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Group of former Republican Ohio leaders tout their support for Tim Ryan (they're former Republicans alright!)
statenews.org ^ | 10/4/22 | Andy Chow

Posted on 10/04/2022 1:20:40 PM PDT by cotton1706

Several Republican former leaders from around Ohio are coming out in support of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tim Ryan as they condemn the actions of former President Donald Trump.

Phil Heimlich, former Cincinnati City Council member and Hamilton County Commission member, described himself as a staunch conservative who looks to the polices of former President Ronald Reagan as a guiding principle.

“Whether we're talking foreign policy, whether we're talking law and order, whether we're talking fighting extremism, if Ronald Reagan were here today, he wouldn't have anything to do with J.D. Vance. And I believe that we, as Republicans shouldn't have anything to do with him either,” said Heimlich during a press event in the Ohio Statehouse.

Heimlich said Vance’s alignment with Trump puts him at odds with the values traditional conservatives support, such as protecting democracy from election deniers, respecting the “rule of law,” and fighting against fascism.

Heimlich was joined by Chris Gibbs, former Shelby County Republican Party chair and president of Rural America 2020. Gibbs, who is now a registered Democrat, said Tim Ryan is a candidate who represents the values he used to look for within the Republican party.

“The GOP of today and the candidates that it stands for election are yet a shell of what the Grand Old Party used to be. Void of those guiding principles, diplomacy, statesmanship, compassion, personal responsibility,” said Gibbs.

The group also includes Jim Petro, the Republican former Ohio Attorney General and Ohio Auditor, and Rocky Saxbe, a former Ohio House member. Saxbe created the group “Republicans for Strickland” in 2006 when Ted Strickland ran for Ohio Governor against Kenneth Blackwell.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
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Their influence is over, if they ever had any!

JD Vance is going to win the Ohio US Senate seat, and they can go F themselves.

1 posted on 10/04/2022 1:20:40 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Sounds like the slime ads the democrat challenger is running against our governor with fake republicans saying they’ll support her after our current governor stopped abortion and passed constitutional carry.


2 posted on 10/04/2022 1:24:32 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: cotton1706

Ryan’s latest commercial is him acting like some sort of Jock throwing footballs at TV screens. To me, Mr. Tough Guy looks like a Pansy Ass Sissy wishing he had athletic ability.


3 posted on 10/04/2022 1:26:44 PM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: cotton1706

They are all Deep State.


4 posted on 10/04/2022 1:27:04 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: cotton1706

I am glad these clowns are being exposed for who they actually are.


5 posted on 10/04/2022 1:30:03 PM PDT by Parley Baer (WI)
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To: cotton1706

Heimlich, you’re about as “conservative” as Obama...


6 posted on 10/04/2022 1:30:23 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: cotton1706

“Whether we’re talking foreign policy, whether we’re talking law and order, whether we’re talking fighting extremism, if Ronald Reagan were here today, he wouldn’t have anything to do with J.D. Vance.

Note to Mr. Heimlich: If Ronald Reagan were alive today, he wouldn’t have anything to do with you.


7 posted on 10/04/2022 1:30:30 PM PDT by Wuli (uires )
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To: OHPatriot

Absolutely Fuming 😡
TimRyan is a progressive. Funny how his leftist voting record is unavailable! 20 year voting by Tim Ryan got us where we are!
Wasn’t a fan of JD at first. But now after seeing him campaign, he gets it!


8 posted on 10/04/2022 1:30:46 PM PDT by griswold3 (There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs. – Thomas Sowell)
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To: cotton1706
” Phil Heimlich, ***described himself as a staunch conservative ***”

And this dude describes himself as a woman:


9 posted on 10/04/2022 1:34:00 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis )
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To: cotton1706

Well, you couldn’t do much worse with an idiot like Ryan as a Senator.


10 posted on 10/04/2022 1:35:54 PM PDT by Bullish (Rot'sa Ruck America. )
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To: cotton1706
This is why the precinct strategy is important. It is one step to identifying the snakes before they get embedded.

Otherwise, we get the Paul Ryans, Lindsey Grahams, Mitt Romneys, and Eric Cantors.

Democrats? That's an organized crime syndicate masquerading as a political party (at least the Republicans might be salvagable).

11 posted on 10/04/2022 1:43:31 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: cotton1706

J.D.Vance has the financial backing of Soros , Gates , and many others in big tech . He is another Dewine rino clone . I am sitting out the election this year . I refuse to vote while holding my breath . Might as well have commie demonrats as commie rinos . Jim Jordan and a few others I will get out and proudly vote but I ain’t wasting my time voting for Mike Dewine ot J.D.


12 posted on 10/04/2022 1:50:10 PM PDT by David Moser
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To: cotton1706

“ such as protecting democracy from election deniers, respecting the “rule of law,” and fighting against fascism.”

So… they’re communists.


13 posted on 10/04/2022 1:50:37 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: cotton1706

None of these people matter. Let them spew, nobody is listening.


14 posted on 10/04/2022 1:53:36 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: OHPatriot

Ryan thinks his base is a bunch of knuckledraggers who admire his throwing a football on tv. The only people this ad speaks to are already in the tank. I believe it will be a net negative for him though it’s hard to measure.


15 posted on 10/04/2022 1:56:00 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: David Moser

Fine, stay home, let the rest of us keep the rats out of the larder.


16 posted on 10/04/2022 1:58:50 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: David Moser

Elections have consequences. If the Ds win the legislative majority. I will do my best to make those who voted wrong. (or allowed this to happen) suffer those consequences
You think it’s bad now? You ain’t seen nothing yet!


17 posted on 10/04/2022 2:07:17 PM PDT by griswold3 (There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs. – Thomas Sowell)
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To: cotton1706

Those are all liberals.


18 posted on 10/04/2022 2:07:44 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
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To: Parley Baer

Former Repubics. That tells you all you need to know.


19 posted on 10/04/2022 2:09:47 PM PDT by MGunny ( )
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To: MGunny

yep, it is like quitting your family because of one bad relative.

Candy ass losers who will jump in bed with the monied libs....you know, for the money. There is a term for that, I think people like this are called whores. Prostitutes are at least professionals......these folks are just whores.


20 posted on 10/04/2022 2:19:00 PM PDT by SteelPSUGOP
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