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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Donovan O'Neil from Americans for Prosperity, Welcome back to the
fifty five KRCY Morning Show, my friend, Brian. Great to
be with you, as always, always a pleasure. Now you've
got some AFP has some endorsements. I mean, we're already
talking about the November twenty sixth elections, Donovan. I know
that comes as no shock to you. It's certainly not
a shock to me. But it seems like we've been
talking about it now for a couple of years. Ever
(00:20):
since Trump was sworn in. Everybody's looking forward to the
midterm elections and oh my god, the Democrats are going
to wall up the Republicans and we'll see how that goes.
But you've got some endorsements already. But before we get
to that, I don't want to throw a curve ball
your direction, Donovan, but I'm curious to know if you've
reached any conclusion about what the hell Governor Mike DeWine's
issue is with VvE Ramaswami and his seemingly providing some
(00:42):
cover for Amy acton Amy Lockdown Acting, he said, no,
the buck stops with me. All those decisions were mine,
in spite of the fact he's not a doctor, and
he didn't create the ideas of lockdowns. Those were exclusively hers.
But why hasn't he endorsed Vvke in spite of the
fact the Republican Party has already Can you make any
you know, can you come to any conclusion or have
(01:02):
you drawn any conclusions about that at AFP Donovan?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
My observation there, Brian is that it's a fundamental difference
in visions for the state, and you know you have
that in a political party, right, they're both Republicans. But
the vision like Dwine has for the state, as we've
seen play out over the last several years, has been
more spending, bigger government. There've been good things done here, right,
(01:30):
But I think what you see with Avak as somebody's
bold and going to move the state in a dramatically
different direction in my opinion, for the better. And so
I don't know how that kind of stuff gets plays
out in a public facing environment, but I think you know,
we're going to stay the course since they focused on
twenty six and the opportunity that presents as well as
(01:52):
with the next governor, the ability to do the big,
bold things that we've been talking about for the last
five years in our Buckeye blueprint, or in taxes, expanding education,
opportunity cutting or a tape. And so that's where that's
where our focus is. And we think a new governor
is going to provide a lot of great opportunities rather
than a lot of really bad vetos, which is what
we've seen this year from Governor to Wine.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Well in the big hurdle that the facing Republicans generally speaking,
Trump generally speaking, and of course something that might very well,
very well impact the midterm elections and moving away from
Obamacare and whether or not we get subsidies out there.
But inflation, and I keep, you know, hearing, oh my god,
Donald Trump, it's it's his it's his fall. Inflation, inflation, inflation.
I just looked at something like, look at the state
(02:34):
of California and compared it to you're just here in
the state of Ohio. And in spite of what Governor de
Wine's done here, and I know he has caused prices
to perhaps go up because of the red tape. You mentioned.
The more red tape, the more expensive it is. How
much is a gallon of gas in California, It's it's
like five bucks nationally, we're under three bucks. Wonder why
that is. Is that inflation? No, it's California sticking it
to their own people. It's too expensive to buy gas
(02:56):
there because of all the regulatory environment. Build yourself a
fifteen hund square foot house in California, and compared to
building one here or pretty much any other state, not
or any other red state, it's a fraction of the cost.
Why is that regulatory hurdles, impositions of costs and fines
and all other form of government control to make it
impossible to buy something. You know, we do it to ourselves.
(03:18):
The green energy policy, I mean Barack Obama set it
out loud. The price of gas will necessarily increase, not
naturally based upon the laws of supply and demand, but
the regulatory environment that choked the oil and gas industry
to the point where it became too expensive. These are
self created problems that are easily solvable by getting rid
of the red tape.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Oh totally. Well, there was an opportunity to do that
included in the most recent state budget. It was vetowed
by the governor. We've got a handful of property tax
reform bills, right, folks. That's been the number one issue
for Ohioans for the last several years, as their property
taxes have spiked. Those bills are still setting on a
desk and the governor's mansion awaiting signature. But beyond just
(04:04):
governor one. I agree with you, Brian, like I typically do,
which is that you know, a lot of the problems
our nation faces are state faces, are problems created by
government allowing bureaucrats and elected officials to take and these
so called experts right to take and control our lives
and control the regulatory environment that we have to live in.
