Frank LaRose To Fundraise with Illinois Billionaire Richard Uihlein While Working to Silence, Overrule Ohioans
September 12, 2023
Uihlein Bankrolled LaRose’s Amendment To Silence Ohioans In August and Organizations Working To Pass National Abortion Ban
Columbus, OH – According to a new report from Cleveland.com, Frank LaRose is set to fundraise with Illinois billionaire Richard Uihlein, one of the nation’s biggest supporters of a nationwide abortion ban and the benefactor of LaRose’s failed August amendment to make it harder for Ohioans to overturn Ohio’s abortion ban.
The news follows LaRose’s admission that he would overrule the will of Ohioans and support a nationwide abortion ban in the Senate.
Uihlein is the largest donor of Women Speak Out, a Susan B. Anthony List-affiliated political action committee seeking to federally outlaw abortion.
“First, Frank LaRose tried to silence Ohioans by making it harder to change the constitution,” said ODP spokesperson Reeves Oyster. “When that failed, he rewrote the November ballot language to confuse Ohioans and make it harder for the amendment to pass. LaRose has admitted he wants to ban abortion nationwide – even if that means overruling the will of Ohio voters – and his decision to fundraise with one of the country’s largest supporters of a national abortion ban proves LaRose isn’t working for Ohioans and will stop at nothing to advance his political ambitions.”
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Cleveland.com: Frank LaRose’s U.S. Senate campaign gets backing from Illinois billionaire who funded push to make it harder to change constitution
Andrew Tobias
September 12, 2023
- An Illinois billionaire who largely funded the failed proposal to make it harder to change the Ohio constitution earlier this year now is helping one of the measure’s most vocal backers in his bid to get elected to the U.S. Senate.
- The invitation for the Chicago fundraiser says Family-PAC Federal has endorsed LaRose in part because of his record opposing abortion, including voting during his time in the state Senate for a law that bans abortion after six weeks into pregnancy, in contrast to Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, who supports abortion rights.
- A message has been left with the LaRose campaign for this story.
- Reeves Oyster, a spokesperson for the Ohio Democratic Party, issued a statement about the Chicago fundraiser referencing LaRose’s support for some sort of federal legislation setting a national limit on abortion.
- “First, Frank LaRose tried to silence Ohioans by making it harder to change the constitution,” Oyster said. “When that failed, he rewrote the November ballot language to confuse Ohioans and make it harder for the amendment to pass. LaRose has admitted he wants to ban abortion nationwide – even if that means overruling the will of Ohio voters – and his decision to fundraise with one of the country’s largest supporters of a national abortion ban proves LaRose isn’t working for Ohioans and will stop at nothing to advance his political ambitions.”
See also: Frank LaRose Called Out for Putting “Thumb on the Scale of Fairness – Again” After Rewriting November Ballot Language; Shot, Chaser, Lime: Frank LaRose Tries to Silence, Overrule Ohioans *Again;*Frank LaRose Slammed for “Trying to Stack the Deck” Against Ohioans; Frank LaRose “Twists” Ballot Language to “Confuse,” “Deceive” Ohioans; WATCH: Loser LaRose Doubles Down on National Abortion Ban; “Issue 1 Flop” Looms Over Frank LaRose’s Senate Campaign, Becomes “Political Target” for Republicans
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