U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno and Donald Trump Jr. made a campaign stop at the Allen County Republican Victory Center on Tuesday.
Richard Parrish | The Lima News
LIMA — With less than two months to go before Election Day, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno is traveling throughout Ohio to make his case for unseating long-time U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. On Tuesday, Moreno made a stop at the Allen County Republican Party Victory Center in Lima along with someone who has become a familiar presence in Republican politics in recent years.
Donald Trump Jr. accompanied Moreno to Lima as part of his western Ohio tour Tuesday, telling the GOP faithful in attendance why he believes the track record of the Biden-Harris administration has made it more important than ever to get his father, former president Donald Trump, back to the White House and to get Moreno to the Senate to help restore a Republican majority in that chamber.
“Kamala Harris could do all of the things she said she’s wanted to do,” he said. “She can do them right now. She could have done things over the last four years, but she’s not going to because she has no intention of doing it. Kamala Harris is a radical San Francisco liberal.”
On the other side, Trump maintained that his father was able to deliver positive results for the country during his first term.
“You’ve had four years under both [administrations],” he said. “When were you better off? When were we prosperous? When were interest rates ridiculously low? When was there almost no inflation? When was job growth for the lowest-income earners actually rising? When were we signing peace deals in the Middle East? When were our enemies not invading their neighbors, causing us to spend hundreds of millions of your dollars to get into yet another endless war? It’s so obvious. It’s so clear.”
The 2 p.m. event Tuesday generated noticeable excitement among Republican supporters, with attendees beginning to gather at the victory center as early as noon to make sure they got in. By the time the rally began, more than 200 supporters had gathered to hear from the Cleveland-area businessman as he emphasized the urgency of getting supporters to the polls in what he said will be a very competitive Senate race against Brown, who has served in the Senate since 2007 and has been in various elected positions on the state and federal level since 1975.
“We have eight weeks to go,” he said. “We have got to vote early. We’ve got to show up. On Oct. 8, four weeks from today, on Main Street here in Allen County, go to the Board of Elections and cast your vote.”