(04:25):
And it doesn't have to be that way. We don't
have to have leaders who look to take our freedoms
and liberties from us. We kind of like leaders who
are going to protect us from government. And that's what
you know, you and your listeners know we at AFP
Ohio are working to do every day.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
And that's because and that's you vetted candidates which you're
going to talk about here in the next segment that
you know obviously are in line with what you and
I are talking about tomorrow. So we'll find out about
these endorsed candidates for Americans for Prosperity with Donald and
Neil pause from Roman, let me first mention plumb type
plumbing plumbing station. Happy Wednesday. Brian Thomas here with Donovan
(05:02):
and Neil from Americans for Prosperity. You can probably get
some tips here at the end of the segment with
Donovan on how we can get involved and getting involved
in advance of November of next year is really important
thing to do. Get to know your candidates and the
endorsed candidates from Americans for Prosperity. We've got a few
of them to talk about this morning in advance of endorsing,
(05:23):
in particular candidate Donovan. Do you sit down with them
face to face and talk with them? You just look
at their campaign materials, what they've said before, their record.
How does that all go? Or is it a multitude
of all the four going?
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Well, it's a multitude of all of those, right. It's
not something that we just pass out, you know, Party
designation doesn't weigh in, you know, do these days? Isn't
an automatic qualifier. We have a policy survey that we
we pass out to folks. We then have them sit
down and we spend time talking through these things with them.
(05:56):
And it's a long process. Right where we've got a
great member of our team. Tim Ross, our deputy state
director or political director, brought him on a few years back.
Because you know, good policy doesn't just happen out of
thin air. It happens because we have good elected officials
who folks who want vote for send to Washington or Columbus,
(06:17):
and when they get there, instead of just going along
to get along, they help enact a bold policy agenda.
And that's you know, a big part of our process
when we're talking with these folks and getting under getting
to know them, and talking to our activists about the
people they see leading in their community. We're looking for
folks right who are going to go to Columbus and
help move Ahi thos Yer percent income tax, help empower
(06:39):
families with true universal school choice and opportunity, going to
cut the red tape and modernize Ohio's broken government system.
There's a lot to be done, and it takes bold,
committed leaders to get up, get out there and get
it done. Now.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
I've got advocates for folks getting involved with Central Committee,
and then i have people who's say, oh, the Central
Committee's a waste of time. We get nothing but garbage
from them. Do you talk with the Republican Central Committee
or even the highest state Republican party sort of the
alex chrematafila when you're talking about these different endorsements, or
you just leave them out of the equation and do
your own thing.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Well, to be clear, we were an independent organization, right
and we make our own decisions about the kind of
the folks we're going to endorse and put our Buckeye
Blueprint support behind. But we don't. We have a lot
of coalition partners and so folks from you know, the
regular political infrastructure of the county parties, state party political parties,
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to the grassroots organizations and clubs across the state. There
are a lot of folks who recognize the impact that
our activists at afp Ohio have and they like to
share their opinions. At the end of the day, we
make these decisions based on how we're going to advance
our policy agenda, the policy agenda that is built through
the buck Blueprint listening tours that we do around the
(08:02):
state to hear from the grassroots activists who want to
see a Boulder, better buck Ice state for all hilands. Great.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
So you have just established your independence, you are not
driven by what they tell you to do or what
they say you do your own thing, and perhaps then
you influence the Central Committee of the Republican Party in
Ohio through your endorsements, which many would argue you have
more credibility. All right, moving over, let's talk about some
of these folks. How about Mike Caho. This is District
thirty one with that out that's outside of Akron.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Right, that's right, it's outside of Akron. Mike is great
a former local elected official, school board member. Part of
that was a member of Lieutenant Governor Houston's team on
the Ohio Common Sense Initiative, which is dialed in on
finding and reforming broken regulations here in the city of
(08:47):
ohow the regulations that hold folks back. And so Mike
is a great guy and somebody who when we look
at cutting red tape and reforming government, I think is
going to have a fresh look at these things and
is driven to see those reforms happen. He's seen the
problems on the executive side of the equation, and I
think as a legislator he's going to help dial in
(09:08):
on bills and reforms that are going to help ensure
that the power isn't with the bureaucrats and big arcane
government buildings, but rather with the people by way of
the legislature, the folks who are supposed to make the
laws that govern our state and our people.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Fair enough. Vic sand Whu from Ohio House District thirty five,
which looks like it's one of the suburbs of the
greater Cleveland area, very blue area. But do we have
some hope that we can sway some of the folks
outside of Cleveland.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Vic's actually a longtime activist with us. He'm a business owner.
