Josh Mandel in 2022 OH Senate race
On Abortion:
Prohibit abortion at first sign of fetal heartbeat
[On pro-life stance]: "Josh will be the first to fight for the rights of the unborn," he states on his
[2018] campaign website. "He supported legislation to prohibit abortion as soon as a fetal heartbeat could be detected."
Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Nov 20, 2017
On Abortion:
Prohibit abortion at first sign of fetal heartbeat
[On abortion]: "Josh will be the first to fight for the rights of the unborn," he states on his
[2018] campaign website. "He supported legislation to prohibit abortion as soon as a fetal heartbeat could be detected."
Source: The Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Nov 20, 2017
On Education:
Local school districts should have autonomy
Many Republicans, including Mandel, have long supported giving local school districts autonomy. Districts across the state adopted a wide range of approaches to in-person instruction. When pressed on the matter, Mandel blamed unions for pressuring
districts to keep students at home. "My personal feeling is that moms and dads should drive the decision about kids going back to school, not teacher unions and politicians," he said.
Source: WKYC-3 News on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Feb 10, 2021
On Education:
Local school districts should have autonomy
Many Republicans, including Mandel, have long supported giving local school districts autonomy. Districts across the state adopted a wide range of approaches to in-person instruction. When pressed on the matter, Mandel blamed unions for pressuring
districts to keep students at home. "My personal feeling is that moms and dads should drive the decision about kids going back to school, not teacher unions and politicians," he said.
Source: WKYC on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Apr 18, 2021
On Energy & Oil:
Supports expansion of oil drilling and fracking
His views on global warming put Mandel on the far end of the Republican spectrum.
He argues that climate change research is fraudulent, and supports the expansion of oil drilling and fracking, and criticizes "radical liberals in the media."
Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Nov 20, 2017
On Energy & Oil:
Climate research inconclusive & riddled with fraud
Josh Mandel, an outspoken critic of [Obama] White House environmental policies, said that he doubts the presence of global warming. The state treasurer thinks scientific research on the matter "is inconclusive and riddled with fraud."
Appearing at a southeastern Ohio coal mine, Mandel said those who worked to advance clean-air standards would do so "over our dead bodies." Pressed about the remark, Mandel said he was using a "colloquial" phrase.
Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Aug 27, 2012
On Energy & Oil:
Attacked "war on coal": Over! Our! Dead! Bodies!
During one speech to coal miners in Beallsville, he railed against the "War on Coal," neglecting to note that its main foe was cheaper, cleaner natural gas. He again turned to the dead body
theme. "For any of these folks trying to get between us and affordable, reliable, dependable energy, we have four words for them: Over! Our! Dead! Bodies!"
Source: The Cleveland Scene on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Apr 18, 2021
On Energy & Oil:
Supports expansion of oil drilling and fracking
His views on global warming put Mandel on the far end of the Republican spectrum.
He argues that climate change research is fraudulent, and supports the expansion of oil drilling and fracking, and criticizes "radical liberals in the media."
Source: The Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Nov 20, 2017
On Energy & Oil:
Climate research inconclusive & riddled with fraud
Josh Mandel, an outspoken critic of [Obama] White House environmental policies, said that he doubts the presence of global warming. The state treasurer thinks scientific research on the matter "is inconclusive and riddled with fraud."
Appearing at a southeastern Ohio coal mine, Mandel said those who worked to advance clean-air standards would do so "over our dead bodies." Pressed about the remark, Mandel said he was using a "colloquial" phrase.
Source: The Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Aug 27, 2012
On Environment:
Environmental regulations beyond common sense; killing jobs
Mandel said he sees the need for environmental regulation. "I believe we need regulation in this country to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink and the environment for our kids and grandkids," he said. "My problem with the
regulation coming out of Washington is I believe it's gone beyond common sense and now it's killing jobs in our state."
Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Aug 27, 2012
On Environment:
Environmental regulations beyond common sense; killing jobs
Mandel said he sees the need for environmental regulation. "I believe we need regulation in this country to protect the air we breathe, the water we drink and the environment for our kids and grandkids,"
he said. "My problem with the regulation coming out of Washington is I believe it's gone beyond common sense and now it's killing jobs in our state."
