Josh Mandel in The Cleveland Plain-Dealer
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 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:
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:
Does not accept gifts in public office
Josh Mandel does not take gifts. Or does he? The Ohio treasurer and U.S. Senate candidate asserted that he does not, and he said so in the most public of settings: a roomful of reporters from the Akron Press Club. The club wanted to give
Mandel a token of appreciation (a flash drive with the club's logo) after he addressed it on March 1. "I appreciate it. I don't take gifts," Mandel said.This raises a question: Why did Mandel recently declare in a public document that he got gifts
from 31 people in 2011? That number of gift-givers, and their names, showed up in the state financial disclosure statement that Mandel filed this week. This disclosure led incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown's campaign to declare that
Mandel lied when he told reporters that he doesn't take gifts.
Mandel's campaign spokesman says the gifts were primarily meals at "family gatherings, weddings, meetings and charity events."
Source: The Cleveland Plain Dealer on 2012 Ohio Senate debates
Apr 20, 2012
On Government Reform:
Public officials should disclose more than is required
[Mandel listed] 31 people as gift-givers in 2011 in the state financial disclosure statement filed this week. [A campaign spokesperson] added that even though Ohio requires state officials to disclose all gifts above $75, many of the meals Mandel listed
cost less but were disclosed anyway, in an abundance of transparency. Mandel has said in his most recent and in past financial disclosure reports that he tries to provide more information than required.If there were gifts of significantly high value
or items that went beyond food or drink, the disclosure forms do not say, as the Ohio Ethics Commission only requires state officeholders to disclose the source of gifts valued at more than $75 but does not require specificity as to the gifts themselves.
The US Senate require only gifts worth more than $335 to be reported. Brown's most recent form said he had none. Mandel "goes above and beyond what is required on his disclosure forms," the spokesperson said. "More elected officials should do that."
Source: The Cleveland Plain Dealer on 2012 Ohio Senate debates
Apr 20, 2012
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 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:
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:
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:
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 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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