The Cleveland Plain-Dealer: 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
Jon Husted:
Criticized for referring to COVID as the "Wuhan virus"
Oanh Loi-Powell came to the United States in 1975 as a refugee from Vietnam. She describes herself as a political independent, she voted for Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted in 2018.That's part of why she was caught so off-guard when she saw a
tweet from Husted referring to the "Wuhan virus." Husted's tweet, and the ensuing defense of his use of the term to describe the coronavirus, has left many Asian Americans in Ohio feeling dismayed.
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer on 2022 Ohio Gubernatorial race
Sep 1, 2021
Marcia Fudge:
Ban discrimination against African American hairstyles
She cosponsored legislation that would ban discrimination against African American hairstyles in federally funded institutions and in the workplace and prodded the
Defense Department to review a decision to restrict braids, cornrows, twists, and dreadlocks which are popular among African American women.
Source: The Cleveland Plain-Dealer on Biden Cabinet
Dec 13, 2020
JD Vance:
Cultural isolation makes whites susceptible to xenophobia
[Before entering the Senate race], Vance argued that an element of cultural isolation and "ugly racial attitudes" among poorer, white voters made them more susceptible to xenophobic appeals from politicians like Trump. Vance discussed racism and
xenophobia among pro-Trump voters in a [more conciliatory] way: "My biggest fear with Trump is that, because of the failures of the Republican and Democratic elites, the bar for the white working class is too low," he said in 2016. "They're willing to
listen to Trump about rapist immigrants and banning all Muslims because other parts of his message are clearly legitimate. A lot of people think Trump is the first to appeal to the racism and xenophobia that were already there, but I think he's making
the problem worse."Asked about his shifting rhetoric on race, the Vance campaign replied, "The establishment media loves to inject race into every conversation, but voters aren't dumb, and that's exactly why trust in the media is at a record low."
Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer on 2024 Vice-Presidential hopefuls
Jul 18, 2021
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