Source: The Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Aug 27, 2012
On Government Reform:
Time will prove widespread fraud & 2020 election stolen
At the heart of the impeachment trial is whether Trump incited the Jan. 6 riot on the U.S. Capitol as Congress began to certify the Electoral College votes. Trump urged his supporters in the months leading up to and on the day itself to
challenge the results based on unfounded claims that widespread fraud tipped the election to his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden.
Mandel said time will prove that Trump won the election. "I think over time, we're going to see studies come out that evidence widespread fraud," he claimed. "You know, what you see with any type of fraud, it usually
takes time to investigate it and to dig it out, and it might be months, it might be years, it might be decades. But I think when we look back on this election, we'll see in large part that it was stolen from President Trump."
Source: WKYC 3News on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Feb 10, 2021
On Government Reform:
Would allow churches to endorse candidates
Mandel has created a faith outreach team whose first goal is repeal of a federal law prohibiting religious organizations and other charitable groups from backing political candidates. Mandel says the 1954 Johnson Amendment is "overreaching."
The amendment prohibits nonprofits with 501(c)3 tax-exempt status, including churches, universities and many foundations, from endorsing or opposing political candidates.
Source: WOSU Public Radio on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Feb 10, 2021
On Government Reform:
Over time we'll see election was stolen from Trump
Mandel said time will prove that Trump won the election. "I think over time, we're going to see studies come out that evidence widespread fraud," he claimed. "You know, what you see with any type of fraud, it usually takes time to investigate it and to
dig it out, and it might be months, it might be years, it might be decades. But I think when we look back on this election, we'll see in large part that it was stolen from President Trump."
Source: WKYC on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Apr 18, 2021
On Government Reform:
Would allow churches to endorse candidates
Mandel has created a faith outreach team whose first goal is repeal of a federal law prohibiting religious organizations and other charitable groups from backing political candidates.
Mandel says the 1954 Johnson Amendment is "overreaching." The amendment prohibits nonprofits with 501(c)3 tax-exempt status, including churches, universities and many foundations, from endorsing or opposing political candidates.
Source: WOSU 89.7 FM on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Aug 29, 2017
On Health Care:
Why shut down schools & small businesses for COVID?
Mandel criticized former Ohio Health Director Amy Acton, who is considering entering next year's Senate primary. Referring to Acton's initial projections that Ohio would see thousands of COVID cases each day, Mandel said she was widely inaccurate, even
though Ohio's average now is 10,000 cases per day."I'd love to have a debate of why Amy Acton shut down all these small businesses and shut down all these schools," Mandel said.
In addition, Mandel accused Acton--without evidence--of lying to
Gov. Mike DeWine about the threat the pandemic posed. Mandel also criticized the governor's handling of the pandemic response and accused him, too, of closing schools. "I completely disagree with Gov. DeWine's handling of the shutdowns of all these
businesses and schools," he said. "I think it was total government overreach. I think the big hand of government came in and unfairly shut down all these small businesses and unfairly shut down all these schools."
Source: WKYC 3News on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Feb 10, 2021
On Health Care:
ObamaCare is job killer: prefers physician-owned hospitals
On health care, Mandel reiterated his opposition to Obama's Affordable Care Act, save for requirements to cover those with pre-existing medical conditions and to allow young adults to remain under their parents' coverage up to age 26.
But he believes "most of the rest of the bill is a job-killer." He talked most enthusiastically about fostering physician-owned hospitals as a way to create competitive, effective alternatives, and tort reform.
Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Aug 27, 2012
On Health Care:
ACA a job killer, physician-owned hospitals an alternative
On health care, Mandel reiterated his opposition to Obama's Affordable Care Act, save for requirements to cover those with pre-existing medical conditions and to allow young adults to remain under their parents' coverage up to age 26.
But he believes "most of the rest of the bill is a job-killer." He talked most enthusiastically about fostering physician-owned hospitals as a way to create competitive, effective alternatives, and tort reform.
Source: The Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Aug 27, 2012
On Homeland Security:
Supported reinstatement of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy
Then there was the time in 2012 when nine of his family members took out an ad in their local newspaper blasting Mandel for his antigay views, which include opposing same-sex marriage, voting against extending employment non-discrimination protections
to LGBTQ people, and supporting the reinstatement of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Adding yet another layer of weirdness to the matter is the fact that Mandel himself has two gay cousins, one of whom served in the military.
