indians to the Cleveland Guardians should not be running for the United States Senate representing the great people of Ohio,\u201d Trump said in a statement after the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Atlanta Braves didn\u2019t change their name, and the Florida State Seminoles didn\u2019t change their chant, but Cleveland has and they were there first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite this, a man named Matt Dolan, the son of the owner of the team said he is against Cancel Culture. Do those two things really work together?\u201d Trump asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn any event, I know of at least one person in the race who I won\u2019t be endorsing. The Republican Party has too man<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CINCINNATI, Ohio\u2014On a stage in suburban Cincinnati, Cleveland entrepreneur Bernie Moreno told an enthusiastic crowd on April 18 why he decided to enter Ohio\u2019s 2024 U.S. Senate race\u2014after vying for former Sen. Rob Portman\u2019s seat in 2022 before dropping out. \u201cSomehow, we\u2019ve lost our way. 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