He opened up a gas station for one of the
gas price rollbacks we did to highlight the impact of Bidenomics.
He's somebody who has actually sought us out and it's
wanted to help understand how he can make an impact
after hearing our message and being involved a leader in
his own right. But we're really excited to get behind
(09:57):
Vic Sandu, business owner, get school choice and really importantly
understands that folks shouldn't be forced to pay dues to
a union, something not a lot of people get.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Yeah, amen to that, my friend, if you might, well,
we'll pause. We're bringing back talk about the balance of
candidates and we'll get the Harry eyeball from Joe for
one far too over time. It is seven forty six
already more with Seed the talk station seven fifty fifty
five KCV talk Station Americans for Prosperity, always providing tools
for you and I to engage in a little baby
(10:31):
step towards a better future here in Ohio, or you know,
get actively involved. Anything in between is great from Donovan
and Hill's perspective, at my perspective. So we're walking through
some of the already endorsed candidates for coming up in
November of next year. We've done District thirty one and
thirty five. How about Jesse Styles for House District fifty seven.
I am busily trying to find fifty seven on my
district map. I can't find it. I understand it's outside
(10:54):
of Columbus or around Columbus. Am I right on that one?
Speaker 2 (10:57):
I don't go a few hours northeast Lake County, but
you're you're headed in the right direction.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
It's up there north somewhere.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
There you go. Yeah, it's well. Jesse's great. He a
business owner Lake and Lake County father, and you know,
and talking with him, He's built a business. He's created jobs,
he's paid taxes and felt the burdens of red tape
and regulations, and so from education, opportunity for families again
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as a father, to make sure we get Ohio as
yeero percent income tax to taking a hard look at
the red tape and regulations. He's dialed in on the
things that you know, we believe are going to help
move Ohio forward. And has the real world experience. So again,
when you go into those legislative committees, you're not just
trying to figure out from the lobbyists what's truth and
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not truth. You actually have lived it and can pass
laws and vote on things and and argue in favor
of policies They're gonna actually unleash opportunity and abundance for
Ohioans across the state.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
All Right, I regularly describe Columbus as dysfunctional. We have
State Senator Andrew Brenner running for Ohio House District sixty one.
I guess he has a record which proves him to
be worthy of AFP's endorsement.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Yeah, Senator Brenner, currently Senator Brenner, hopefully future state Representative
Andy Brenner with our support, Andy is one of those
folks who has been tireless in the trenches for education, opportunity,
school choice. If there is a number one enemy of
the public teachers' unions, it's Andy Brenner. We're proud to
stand alongside him with that distinction because he's focused on
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opportunity outcome. I've been in his office many times talking
about school choice and education, and he consistently points to
the amount of money we spend, yet how bad a
results we get in our public education system. So supports
empowering families first and foremost, and I think should he
be elected to the state legislature, he's going to continue
to work to form the system in bold, meaningful ways.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
All right, how about Patty Rocky House District eighty one.
Where's that one to start with?
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Yeah, that's out northwest Ohio, replacing current Representative Jim Hoops
who's term limited out. Patty is a long time fixture
in northwest Ohio, a local elected official. She's seen the
need for local government reform work in Northwest Ohio in
that capacity. So when we look at modernizing Ohio government reforming,
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you know, our state has the sixth most political subdivisions.
I think someone like Patty is going to be able
to come to Columbus and help drive the conversation on
what it's going to take to streamline this massive amount
of government we have at the local level, ultimately resulting
in lower property taxes and better return on the taxpayer
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dollars we all send, not to Columbus, but just down
the street to our county treasurer County auditor's office.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Sounds like a fairly consistent lineup so far, Donovan. We're
going to end with wesleyan Davis represent or who may
represent Ohio House District eighty six.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, we supported her last year last cycle in the
primary election, came up short, but we're proud to stand
beside her again. You know, she's worked with us, another
one of those folks who's been an activist and a
volunteer with us. She's gone to the State House testified
in support of school choice and education opportunity and when
we you know, we remain focused on that issue as
(14:30):
a top tier priority for us. Wesley's somebody were proud
to endorse once again, and we'll look forward to being
successful in May in her race, ultimately getting her to
Columbus so we can we can make sure all child,
every child, every family has the education opportunity that they deserve.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Fantastic, and she's just she represents the area surrounding Marysville,
which is a north west of Columbus. So, now, Donovan,
the importance to my local listening audience that we you
mentioned these various candidates from around the state, just to
sort of show what you're doing. By way of vetting,
is there some way we can get involved in these
(15:08):
seemingly very local issues. What's the call to action today?
