{"id":2194258,"date":"2024-03-06T15:45:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T20:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-fighting-to-defeat-vulnerable-sherrod-brown-turn-attacks-on-each-other-in-brutal-primary\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T15:45:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T20:45:39","slug":"republicans-fighting-to-defeat-vulnerable-sherrod-brown-turn-attacks-on-each-other-in-brutal-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-fighting-to-defeat-vulnerable-sherrod-brown-turn-attacks-on-each-other-in-brutal-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans in a fierce primary battle to unseat vulnerable Sherrod Brown turn their attacks on each other, creating a brutal internal conflict"},"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\">44<\/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%2Frepublicans-fighting-to-defeat-vulnerable-sherrod-brown-turn-attacks-on-each-other-in-brutal-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=2194258&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--><h2>The Ohio Senate\u200d Race Heats Up\u200b as \u200cTop Republicans Turn \u200con Each Other<\/h2>\n<p>The Ohio Senate race is reaching a boiling point as the \u200cthree \u2064leading Republican candidates engage in a \u200bfierce battle amongst\u2063 themselves, \u2063just \u200cweeks before the\u2064 primary. \u2063Instead of \u2062focusing their attacks on vulnerable\u200b Democratic incumbent Sen. \u2062Sherrod Brown, \u2062car salesman Bernie Moreno, Ohio \u2062Secretary\u2063 of\u2063 State\u2063 Frank LaRose,\u200b and state Sen. Matt Dolan have turned\u200d up the \u200dvolume and unleashed a\u2064 barrage of\u2063 criticisms against each other.<\/p>\n<p>Moreno, who secured the coveted endorsement of former President Donald Trump, launched a scathing ad portraying his \u200brivals\u200b as \u2064anti-Trump clones of \u2062Nikki Haley. He emphasized the need for an\u2063 outsider to fix the broken system in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, Dolan is being \u2063targeted by Moreno&#8217;s allies for\u2064 his past support of a gas tax increase.<\/p>\n<p>Not to\u200d be outdone, \u200bLaRose&#8217;s allies hit\u200d back \u200bat Moreno with an ad highlighting his\u200d previous stance on\u2064 gun control, where he \u2063questioned the necessity of\u2063 owning 100 bullets. Moreno\u2063 has since changed\u200c his position and \u200bnow\u2064 presents \u2062himself \u2064as a staunch supporter of gun \u2062rights.<\/p>\n<p>These\u2062 attacks have raised eyebrows among \u200bthe candidates, with some \u2064suggesting that Moreno&#8217;s confidence\u2062 may be waning after Trump&#8217;s\u200b endorsement. Ohio, \u200da predominantly pro-Trump state, \u2063holds \u2062significant weight in the\u2063 primary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If\u2063 Bernie and his team truly believed they were leading by 10 points, their strategy \u200dwould have been different \u200din recent days,&#8221; remarked LaRose \u2062spokesman Rich Gorka. &#8220;Closing the \u200bdeal is up \u200dto\u2062 the \u200ccandidate. While he may have been \u2064a successful car salesman, he&#8217;s clearly not winning over voters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dolan&#8217;s strategist \u2063agreed \u2064that Moreno&#8217;s campaign\u2062 is faltering, but Moreno&#8217;s spokesperson argued that voters \u2062are tired of traditional politicians like LaRose and \u200cDolan.<\/p>\n<p>The race took a vicious turn\u200c when\u2062 Sen. J.D. Vance publicly declared that he would withhold support for politicians who did\u200d not back Trump or his endorsed candidates. Vance specifically targeted \u2062LaRose, pointing \u2062out his support from a prominent\u2062 Democratic donor, after \u2062LaRose highlighted Moreno&#8217;s previous \u200dstance on gun control.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have criticized \u200dthis internal strife\u200b within the party,\u200c deeming it &#8220;counterproductive.&#8221; They argue that the focus should be on \u2063attacking Brown, rather than\u200d tearing \u2064each other down.<\/p>\n<p>The final debate among the three challengers \u200bis scheduled\u200b for Wednesday night. The \u2063winner of the \u2062primary \u2064will likely face Sen. \u200dSherrod Brown in the November election.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2063Does Moreno&#8217;s lack of political experience make him \u2062unfit to serve in the Senate, as LaRose suggests?