Frank LaRose Throws Away All Credibility So He Can Lose a Senate Race in Two Years
April 25, 2022
For Immediate Release:
Monday, April 25, 2022
CONTACT: Matt Keyes, [email protected], 317-460-5788
Frank LaRose Throws Away All Credibility So He Can Lose a Senate Race in Two Years
Columbus, OH — Last week, Ohioans saw Frank LaRose sell out and throw away all credibility as he fully embraced Donald Trump and all of Trump’s election lies – all so he can lose a Senate race in 2024.
Here’s a sampling of what LaRose had to say about Donald Trump in the past:
- “I like the idea of a president that’s a role model for our children. Our current president doesn’t really fall into that category.” [Cincinnati Enquirer, 8/13/18]
- “LaRose called Trump’s characterization of the media as the enemy of the people a ‘dangerous’ precedent.” [WOSU-Columbus, 2/19/19]
- “‘I’m not responsible for the president’s decision making process or social media strategy. But I will say that nobody’s immune from what I just said, that it is irresponsible to fear monger about elections administration… ‘Doesn’t matter where you are, and certainly if you have the largest megaphone in the world, then you should think very carefully before you say something that would cause people to lose faith in elections.’” [Columbus Dispatch, 2/5/20]
- “Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said that candidates for public office should have faith in the safety, security and accuracy of Ohio’s election process. ‘If a candidate chooses not to accept those results, I think that’ll look ridiculous,’ LaRose said. His comments were in response to a question about President Trump citing ‘fraud’ in the yet-to-come election results, including mail-in voting.” [ABC 6, 9/25/20]
Now, LaRose is throwing all credibility he has in the trash by repeating Trump’s election lies and embracing Trump’s endorsement because he wants to run for Senate in two years and has faced lots of criticism this cycle from Ohio Republicans – from his name being booed at a Strongsville GOP event to facing threats of being left off the Ohio GOP endorsement slate.
LaRose even went further last week and endorsed J.D. Vance for Senate, who has falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump, something LaRose has been critical of in the past. LaRose told the Akron Press Club in 2018: “Nobody should overstate the existence of either fraud or suppression because I think what it does is underminds the confidence that voters have.”
“Ohioans can’t trust Frank LaRose to care about anything but himself and a Senate race he’ll lose in two years. Rather than do his job and stand up for election integrity or pass fair maps, LaRose is busy falling in line behind Republican politicians who lie about elections being stolen and attack Ohioans’ right to vote. Like Vance, LaRose is just another political phony who will sell out Ohio and do or say anything to advance his own interests,” said Ohio Democratic Party spokesperson Matt Keyes.
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