Donovan and Neil Americans for Prosperity.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Call to action is good At Buckeye blueprint dot com.
We have full profiles of each of these candidates that
we've endorsed that you could check out learn more. If
you want to get involved, there's a way to take
action there. We'd love to have you join us. It's
going to take a lot of doors, a lot of calls,
and a lot of volunteer activism to help make this
these races successful. This is only the first trunch though
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as well, Brian, we're not done yet. We're announcing these
ones now. We'll have more early in twenty twenty six,
including many races in Southwest Ohio that we're looking forward to.
There's a ton of opportunity in twenty six from the
State House to the congressional races. AFP AFP Action, our
team is going to be involved in all of them,
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and we need your listeners, Brian to join alongside us.
Give an hour two hours on a Saturday, knock some doors,
remind people to be out and vote. Because the headwinds
are there. We've got to push back against the policies
and the ideas that the Democrats, progressives in Washington and
Columbus are advancing, the big government Republicans alike. But it
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takes grassroots action to make that work.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
Yes, it does get involved. AFP makes it so easy
to do. Donovan Eilie has always thank you for the
tireless efforts on behalf of the Ohio voters and the
economy here in the state of Ohio. We're looking forward
to having some better opportunities November, and I hope you
and I be talking throughout the county year twenty twenty six.
I know this list of endorsed candidates from AFP is
going to grow and looking forward to having you let
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my listeners know about who you have endorsed because of course,
that independent endorsement and policies that you're pushing I think
are all very very welcome within my listening audience. My friend,
and merry Christmas do you and everybody at AFP, you
and your family, Donovan, it's always a pleasure talking with you.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Have a merry Christmas, a happy New Year break. I
look forward to a great twenty twenty six and sharing
a lot of it with you and your listeners on
the show.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
Looking forward to that already, Donald and Neil, take care
of yourself. Seven fifty
Donovan O'Neil from Americans for Prosperity, Welcome back to the
fifty five KRCY Morning Show, my friend, Brian. Great to
be with you, as always, always a pleasure. Now you've
got some AFP has some endorsements. I mean, we're already
talking about the November twenty sixth elections, Donovan. I know
that comes as no shock to you. It's certainly not
a shock to me. But it seems like we've been
talking about it now for a couple of years. Ever
(00:20):
since Trump was sworn in. Everybody's looking forward to the
midterm elections and oh my god, the Democrats are going
to wall up the Republicans and we'll see how that goes.
But you've got some endorsements already. But before we get
to that, I don't want to throw a curve ball
your direction, Donovan, but I'm curious to know if you've
reached any conclusion about what the hell Governor Mike DeWine's
issue is with VvE Ramaswami and his seemingly providing some
(00:42):
cover for Amy acton Amy Lockdown Acting, he said, no,
the buck stops with me. All those decisions were mine,
in spite of the fact he's not a doctor, and
he didn't create the ideas of lockdowns. Those were exclusively hers.
But why hasn't he endorsed Vvke in spite of the
fact the Republican Party has already Can you make any
you know, can you come to any conclusion or have
(01:02):
you drawn any conclusions about that at AFP Donovan?
Speaker 2 (01:06):
My observation there, Brian is that it's a fundamental difference
in visions for the state, and you know you have
that in a political party, right, they're both Republicans. But
the vision like Dwine has for the state, as we've
seen play out over the last several years, has been
more spending, bigger government. There've been good things done here, right,
(01:30):
But I think what you see with Avak as somebody's
bold and going to move the state in a dramatically
different direction in my opinion, for the better. And so
I don't know how that kind of stuff gets plays
out in a public facing environment, but I think you know,
we're going to stay the course since they focused on
twenty six and the opportunity that presents as well as
(01:52):
with the next governor, the ability to do the big,
bold things that we've been talking about for the last
five years in our Buckeye blueprint, or in taxes, expanding education,
opportunity cutting or a tape. And so that's where that's
where our focus is. And we think a new governor
is going to provide a lot of great opportunities rather
than a lot of really bad vetos, which is what
we've seen this year from Governor to Wine.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Well in the big hurdle that the facing Republicans generally speaking,
Trump generally speaking, and of course something that might very well,
very well impact the midterm elections and moving away from
Obamacare and whether or not we get subsidies out there.
