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WATCH: Ramaswamy takes on claim Black history swept 'under the table' at Cincinnati town hall
At a Cincinnati town hall Monday held in the wake of brutal beating of a White woman that went viral online, Vivek Ramaswamy was put on the spot by an audience member who claimed Black history has been swept "under the table" in America. Answering the man's concerns, the Ohio Republican candidate for governor said, "We have to confront what is true. Not just what makes us comfortable." But he also praised America as a country built on ideals and that strives to uphold them, however imperfectly. The questioner, identified by his first name Robert, told Ramaswamy that when it came to the debate over public safety in the U.S., he does not take a partisan side, but Robert complained that the history of Black people in America has not been adequately part of contemporary conversations around public safety. Democratic Policies Paved Way For Cincinnati Brawl, Say Ohio Republicans: 'Fear And Chaos' "You have to understand how our people feel, because we were brought here in slave ships over 400 years ago, and we were treated like animals, like cattle hung on trees, families separated, our heritage taken from us so that we didn't know who we were as a people. Now, I say, you act like this is a new thing. This balance that you see out here," Robert posed to Ramaswamy. "Well, look over the 400 years of all the violence that was perpetrated on our people… You want to sweep our history under the table, but you don't sweep the Ashkenazi Jews with the Hitler thing under the table. All the things that you did to the other races of people, you don't sweep that under the table. But when it comes down to the black Negro, we can always sweep what happened to us under the table." Read On The Fox News App In response to the question, Ramswamy quipped about how the difficult question was proof that the night's questions were not pre-screened by him or his team. Ramswamy candidly added that the question made him a bit "uncomfortable" but said leaders should be expected to answer such difficult questions. "Of course, we're not perfect. In fact, we're destined to never be perfect because we're not a nation comprised of gods, we're a nation comprised of human beings, and we're a nation founded on a set of ideals. So, that means you will always be imperfect," Ramaswamy said in response to the race-conscious question. Ramaswamy pointed to China and Iran to further explain his point. Ramaswamy Pledges 'Rule Of Law' Revival After Viral Cincinnati Mob Attack "Nobody ever criticizes China, or Iran, or whatever for hypocrisy, because to be a hypocritical nation, you have to have ideals in the first place," Ramaswamy said. "I'm not going to say America was perfect for every chapter of our national history. Of course not. We're a nation founded on ideals. We're nation founded on human beings, so we'll always fall short of those ideals," Ramaswamy continued. "But I would rather live in a country that has ideals and falls short of them. Than to live in a country with no ideals at all." While Ramaswamy went on to say that no one's ethnic history should be swept under the rug, he also posited that last week's history, referring to a widely publicized public beating caught on camera in Cincinnati that went viral and caused an uproar of criticism over public safety and crime, should not be ignored either. "We have to confront what is true. Not just what makes us comfortable, but precisely when it does not," Ramaswamy said. As Ramaswamy concluded his response to the question about race, the potential Ohio governor noted one part of the questioner's ask, which "land[ed] with [him] a little bit differently." "When you say our people, when I hear that, I'm thinking that 'our people' is everybody in this room. I see black, white, brown, man, woman. These are our people. America is our people. Ohio is our people. Cincinnati is our people. And I believe it is the God-given right of every person to be able to live a life free of violence," Ramaswamy said before ending his response to the question. "And may I even say, if you're a hard-working American, to go into your city whether you're black or white without fear of actually being assaulted or battered, that ought to be the birthright of every American. That's what I want for 'our people.'"Original article source: WATCH: Ramaswamy takes on claim Black history swept 'under the table' at Cincinnati town hall Solve the daily Crossword
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6 days ago
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Republican Dooley jumps into Georgia's Senate race while touting support for Trump and taking aim at Ossoff
There's a new Republican candidate jumping into one of the most crucial Senate races in the 2026 midterm elections. Former longtime football coach Derek Dooley highlighted his outsider credentials, took aim at Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, and showcased his support for President Donald Trump as he declared his candidacy on Monday. "I'm running because our state needs new leadership in Washington D.C., and professional politicians like Jon Ossoff are the problem," Dooley said in a statement and video as he launched his campaign. Dooley argued that "our state doesn't have a voice in the U.S. Senate who reflects Georgia values because Ossoff is more concerned with protecting his own political future, opposing everything the Trump administration is working to accomplish, and repeatedly voting with the extreme left." Trump House Ally Rep. Mike Collins Jumps Into Battleground Georgia's Senate Race And he pledged that if elected to the Senate, "I'll work with President Trump to implement his agenda, support his Administration, and move our country forward." Read On The Fox News App Popular Gop Governor