{"id":6254,"date":"2022-09-22T12:59:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T12:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=6254"},"modified":"2022-09-22T12:59:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T12:59:19","slug":"ohio-democrats-bring-the-not-so-strong-ohio-tour-to-toledo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/22\/ohio-democrats-bring-the-not-so-strong-ohio-tour-to-toledo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio Democrats Bring the \u201cNot-So-Strong Ohio\u201d Tour to Toledo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marion Ohio Mayor Scott Schertzer speaks as Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, Erika White, State Rep Lisa Sobecki and Councilman Nick Komives look on<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sojourner\u2019s Truth Staff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Last week, Ohio Democrats brought their \u201cNot-So-Strong Ohio\u201d tour to Toledo as part their election strategy to tour the state attacking Gov. Mike DeWine and the Republican Party\u2019s stance on abortion, guns, the ongoing First Energy scandal and the redistricting map that has greatly favored Republican candidates.<\/p>\n

Joining Marion, OH Mayor Scott Schertzer, candidate for the Ohio Treasurer office, were local elected officials and candidates: Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, State Rep. Lisa Sobecki, candidate for Lucas County Treasurer; Councilman Nick Komives; and Erika White, candidate for state representative.<\/p>\n

Leading off the Friday press conference at the Lucas County Democratic headquarters, Kapszukiewicz took the Republican governor to task for not doing enough to address gun violence. Speaking of DeWine\u2019s response to the Dayton mass shooting, Kapszukiewicz noted that the governor \u201cpromised he would do something.\u201d Instead, said the mayor \u201cDeWine made the problem worse \u2026 and did what cowards do, he caved in to the far right extremists.\u201d<\/p>\n

Continuing on that theme, Kapszukiewicz said DeWine\u2019s signing into law the \u201cpermitless carry\u201d bill in 2022 was \u201cjust another example of absolute cowardice and weakness of a leader who says one thing and does another because it\u2019s expedient.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn issues ranging from abortion rights to gun violence to redistricting to the largest public corruption scandal in state history, Mike DeWine\u2019s weakness is costing Ohioans big time and taking our state backward,\u201d<\/p>\n

Schertzer spoke of his intent to \u201cstand up for the women of the State of Ohio and their right for pro-choice \u2026 DeWine, you need to get out of our bedrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeWine, said Schertzer, was \u201cnot following the law, the will of the people, the constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schertzer took aim at the First Energy scandal and the cost to Ohioans which has been placed at $287,000 per day.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeWine has failed us time and time again and Nan Whaley won\u2019t let that happen and I won\u2019t let that happen as the state treasurer,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cOhio is at a crossroads,\u201d added Sobecki. \u201cWe have been moving backwards in the state of Ohio. I\u2019m ready for Ohio to move forward and for putting the economy back on the right track.<\/p>\n

Komives also pointed to the governor\u2019s apparent lack of willingness to antagonize the right wing of his party. \u201cDeWine should be held accountable for his cowardice.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cNot-so-Strong\u201d tour is hitting a number of Ohio cities and communities focusing on the four major issues of guns, abortion, the First Energy bribery scandal and redistricting.<\/p>\n

\u201cGuns have more rights than women in Ohio,\u201d said Kapszukiewicz closing out that portion of the Toledo tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sojourner\u2019s Truth Staff Last week, Ohio Democrats brought their \u201cNot-So-Strong Ohio\u201d tour to Toledo as part their election strategy to tour the state attacking Gov. Mike DeWine and the Republican Party\u2019s stance on abortion, guns, the ongoing First Energy scandal and the redistricting map that has greatly favored Republican candidates. Joining Marion, OH Mayor Scott […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[140],"class_list":["post-6254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6256,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6254\/revisions\/6256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6254"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=6254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}