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Former President Trump, the present GOP front-runner forward of the 2024 election, on Tuesday endorsed Bernie Moreno for U.S. Senate in Ohio amid a crowded Republican discipline vying to unseat Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown.
“It’s time for your complete Republican Social gathering to UNITE round Bernie’s marketing campaign for Senate, in order that we will have a BIG victory in what might be crucial Election in American Historical past,” Trump wrote on TRUTH Social Tuesday afternoon. “Bernie is the Father of fantastic Emily, the spouse of excellent younger Ohio Congressman, Max Miller. Bernie is Robust on the Border, Crime, Reducing Taxes, Election Integrity, the Army / Vets, and can at all times defend our beneath siege 2nd Modification. Bernie Moreno might be an impressive United States Senator, and has my Full and Whole Endorsement—He won’t ever allow you to down!”
In a second submit, Trump went on to say, “Bernie Moreno, a extremely revered businessman from the GREAT State of Ohio, is precisely the kind of MAGA fighter that we’d like in the USA Senate. Bernie will at all times stand as much as the Fascist ‘nut jobs’ and the spineless RINOS so as to battle the corrupt Deep State that’s destroying our Nation.”
“Bear in mind, we’d like a profitable political outsider like Bernie to defeat Liberal profession politician, Sherrod Brown, who has so poorly represented Ohio, and pretends that he’s all for the Insurance policies of your Favourite President, Donald J. Trump, however then will get to the Senate and votes 100% for the horrendous Insurance policies of Crooked Joe Biden, the worst President within the Historical past of our Nation,” Trump wrote.
OHIO’S BERNIE MORENO ANNOUNCES SECOND STRAIGHT GOP SENATE RUN IN BID TO FLIP BLUE STATE RED
Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno of Ohio (proper) is joined by GOP Sen. JD Vance of Ohio (left), at a marketing campaign cease in New Albany, OH, on Nov. 21, 2023 (Bernie Moreno Senate marketing campaign )
“Don’t be fooled by Sherrod Brown. He’s a Radical Left Liberal who will at all times allow you to down. He doesn’t stand for Ohio Values, and by no means will. Bernie Moreno, however, will ALWAYS put America First,” Trump mentioned.
Trump’s endorsement may give Moreno a bonus over different Republican main candidates together with Frank LaRose, who serves as Ohio’s secretary of state, and state Sen. Matt Dolan.
The winner of subsequent yr’s GOP main will problem Brown, who’s the one Democrat to win statewide in Ohio prior to now decade. Brown might be closely focused by Republicans in a state that was as soon as a premiere basic election battleground however has shifted purple over the previous six years.
Former President Trump gestures on the finish of a marketing campaign occasion in Waterloo, Iowa, on Dec. 19, 2023. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
TRUMP ALLY SEN JD VANCE ENDORSES IN OHIO’S 2024 GOP SENATE PRIMARY, BACKING BERNIE MORENO
A profitable Cleveland-based businessman and luxurious auto dealership large, Moreno launched his second straight bid for U.S. Senate in Ohio in April, touting himself as an outsider and a conservative.
Moreno, an immigrant who arrived within the U.S. legally from Colombia along with his household as a five-year-old boy, made border safety a high situation throughout his 2022 Senate marketing campaign and visited the U.S.-Mexico border. He shelled out thousands and thousands of his personal cash to run TV commercials to try to enhance his first Senate bid, however he suspended his marketing campaign in February final yr after requesting and holding a personal assembly with Trump.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaks with members of the media following a rail security occasion in Columbus, Ohio, US, on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. (Maddie McGarvey/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos)
The crowded and flamable 2022 GOP Senate nomination in Ohio was finally gained by former hedge fund government and best-selling creator JD Vance, who landed Trump’s endorsement simply earlier than final Could’s main. Vance went on to defeat longtime Democrat Rep. Tim Ryan in final November’s basic election to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman.
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Dolan — whose household owns Main League Baseball’s Cleveland Guardians — additionally shelled out thousands and thousands of {dollars} of his personal cash to run adverts for his 2022 Senate bid. He surged close to the top of the first race, coming in third, behind Vance and simply behind former state Treasurer Josh Mandel.
Fox Information’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox Information Digital masking politics, crime, police and extra. Story ideas might be despatched to [email protected] and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
