Ohio Senate Candidates Spar [semi-satire]

Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 18 Sep 2022 | John Semmens

[John Semmens]

While characterizing himself as "the most moderate of the moderates in Congress," Rep Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) urged voters to elect him to the state's open US Senate seat "so I can confront and kill the extremist Republican MAGA movement that is threatening our democracy."

J.D. Vance, the Republican candidate for the seat, called Ryan's rhetoric "incendiary. The majority of Ohio's voters cast their ballots for Donald Trump in both 2016 and 2020. How is that an attack on democracy? I doubt that Ryan's vow to kill a political movement he disagrees with will be seen as 'moderate' be most voters. The violent rhetoric of Rep. Ryan and President Biden can't hide the fact that it is the policies they have implemented in the last year-and-a-half that are responsible for the soaring costs of food, housing, and energy that are hurting hard-working men and women."

Though he claims to abhor violent rhetoric, President Biden refused to condemn Ryan's remarks, saying "it is those who won't unify behind me that constitute the real threat to our democracy. I think Rep. Ryan knows that. While I have preferred to say we will crush these enemies, I believe Rep. Ryan's determination to kill them is a genuine demonstration of his patriotism."

Meanwhile, Jeff Simpson, president of the Columbus Fraternal Order of Police challenged Ryan's claim to be a moderate, saying "based on his history of drunken confrontations with police he clearly is not a moderate drinker. Nor is saying he wants to kill political opponents a moderate position. I don't think he can be trusted to do a decent job as a US Senator representing Ohio."

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[gibsonguy]

This will be decided by how many women the rats and traitors like Graham can scare into vote for Ryan.