But inflation, and I keep, you know, hearing, oh my god,
Donald Trump, it's it's his it's his fall. Inflation, inflation, inflation.
I just looked at something like, look at the state
(02:34):
of California and compared it to you're just here in
the state of Ohio. And in spite of what Governor de
Wine's done here, and I know he has caused prices
to perhaps go up because of the red tape. You mentioned.
The more red tape, the more expensive it is. How
much is a gallon of gas in California, It's it's
like five bucks nationally, we're under three bucks. Wonder why
that is. Is that inflation? No, it's California sticking it
to their own people. It's too expensive to buy gas
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there because of all the regulatory environment. Build yourself a
fifteen hund square foot house in California, and compared to
building one here or pretty much any other state, not
or any other red state, it's a fraction of the cost.
Why is that regulatory hurdles, impositions of costs and fines
and all other form of government control to make it
impossible to buy something. You know, we do it to ourselves.
(03:18):
The green energy policy, I mean Barack Obama set it
out loud. The price of gas will necessarily increase, not
naturally based upon the laws of supply and demand, but
the regulatory environment that choked the oil and gas industry
to the point where it became too expensive. These are
self created problems that are easily solvable by getting rid
of the red tape.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Oh totally. Well, there was an opportunity to do that
included in the most recent state budget. It was vetowed
by the governor. We've got a handful of property tax
reform bills, right, folks. That's been the number one issue
for Ohioans for the last several years, as their property
taxes have spiked. Those bills are still setting on a
desk and the governor's mansion awaiting signature. But beyond just
(04:04):
governor one. I agree with you, Brian, like I typically do,
which is that you know, a lot of the problems
our nation faces are state faces, are problems created by
government allowing bureaucrats and elected officials to take and these
so called experts right to take and control our lives
and control the regulatory environment that we have to live in.
(04:25):
And it doesn't have to be that way. We don't
have to have leaders who look to take our freedoms
and liberties from us. We kind of like leaders who
are going to protect us from government. And that's what
you know, you and your listeners know we at AFP
Ohio are working to do every day.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
And that's because and that's you vetted candidates which you're
going to talk about here in the next segment that
you know obviously are in line with what you and
I are talking about tomorrow. So we'll find out about
these endorsed candidates for Americans for Prosperity with Donald and
Neil pause from Roman, let me first mention plumb type
plumbing plumbing station. Happy Wednesday. Brian Thomas here with Donovan
(05:02):
and Neil from Americans for Prosperity. You can probably get
some tips here at the end of the segment with
Donovan on how we can get involved and getting involved
in advance of November of next year is really important
thing to do. Get to know your candidates and the
endorsed candidates from Americans for Prosperity. We've got a few
of them to talk about this morning in advance of endorsing,
(05:23):
in particular candidate Donovan. Do you sit down with them
face to face and talk with them? You just look
at their campaign materials, what they've said before, their record.
How does that all go? Or is it a multitude
of all the four going?
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Well, it's a multitude of all of those, right. It's
not something that we just pass out, you know, Party
designation doesn't weigh in, you know, do these days? Isn't
an automatic qualifier. We have a policy survey that we
we pass out to folks. We then have them sit
down and we spend time talking through these things with them.
(05:56):
And it's a long process. Right where we've got a
great member of our team. Tim Ross, our deputy state
director or political director, brought him on a few years back.
Because you know, good policy doesn't just happen out of
thin air. It happens because we have good elected officials
who folks who want vote for send to Washington or Columbus,
(06:17):
and when they get there, instead of just going along
to get along, they help enact a bold policy agenda.
And that's you know, a big part of our process
when we're talking with these folks and getting under getting
to know them, and talking to our activists about the
people they see leading in their community. We're looking for
folks right who are going to go to Columbus and
help move Ahi thos Yer percent income tax, help empower
(06:39):
families with true universal school choice and opportunity, going to
cut the red tape and modernize Ohio's broken government system.
