Josh Mandel runs Ohio GOP Senate campaign 'through churches'

[brooklynite]

Associated Press

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio (AP) — Before digging into his six-egg omelet at a bustling northeast Ohio diner, Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel stopped to bow his head.

“Bless our food, our time, our conversation, in Jesus’ name,” said Pastor J.C. Church, who joined Mandel after a campaign event at a local church. ”Amen.”

The scene encapsulated Mandel’s campaign strategy as he competes in a crowded field of Republican contenders ahead of Ohio’s May 3 primary. He is a Jewish candidate who makes no secret of his faith, but who is centering his campaign around evangelical churches as he tries to win over religious, conservative voters.

“Usually, when someone’s running for U.S. Senate or governor or Congress, they’d go to all the Republican rubber chicken dinners and clam bakes and hog roasts, stuff like that,” Mandel said in a recent interview between campaign stops. “We’re blowing up the playbook. I’m sidestepping all of the Republican Party groups and, instead, I’m running a campaign through churches.”

Indeed, Mandel’s campaign is steeped in Christianity. His website features a picture of a cross and an American flag. He pledges to make decisions in Washington with “the Bible in one hand and the Constitution in the other.” And he holds most of his campaign events at evangelical churches.

[FarPoint]

1. He is a most disgusting piece of shit....

I unfortunately see his adds here in Ohio.....Full Camo-Gear, automatic rifle, GUNS, GOD, TRUMP....he says this as well...




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[jimfields33]

6. I hope republicans don't get into souls to the polls

That’s an extremely popular method for the Democratic Party. Repugs should not get to copy us.

[Mariana]

10. The Evangelical Christian churches have already been doing that for decades.

The difference we're seeing now is that they're more willing to explicitly tell their congregations which party and which candidates to support than they used to be, because they know the Johnson Amendment isn't being enforced.

[Carlitos Brigante]

7. He's a total worm and a sociopath to boot. nt

[Walleye]

2. Every one of these churches should be presented with a bill from the IRS

[Mariana]

11. Unfortunately, that isn't being enforced, and isn't likely to be any time soon. nt.

[thomski64]

3. Just another GOPutin.

...p.o.s.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. Then he must hide his Jewish heritage?

[agingdem]

5. He's Jewish when it's convenient...

[Celerity]

8. Ohio chapter head of the 'Kapos 4 RW White Power Baby Trumpy Gunner Jeebus' club

[PlanetBev]

9. He fits Sinclair Lewis's description perfectly

“When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag, carrying a cross.” Taken from Lewis’s 1935 book “”It Can’t Happen Here.”