Source: Queerty blog on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Feb 10, 2021
On Homeland Security:
Claims Muslim civil rights group CAIR has terrorism ties
Mandel has been amping up his attention towards Islamic extremism while gearing up for his planned rematch with Sen. Sherrod Brown in the 2018 election. In a series of tweets, Mandel alleges the Council on American-Islamic Relations
Source: Fox-19 NOW on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Feb 10, 2021
On Homeland Security:
Supported reinstatement of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy
Then there was the time in 2012 when nine of his family members took out an ad in their local newspaper blasting Mandel for his antigay views, which include opposing same-sex marriage, voting against extending employment non-discrimination
protections to LGBTQ people, and supporting the reinstatement of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Adding yet another layer of weirdness to the matter is the fact that Mandel himself has two gay cousins, one of whom served in the military.
Source: Queerty.com on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Apr 18, 2021
On Homeland Security:
Claims Muslim civil rights group has terrorism ties
Mandel has been amping up his attention towards Islamic extremism while gearing up for his planned rematch with Sen. Sherrod Brown in the 2018 election. In a series of tweets,
Mandel alleges the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest civil rights group for Muslims in the U.S., has financial ties to terrorist organizations such a Hamas citing questionable evidence.
Source: Fox 19 NOW on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Aug 29, 2017
On Immigration:
We need a fighter who will fight to build the wall
Motivated by the Democrats' sham impeachment of President Trump, Josh Mandel announces for the United States Senate. Watching this sham and unconstitutional impeachment has made my blood boil and motivated me to run for U.S. Senate.
It's sickening to see radical liberals and fake Republicans in Washington engage in this second assault on President Donald Trump and the millions of us who supported him."
"I've heard loud and clear from my fellow Ohioans that we need a warrior that won't quiver in their boots when it comes to standing up for conservative values. We need a fighter in the Senate who will fight to build the wall, combat
China's economic cheating and advance conservative policies that gave us the greatest economy in American history. We need to keep our foot on the gas and build off the momentum of the Trump presidency."
Source: 2022 Ohio Senate campaign website JoshMandel.com
Feb 10, 2021
On War & Peace:
War in Iraq was just and for a good cause
[On his armed service record]: "Iraq has changed the way I see the world and painted a clearer picture of how the world sees me as an American," Mandel wrote as his first deployment came to an end.
Describing the war as "just and for a good cause," Mandel expressed his hope that "the American people will be able to stomach the sacrifice required to accomplish this complicated mission of destroying terrorism and developing democracy."
Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Nov 20, 2017
On Immigration:
Ban sanctuary cities; jail mayors who try to establish them
Just a few days after President Trump was inaugurated, Senate candidate Josh Mandel, 40, proposed a bill that would ban Ohio's cities from providing sanctuary and send their mayors to prison for doing so, to boot. "Over our dead body will
Cincinnati become a sanctuary city," Mandel said when announcing the proposal that would threaten Cincinnati's mayor with jail time as punishment for making Cincinnati "less safe against radical Islam."
Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Nov 20, 2017
On Immigration:
Suspended by Twitter for poll on crimes by "illegals"
Twitter temporarily restricted Mandel's account for violating the social media platform's rules on "hateful conduct." Mandel's account created a poll about which type of "illegals" would commit more
crimes, "Muslim Terrorists" or "Mexican Gangbangers." His campaign later shared that the account was temporarily suspended for 12 hours for violating Twitter's policies on "hateful conduct."
Source: The Cincinnati Enquirer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Mar 18, 2021
On Immigration:
Ban sanctuary cities, jail mayors who try to establish them
Just a few days after President Trump was inaugurated, Senate candidate Josh Mandel, 40, proposed a bill that would ban Ohio's cities from providing sanctuary and send their mayors to prison for doing so, to boot. "Over our dead body will
Cincinnati become a sanctuary city," Mandel said when announcing the proposal that would threaten Cincinnati's mayor with jail time as punishment for making Cincinnati "less safe against radical Islam."