There's a lot to be done, and it takes bold,
committed leaders to get up, get out there and get
it done. Now.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
I've got advocates for folks getting involved with Central Committee,
and then i have people who's say, oh, the Central
Committee's a waste of time. We get nothing but garbage
from them. Do you talk with the Republican Central Committee
or even the highest state Republican party sort of the
alex chrematafila when you're talking about these different endorsements, or
you just leave them out of the equation and do
your own thing.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Well, to be clear, we were an independent organization, right
and we make our own decisions about the kind of
the folks we're going to endorse and put our Buckeye
Blueprint support behind. But we don't. We have a lot
of coalition partners and so folks from you know, the
regular political infrastructure of the county parties, state party political parties,
(07:39):
to the grassroots organizations and clubs across the state. There
are a lot of folks who recognize the impact that
our activists at afp Ohio have and they like to
share their opinions. At the end of the day, we
make these decisions based on how we're going to advance
our policy agenda, the policy agenda that is built through
the buck Blueprint listening tours that we do around the
(08:02):
state to hear from the grassroots activists who want to
see a Boulder, better buck Ice state for all hilands. Great.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
So you have just established your independence, you are not
driven by what they tell you to do or what
they say you do your own thing, and perhaps then
you influence the Central Committee of the Republican Party in
Ohio through your endorsements, which many would argue you have
more credibility. All right, moving over, let's talk about some
of these folks. How about Mike Caho. This is District
thirty one with that out that's outside of Akron.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Right, that's right, it's outside of Akron. Mike is great
a former local elected official, school board member. Part of
that was a member of Lieutenant Governor Houston's team on
the Ohio Common Sense Initiative, which is dialed in on
finding and reforming broken regulations here in the city of
(08:47):
ohow the regulations that hold folks back. And so Mike
is a great guy and somebody who when we look
at cutting red tape and reforming government, I think is
going to have a fresh look at these things and
is driven to see those reforms happen. He's seen the
problems on the executive side of the equation, and I
think as a legislator he's going to help dial in
(09:08):
on bills and reforms that are going to help ensure
that the power isn't with the bureaucrats and big arcane
government buildings, but rather with the people by way of
the legislature, the folks who are supposed to make the
laws that govern our state and our people.
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Fair enough. Vic sand Whu from Ohio House District thirty five,
which looks like it's one of the suburbs of the
greater Cleveland area, very blue area. But do we have
some hope that we can sway some of the folks
outside of Cleveland.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Vic's actually a longtime activist with us. He'm a business owner.
He opened up a gas station for one of the
gas price rollbacks we did to highlight the impact of Bidenomics.
He's somebody who has actually sought us out and it's
wanted to help understand how he can make an impact
after hearing our message and being involved a leader in
his own right. But we're really excited to get behind
(09:57):
Vic Sandu, business owner, get school choice and really importantly
understands that folks shouldn't be forced to pay dues to
a union, something not a lot of people get.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
Yeah, amen to that, my friend, if you might, well,
we'll pause. We're bringing back talk about the balance of
candidates and we'll get the Harry eyeball from Joe for
one far too over time. It is seven forty six
already more with Seed the talk station seven fifty fifty
five KCV talk Station Americans for Prosperity, always providing tools
for you and I to engage in a little baby
(10:31):
step towards a better future here in Ohio, or you know,
get actively involved. Anything in between is great from Donovan
and Hill's perspective, at my perspective. So we're walking through
some of the already endorsed candidates for coming up in
November of next year. We've done District thirty one and
thirty five. How about Jesse Styles for House District fifty seven.
I am busily trying to find fifty seven on my
district map. I can't find it. I understand it's outside
(10:54):
of Columbus or around Columbus. Am I right on that one?
Speaker 2 (10:57):
I don't go a few hours northeast Lake County, but
you're you're headed in the right direction.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
It's up there north somewhere.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
There you go. Yeah, it's well. Jesse's great. He a
business owner Lake and Lake County father, and you know,
and talking with him, He's built a business. He's created jobs,
he's paid taxes and felt the burdens of red tape
and regulations, and so from education, opportunity for families again
(11:28):
as a father, to make sure we get Ohio as
yeero percent income tax to taking a hard look at
the red tape and regulations. He's dialed in on the
things that you know, we believe are going to help
move Ohio forward. And has the real world experience. So again,
when you go into those legislative committees, you're not just
trying to figure out from the lobbyists what's truth and
(11:51):
not truth. You actually have lived it and can pass
laws and vote on things and and argue in favor
of policies They're gonna actually unleash opportunity and abundance for
Ohioans across the state.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
All Right, I regularly describe Columbus as dysfunctional. We have
State Senator Andrew Brenner running for Ohio House District sixty one.