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  LaRose as a career politician \u200dwho is out of touch with the concerns of ordinary Ohioans. The ad highlights LaRose&#8217;s votes in support of tax increases and accuses him of\u2064 being a\u200b part of\u200c the political\u2063 establishment that has failed the state.<\/p>\n<p>In response,\u200b LaRose has fired back, accusing Moreno of being a \u200b&#8221;fake conservative&#8221; who is simply trying to buy his way\u200d into politics. LaRose points to Moreno&#8217;s history as a businessman, arguing that his lack of political experience \u200cmakes him unfit to serve in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Not to be outdone, Dolan has also joined in the attacks, painting both Moreno and \u2062LaRose as \u200dcareer politicians who are interested only in furthering their \u200cown self-interests. Dolan, who comes from a prominent political family in Ohio, argues that he is the\u2064 true conservative candidate who can bring real change to Washington.<\/p>\n<p>The infighting among these top Republican contenders has raised concerns among party leaders who worry that this division will only weaken their chances of defeating Sen. Brown in the general election. Brown, a seasoned politician who has held his seat since 2007, has already begun to capitalize\u200c on the Republican discord,\u200b using it as an opportunity to portray himself as\u200c a stable and strong leader amidst the chaos.<\/p>\n<p>While the primary race is still tight, polls suggest that Moreno currently holds a\u200b slight lead \u200bover\u200b his competitors. However, with\u200d the election just weeks away, the outcome is far \u2063from certain. All three candidates are \u200caggressively campaigning across the \u2062state, hoping to garner support \u2063and sway\u200c undecided voters.<\/p>\n<p>The heated race has also attracted attention from outside groups, with various conservative organizations pouring money into the campaign. These organizations see Ohio as a \u2062crucial battleground state in the fight for control of the Senate and are eager to ensure that a Republican candidate comes out\u200b on top.<\/p>\n<p>As the primary race\u2064 continues to intensify, \u2062it remains to be seen\u200d how the Republican candidates will navigate the intra-party \u200cconflict and unite behind\u2064 a \u200dsingle\u2063 candidate. With\u2064 each candidate\u200c seeking to differentiate themselves \u200bfrom the others, the primary campaign \u2063has become\u2063 a fierce battle of personal attacks\u2064 and political maneuvering.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the outcome of the Ohio\u200b Senate race will have far-reaching implications \u200dfor the balance of power in Washington. As Republicans struggle to maintain control of the\u200b Senate,\u200b the\u200d infighting within their own ranks threatens to undermine their chances of success.\u200d Meanwhile, Democrats, \u200dincluding \u200cSen. Brown, are closely watching the Republican turmoil, \u200dcapitalizing on the \u200bopportunity to solidify their own support base.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the Ohio\u200b Senate \u2063race\u200d serves as a reminder that while party unity is\u200b crucial, personal ambitions and rivalries can sometimes take precedence. As top Republicans continue to turn \u200con each other, they\u200b risk losing sight of the bigger picture \u200band handing their opponents an easy victory. Only\u2064 time will\u200d tell if the Republican candidates can put their differences\u2064 aside and\u200c focus on their shared goal of ousting Sen. \u2063Brown from office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Ohio Senate race, the three leading Republicans vying for their party&#8217;s nomination have shifted their focus from targeting Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) to attacking each other. Bernie Moreno, Frank LaRose, and Matt Dolan, all closely matched, have turned on one another just weeks before the intense primary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2643,"featured_media":2194259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP22308620144961-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2194258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP22308620144961-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194258","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\/2643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2194258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2194258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2194259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2194258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2194258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2194258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}