Bernie Moreno, a businessman backed by President Trump, will advance to the Ohio Republican Senate primary on Tuesday night, with Brown’s support for President Biden and Democratic Party concerns expected to be the focus of the race, with established Democratic incumbent Sherrod・Set up a showdown with Mr. Brown. MAGA agenda.
Moreno campaigned on Tuesday on his position as a political outsider and on his support for former President Trump in a state that Trump led by 8 points in 2020. Defeated 2 people. Secret control of the US Senate.
In the days leading up to the election, Moreno, Trump and their allies focused their attacks on the perception of Brown as a “moderate” and suggested that Brown was actually a rubber stamp for Biden. It suggested an assertive stance.
”“Ohio needs to defeat Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, a horrible radical leftist who is pretending to be my best friend,” President Trump told Moreno supporters at a Dayton-area rally last weekend. Always going to be a radical leftist. If you listen to his commercials, he sounds like he’s running with Trump. He isn’t. ”
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L – Bernie Moreno R – Sherrod Brown
Mr. Brown, who is expected to try to balance being a Democrat and running in the now reliably red state, also has a history of voting for Mr. Biden. Almost 100% at the time.
Moreno has already signaled that he will focus on polls showing Biden’s low approval ratings and dissatisfaction with the economy.
“He’s never played against a resourceful opponent,” Moreno said recently on “Sunday Night in America with Trey Gordy.” “He’s never run against someone with a real contrast between himself and his candidate, and most importantly, he’s never come out on top against President Trump. There wasn’t.”
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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump greets Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno during a rally at Dayton International Airport on March 16, 2024 in Vandalia, Ohio. The rally was sponsored by Buckeye Values PAC. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
“So Sherrod Brown has to overcome his obsession with Biden, his terrible record. People are going to vote thinking: [their] A severance package will be paid in November, which will ultimately lead to his retirement. ”
On Tuesday night after his victory, Mr. Moreno squarely criticized Mr. Brown, calling him a “communist” and rejecting the idea that he had fought for the middle class during his time in office.
“Think about it, this guy has been in office since Richard Nixon was president,” Moreno said. “This guy has held elected office, but he’s never held a job in the private sector. And what does he do? He says he’s a champion of working-class Americans. ing.”
“So let’s break it down a little bit,” Moreno continued. “Under Sherrod Brown’s watch, China went from a $4 billion trade deficit with the United States to a $235 billion annual trade deficit. This country’s middle class has shrunk on his watch, and we have shrunk on his watch. We’ve seen local banks, small banks, regional banks completely wiped out by his leadership of what they now call the Senate Banking Committee. This is happening on Sherrod Brown’s watch.”
Brown is expected to position himself as a candidate who will work across the aisle, drumming into Moreno his attachment to President Trump and continuing the Democratic strategy of labeling Republicans extremists on abortion.
“I’ve seen three rich people, three billionaires, who have already spent over $25 million combined to win this Senate seat, and they never mention the cost of prescription drugs, and they never mention the cost of manufacturing. It doesn’t talk about jobs, it doesn’t talk about the dignity of work, it doesn’t talk about pensions, it doesn’t talk about veterans, it doesn’t talk about how to actually secure our borders,” Brown said.
“One of the substantive things they said is that even though Ohio voters…by a 13-point margin want Ohioans’ reproductive rights, they all support a national abortion ban. So this discussion didn’t really surprise me, but it didn’t really make sense.”We have issues that affect people in Ohio every day. ”
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Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is shown during a Senate vote on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
Brown has repeatedly criticized Moreno and his Republican opponents over abortion on social media during the primary campaign.
“Bernie Moreno believes women need stroller support, not abortion access,” Brown said. Posted in X She responded to comments made by Moreno, who claimed to be “pro-mother” and “pro-family” when it comes to abortion.
Abortion has been a top issue in the Buckeye State over the past year, with Ohioans overwhelmingly voting in November to enshrine it in the state constitution.
Moreno moves from a primary campaign in which he claimed to be the most conservative candidate on abortion to a general election in which abortion access has proven popular with voters.
Brown County lost three suburban counties in 2018, including Butler, Delaware and Licking counties. All three referendums on abortion access were won last November. In Clermont and Warren counties, where pro-abortion votes lost by narrow margins, the vote share was double digits higher than Brown’s 2018 vote share.
Trump took control of all five counties in 2020.
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Ohio is one of three states that the Cook Political Report ranks as an “unexpected state” as Republicans seek to regain the Senate majority in November.
Democrats currently hold a 51-49 majority in the U.S. Senate, but Republicans believe the 2024 Senate map will be very favorable, with Democrats defending 23 of the 34 seats at stake. .