I guess he has a record which proves him to
be worthy of AFP's endorsement.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
Yeah, Senator Brenner, currently Senator Brenner, hopefully future state Representative
Andy Brenner with our support, Andy is one of those
folks who has been tireless in the trenches for education, opportunity,
school choice. If there is a number one enemy of
the public teachers' unions, it's Andy Brenner. We're proud to
stand alongside him with that distinction because he's focused on
(12:38):
opportunity outcome. I've been in his office many times talking
about school choice and education, and he consistently points to
the amount of money we spend, yet how bad a
results we get in our public education system. So supports
empowering families first and foremost, and I think should he
be elected to the state legislature, he's going to continue
to work to form the system in bold, meaningful ways.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
All right, how about Patty Rocky House District eighty one.
Where's that one to start with?
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Yeah, that's out northwest Ohio, replacing current Representative Jim Hoops
who's term limited out. Patty is a long time fixture
in northwest Ohio, a local elected official. She's seen the
need for local government reform work in Northwest Ohio in
that capacity. So when we look at modernizing Ohio government reforming,
(13:33):
you know, our state has the sixth most political subdivisions.
I think someone like Patty is going to be able
to come to Columbus and help drive the conversation on
what it's going to take to streamline this massive amount
of government we have at the local level, ultimately resulting
in lower property taxes and better return on the taxpayer
(13:54):
dollars we all send, not to Columbus, but just down
the street to our county treasurer County auditor's office.
Speaker 1 (14:00):
Sounds like a fairly consistent lineup so far, Donovan. We're
going to end with wesleyan Davis represent or who may
represent Ohio House District eighty six.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Yeah, we supported her last year last cycle in the
primary election, came up short, but we're proud to stand
beside her again. You know, she's worked with us, another
one of those folks who's been an activist and a
volunteer with us. She's gone to the State House testified
in support of school choice and education opportunity and when
we you know, we remain focused on that issue as
(14:30):
a top tier priority for us. Wesley's somebody were proud
to endorse once again, and we'll look forward to being
successful in May in her race, ultimately getting her to
Columbus so we can we can make sure all child,
every child, every family has the education opportunity that they deserve.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Fantastic, and she's just she represents the area surrounding Marysville,
which is a north west of Columbus. So, now, Donovan,
the importance to my local listening audience that we you
mentioned these various candidates from around the state, just to
sort of show what you're doing. By way of vetting,
is there some way we can get involved in these
(15:08):
seemingly very local issues. What's the call to action today?
Donovan and Neil Americans for Prosperity.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Call to action is good At Buckeye blueprint dot com.
We have full profiles of each of these candidates that
we've endorsed that you could check out learn more. If
you want to get involved, there's a way to take
action there. We'd love to have you join us. It's
going to take a lot of doors, a lot of calls,
and a lot of volunteer activism to help make this
these races successful. This is only the first trunch though
(15:37):
as well, Brian, we're not done yet. We're announcing these
ones now. We'll have more early in twenty twenty six,
including many races in Southwest Ohio that we're looking forward to.
There's a ton of opportunity in twenty six from the
State House to the congressional races. AFP AFP Action, our
team is going to be involved in all of them,
(15:58):
and we need your listeners, Brian to join alongside us.
Give an hour two hours on a Saturday, knock some doors,
remind people to be out and vote. Because the headwinds
are there. We've got to push back against the policies
and the ideas that the Democrats, progressives in Washington and
Columbus are advancing, the big government Republicans alike. But it
(16:19):
takes grassroots action to make that work.
Speaker 1 (16:21):
Yes, it does get involved. AFP makes it so easy
to do. Donovan Eilie has always thank you for the
tireless efforts on behalf of the Ohio voters and the
economy here in the state of Ohio. We're looking forward
to having some better opportunities November, and I hope you
and I be talking throughout the county year twenty twenty six.
I know this list of endorsed candidates from AFP is
going to grow and looking forward to having you let
(16:42):
my listeners know about who you have endorsed because of course,
that independent endorsement and policies that you're pushing I think
are all very very welcome within my listening audience. My friend,
and merry Christmas do you and everybody at AFP, you
and your family, Donovan, it's always a pleasure talking with you.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Have a merry Christmas, a happy New Year break. I
look forward to a great twenty twenty six and sharing
a lot of it with you and your listeners on
the show.
Speaker 1 (17:04):
Looking forward to that already, Donald and Neil, take care
of yourself. Seven fifty
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