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Posted on 11/12/2026 9:39:37 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said he believes a controversial ad from Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy may have cost him his reelection bid…
“That final ad from Vivek really was kind of a lightning strike at the end, and it had an impact up and down the ticket in all the races,” Turner told CNN’s Pamela Brown on Wednesday. “An ad like that, certainly at a time in a blue wave where the water level is already high, can have outcomes that are many times unexpected.”
Even as President Trump carried his district by just under 8 points in 2024, Turner won reelection that year by nearly 20 points.
But a blue wave crashed over Ohio this cycle, as Democrats won both the Senate and gubernatorial contests.
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He was done before. The ad was a Hail Mary pass.
It was immediately obvious that the ad in question was a bad mistake. I still wonder if it was deliberate sabotage by false-flag ‘rats. However, given the rest of the election outcomes, I don’t think it was the deciding factor.
He sucked as a candidate.
My suggestion:
The Income & Property Tax Free Country Act of 2026
Each state government shall be entitled to create new countries. The territory of each country shall be such that navigation to an ocean or the Gulf of Mexico is possible.
Each such country upon its creation shall be issued a treaty with the United States, which shall, in perpetuity:
1. ensure each American citizen who becomes a citizen and permanent resident of such a country shall not suffer a revenue imposition from any government of the United States,
2. ensure each American citizen who becomes a citizen and permanent resident of such a country shall not be subject to any extraterritorial power of any government of the United States,
3. ensure that country shall have free civilian navigation to and from international waters,
4. ensure that country shall have a constitution, which shall provide, in perpetuity, that it shall be forever revenue limited to:
a. liquid motor fuel sales taxation not exceeding 50% by value nor the value of two ounces of copper per gallon, and
b. personal property sales taxation not exceeding 20% nor the value of 10 grams of gold per capita per annum, and
5. bar the placement of foreign military means within the physical bounds of the country, and
6. bar the placement of chemical manufacturing not needed for conventional weapons production within the physical bounds of the country.
That can be done by majority vote:
“The Congress shall have power to dispose of...the territory or other property of the United States”
He wanted a ton of H-1Bs
Each brings a family with work visas of their own.
BS.
Losers opining on why other losers lost.
It was a truthful and factual ad and among the most effective ever released. It told the truth that uninformed people needed to hear quickly and bluntly.
Vivek lost because he alienated the base trying to buy the governorship, is Hindu, and looks like the Seven Eleven manager on the corner.
He was a poor choice by the losers running the Ohio GOP.
The election results looks to me like there was massive orchestrated fraud.
We’ll see what develops..... The election results violated the law of large numbers and trends.
That’s just my politically and QM trained opinion, and I don’t feel strongly about it.
If the President and Vice President stand firmly behind sabotage (both fully supported that ad)..... we have much bigger problems
You mean it wasn’t Paxton that ruined everybody’s chances in every state at every level? I guess I’m going to have to rethink this.
Well, maybe, Mike, you just did a shitty job of explaining Republican successes and instead folded to the media narrative and said, “yeah, we kind of suck, but we’re nice guys, so please vote for us anyway.”
1. Many people knew he was a phony pharma fraudster and liar
2. His position on H1-Bs is anathema to MAGA
3. Increasing resentment and dislike of Indians - which will doom Vance in 2028 as well
Vance coming in and aggressively defending Vivek's ad spread the damage to other candidates. Trump should never have endorsed the little prick in the first place - but he has always been a terrible judge of candidates in general.
Well he sucked on H-1B's.
But the Democrats suck on H-1B's and the Democrats steered in 25 million illegal aliens.
It's the Democrats cheated.
It was one of the most effective ads ever released if your intent was to lose an election.
Ramaswamy’s level of unlimited political ambition is matched only by his total lack of political skills.
Yep
Nope. It's due to the Iran War.
As a result, their propaganda became effective.
No Iran War.
Useless propaganda.
And he insulted American culture as a “culture of mediocrity”.
Hopefully this is the last we see of this Obama plagiarizing pump and dump scammer.
Whoopsie daisy, lol. Look who voted for h1-bs. He has had some very anti-Trump votes lately. I knew he was up for re-election because he’s been pimping for some Space Force intelligence facility at Wright-Patterson.
H.R. 1044: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h437
Trump detracting from real stories like FRAUD WASTE ABUSE with a focus on reflecting pool, ballroom hurt much more that Ramaswami’s mistake.
Throughout my 83 years I have made a mistake or two. I’ve seen other candidates .... and campaign managers make them. When I’ve anticipated and warned others of them sometimes they recognized the problem and corrected course...sometimes they refused to recognize reality and went hell bent the wrong way.
Part is a question of morality. But most is a question of smart strategy and tactics. Trump focused on ballroom is not morally wrong...it is just stupid strategy and tactics.
Here on FR I repeatedly argued for a clear strategy and tactics on immigration that was ignored by most FReepers and by Trump, and especially by Bogino. Clearly what I advocated would have kept TX Republican...and probably some other places also.
A good article on what’s happening in Ohio. This is why he lost!
https://www.journal-news.com/local/ohio-jobs-tens-of-thousands-ohioans-exit-labor-force-as-residents-age-get-discouraged/article_121d1e9a-8685-5f5d-89d3-5ebacffce759.html
Age discrimination has been rampant for years in this state.
The most disgusting part of this article is the reminder that Sherrod Brown is back in the Senate.
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