Source: The Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Nov 20, 2017
On Principles & Values:
Stand up for the Trump America first agenda
In an interview with 3News, Mandel pledged to carry on former President Donald Trump's agenda. Mandel said the Trump's second impeachment pushed him into action. "I've been watching this sham and unconstitutional impeachment, and it's really made my
blood boil and it's motivated me to run for the U.S. Senate," he said. "I want to go to Washington to stand up for the Trump America first agenda.""Let me be very clear: I am going to Washington to pulverize what I call the uni-party," he said. "The
uni-party is this group of Democrats and Republicans who sound the same and stand for nothing, and they're more interested in getting invited to cocktail parties than they are in standing up for the
Constitution and standing up for the American people, and I have no desire to be part of that club. I'm going to Washington to take on the system. Whether that means taking on Republican leaders, Democrat leaders, I don't care."
Source: WKYC 3News on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Feb 10, 2021
On Principles & Values:
2011: Refused to return donation from Nazi reenactor
In 2011, he refused to return a $1000 campaign donation from a longtime Nazi reenactor, calling the whole thing a "manufactured nonissue."
Adding a layer of weirdness to the matter is the fact that Mandel himself is Jewish.
Source: Queerty blog on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Feb 10, 2021
On Principles & Values:
OpEd: Attacked ADL for report on extremists hate groups
In a defining moment, Mandel faced this choice: Side with the Anti-Defamation League.Or side with white nationalists, Nazi sympathizers, avowed racists and other hate groups.
For anyone with a shred of decency, this was an easy call.
Mandel sided with hate. On July 20, Mandel ripped the ADL's decision to publish a report identifying key members of extremist hate groups. The ADL, he tweeted, has "become a partisan witchhunt group targeting people for political beliefs."
Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer OpEd on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Aug 3, 2017
On Principles & Values:
Supports President Trump's America first Agenda
Mandel's statement announcing his campaign said he was motivated by the "sham" impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump and emphasized his support for "President Trump's
America first Agenda." "I'm going to Washington to advance the Trump agenda and to take on the establishment," Mandel said.
Source: Politico.com on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Mar 18, 2021
On Principles & Values:
Pulverize the "uni-party," no desire to be part of that club
Let me be very clear: I am going to Washington to pulverize what I call the uni-party. The uni-party is this group of Democrats and Republicans who sound the same and stand for nothing, and they're more interested
in getting invited to cocktail parties than they are in standing up for the Constitution and standing up for the American people, and I have no desire to be part of that club. I'm going to Washington to take on the system.
Source: WKYC on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Apr 18, 2021
On Principles & Values:
2011: Refused to return donation from Nazi reenactor
In 2011, he refused to return a $1000 campaign donation from a longtime Nazi reenactor, calling the whole thing a "manufactured nonissue."
Adding a layer of weirdness to the matter is the fact that Mandel himself is Jewish.
Source: Queerty.com on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Apr 18, 2021
On Principles & Values:
Attacked ADL for report on extremists hate groups
In a defining moment, Mandel faced this choice: Side with the Anti-Defamation League. Or side with white nationalists, Nazi sympathizers, avowed racists and other hate groups. For anyone with a shred of decency, this was an easy call.
Mandel sided with hate. On July 20, Mandel ripped the ADL's decision to publish a report identifying key members of extremist hate groups. The ADL, he tweeted, has "become a partisan witchhunt group targeting people for political beliefs."
Source: The Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Aug 3, 2017
On Technology:
Tech platforms too big for carte blanche censorship powers
If you come at me with the fact Facebook, Twitter and Google are private companies who have a right to determine what speech is allowed on their platform be prepared for a fight. These platforms are too big, and too dominant, to be given carte blanche
political censorship powers that amount to in-kind, corporate political donations to the Democrats. When you consider that some of them de platformed President Trump then it is clear they exercise excessive power and should come under scrutiny.
Source: The Toledo Blade on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Apr 18, 2021
On War & Peace:
War in Iraq was just and for a good cause
[On Iraq War]: "Iraq has changed the way I see the world and painted a clearer picture of how the world sees me as an American," Mandel wrote as his first deployment came to an end. Describing the war as "just and for a good cause,"
Mandel expressed his hope that "the American people will be able to stomach the sacrifice required to accomplish this complicated mission of destroying terrorism and developing democracy."
Source: The Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2022 Ohio Senate race
Nov 20, 2017
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