Passes On Senate Bid In 2026 The Senate race in Georgia is crucial for Republicans aiming to expand their current 53-47 Senate majority, as they view Ossoff, who is running for re-election in a battleground state that Trump narrowly carried in last year's presidential contest, as the most vulnerable Democrat on the ballot in next year's midterms. Dooley, who is the son of the late, legendary University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley, was a college football player who later served as a head coach at Louisiana Tech University and the University of Tennessee as well as an assistant coach in the National Football League. While this is his first run for public office, Republican sources confirm to Fox News that he's expected to have the endorsement of Gov. Brian Kemp, Georgia's popular two-term conservative Republican governor. Dooley becomes the third major Republican candidate currently in Georgia's Senate race. Two-term Rep. Mike Collins, a businessman who founded a trucking company who represents a large swath of urban, suburban, and rural areas between Atlanta and Augusta, announced his candidacy a week ago. Collins, a Trump ally and supporter in the House, showcased his support for the president in his campaign launch. And Rep. Buddy Carter, who for a decade has represented a district in coastal Georgia, launched a Senate campaign in the spring. He is also courting the president's support. Dooley appeared to take a jab at his two rivals for the nomination, saying "I'm not part of the political establishment, and I haven't spent my life climbing the D.C. political ladder." He pledged that he's "running to put Georgia First and bring common sense to D.C. Georgians know biological men shouldn't be playing in women's sports, hardworking people should keep more of their money, and opening our borders makes us less safe." Dooley is a longtime friend of Kemp, and two of the governor's top political advisers are helping Dooley with his Senate run. The term-limited Kemp, who was heavily recruited by national Republicans to take on Ossoff but who earlier this year passed on launching his own Senate campaign in 2026, has made it clear in recent days that he would be backing Dooley, sources familiar confirmed to Fox News. Meanwhile, sources in Trump's political orbit and Republican sources in Georgia confirmed to Fox News that there was an agreement between the president's political operation and Kemp's political team that they would work together to find a candidate that they could all unify behind to take on Ossoff in the Senate race. Those sources also confirmed that Kemp and Trump – the ultimate kingmaker in GOP politics – met last month to discuss the Senate race in Georgia. Trump Team 'Pissed Off' With Republican Governor In Key Battleground State Senate Nomination Race But when the governor floated the name of former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley, a source close to the president's political team said "they were told to stand down, because Trump's team wasn't ready to move forward on anybody." And when Kemp and his team did move forward with Dooley, it upset Trump's advisers, who, according to sources, were "already pretty annoyed" that Kemp had passed earlier this year on taking on Ossoff in the Senate race. "We had a deal to work together," a top political source in the Trump orbit told Fox News recently. "Kemp went out on his own – which has frustrated and pissed off Trump orbit." But a source close to the governor told Fox News that it's factually not true that they were told to stand down on Dooley. And the source added that Kemp meant what he said that he wants to work with the president and his team and remains that article source: Republican Dooley jumps into Georgia's Senate race while touting support for Trump and taking aim at Ossoff
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6 days ago
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Republican Dooley jumps into Georgia's Senate race while touting support for Trump and taking aim at Ossoff
There's a new Republican candidate jumping into one of the most crucial Senate races in the 2026 midterm elections. Former longtime football coach Derek Dooley highlighted his outsider credentials, took aim at Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, and showcased his support for President Donald Trump as he declared his candidacy on Monday. "I'm running because our state needs new leadership in Washington D.C., and professional politicians like Jon Ossoff are the problem," Dooley said in a statement and video as he launched his campaign. Dooley argued that "our state doesn't have a voice in the U.S. Senate who reflects Georgia values because Ossoff is more concerned with protecting his own political future, opposing everything the Trump administration is working to accomplish, and repeatedly voting with the extreme left." And he pledged that if elected to the Senate, "I'll work with President Trump to implement his agenda, support his Administration, and move our country forward." The Senate race in Georgia is crucial for Republicans aiming to expand their current 53-47 Senate majority, as they view Ossoff, who is running for re-election in a battleground state that Trump narrowly carried in last year's presidential contest, as the most vulnerable Democrat on the ballot in next year's midterms. Dooley, who is the son of the late, legendary University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley, was a college football player who later served as a head coach at Louisiana Tech University and the University of Tennessee as well as an assistant coach in the National Football League. While this is his first run for public office, Republican sources confirm to Fox News that he's expected to have the endorsement of Gov. Brian Kemp, Georgia's popular two-term conservative Republican governor. