2022 OH Senate race: on Civil Rights
Bernie Moreno:
Glosses over company's support for LGBTQ non-discrimination
Most of the Republicans in Ohio's U.S. Senate race have made their positions relatively clear regarding LGBTQ non-discrimination bills. But when asked about the issue on the campaign trail, including in front of groups who oppose it,
Bernie Moreno's answers have glossed over explaining how his car dealership group came to join a coalition supporting one such bill in Ohio after he met with the head of a major LGBTQ advocacy group.
Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Dec 21, 2021
Jane Timken:
Critical race theory seeks to stoke racial flames
Instead of teaching the facts of history--good and bad--critical race theory promotes a slanted view of America through a racial and ideological lens.
While we must certainly teach empathy and how we can learn and grow as a nation, critical race theory seeks to stoke racial flames by creating a state of perpetual division between neighbors, friends, and communities.
I believe America is the greatest country in the world that allows people of all race, color, and creed to achieve their own American Dream.
That is the America I want to teach our children, and the America I will fight for in the United States Senate.
Source: Columbus Dispatch on 2022 Ohio Senate race
May 24, 2021
JD Vance:
Generals should read less about white rage, whatever that is
He lashed out at Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for defending the study of critical race theory. "I personally would like American generals to read less about 'white rage' (whatever that is) and more about 'not losing
wars,'" he wrote. He railed against critical race theory, the academic term that's meant to recognize how systemic racism is inherent in American life and that the political right has turned into a signature issue.
Source: NBC News on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Jul 1, 2021
JD Vance:
Black Lives Matter movement destroyed many towns and cities
The Ford Foundation has $14 billion under management. They're investing in Critical Race Theory, they're investing in racial division all across our country, and they're invested in all of the progressive social causes of the moment. They are one of the
Source: Esquire magazine on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Jun 4, 2021
JD Vance:
OpEd: Mocked AOC for Native American phrase for non-binary
The 37-year-old bigot shared a tweet by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about trans, two-spirit, and non-binary people, along with the caption: "I'm sorry but what the hell is two-spirit? Would love if progressives just stopped inventing words."
Had J.D. bothered to simply Google "two-spirit" rather than tweet his ignorance about it, he would have quickly learned that it's not something progressives invented and is actually a term used in many Indigenous North American communities.
Source: Queerty e-zine on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Sep 9, 2021
Matt Dolan:
For Fairness Act, against transgirls in girls' athletics
The "Ohio Fairness Act" would make it illegal for employers, landlords, schools and other kinds of public accommodations to deny their services based on a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. "Unlike the Federal Equality Act,
Ohio's bill maintains critical religious freedoms including the ministerial exemption," Dolan said in a statement. "Additionally, this bill does not authorize transgender girls to compete in girls' athletics, of which I am opposed."
Source: Columbus Dispatch on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Aug 19, 2021
JD Vance:
Enforce Court decision ending college affirmative action
On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court struck a blow against institutionally-driven racism in the United States. In Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College, the Supreme Court found [that colleges with affirmative action admissions] were
impermissibly discriminating against certain applicants based exclusively on their race.While the Court took a big step forward in eliminating racial discrimination in admissions, more work remains to be done. In his remarks in the wake of the
landmark decision, President Biden proposed "a new standard, where colleges take into account the adversity a student has overcome, including racial discrimination that individuals have faced in their own lives."
We call upon the Biden administration
to embrace the Court's holdings: racial discrimination [does not] have any place in schooling. The American people deserve no less than an Executive Branch committed to enforcing the law equally to all people without concern for their race.
Source: Ernst.Senate.Gov press release:for 2022 Ohio Senate race
Sep 12, 2023
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