Fucking piece of shit:
U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Vance said Tuesday that he doesn't support federal legislation to codify protections for same-sex and interracial marriage, calling it a "bizarre distraction" from other issues.
The bill, which passed the U.S. House last month, would require federal recognition of all marriages as long as they were deemed valid in the state they were performed. It would also repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
Speaking to reporters at the Ohio State Fair, Vance characterized the bill as a solution in search of a problem.
"You have a sky-high inflation crisis, you have a huge recessionary problem, and we're arguing about rights that have already been granted by the Supreme Court," he said. "It seems like a bizarre distraction for a country that actually has much, much deeper and more serious crises."
Vance also argued that the proposal raises religious liberty concerns and doesn't balance marriage equality with the rights of churches or nonprofits to operate according to their values.
They are running scared:
National Republicans are getting involved in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race, as they direct resources away from higher-priority states and try to help J.D. Vance’s overcome a fundraising disadvantage against Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan
One Nation, a non-profit organization with close ties to Republican U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, will spend $3.8 million on TV and radio ads in Ohio, according to a spokesman for the group.
It’s not clear exactly what the ads will say. But because One Nation technically is an issues advocacy group, not a political committee, it only can air ads in Ryan’s congressional district under federal campaign-finance law.
That means the ads, which are scheduled to begin on Aug. 9 and will run for about a month, likely will attack Ryan, be heavily concentrated in the Akron, Cleveland and Youngstown markets and be highly noticeable to anyone living there.
J.D. Vance, whose Ohio Senate campaign has been absent from the airwaves since he won the Republican primary in May, will soon be back on TV with his first ad of the general election.
The 30-second spot, shared first with NBC News, launches Wednesday and features Vance’s wife, Usha, speaking straight-to-camera and makes no mention of the Democratic nominee, Rep. Tim Ryan.
“My husband J.D. grew up in Middletown, and things weren’t easy,” Usha Vance says in the ad as old family photos appear on screen. “His mom struggled with addiction. And his dad wasn’t there. But J.D. was lucky. He was raised by his loving grandmother, and he served his country as a Marine in Iraq. He’s an incredible father, and he’s my best friend.”
“He wants for Ohio what Ohio gave him,” she adds. “A fighting chance.”
Titled "Ohio Story," the ad is part of a $1 million TV buy and paid for by the National Republican Senatorial Committee in coordination with Vance's campaign. It will air on broadcast and cable networks in Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland and Dayton, according to Vance's campaign.
The ad lands as Ryan and Ohio Democrats aim to characterize Vance — the best-selling author of “Hillbilly Elegy” and a venture capitalist with Silicon Valley ties — as an outsider with little connection to the Buckeye State. The messaging is similar to a strategy playing out in Pennsylvania, where Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman has been roasting Republican rival Mehmet Oz over his recent New Jersey residency.
Ryan has been doing an excellent job defining Vance on the campaign trail: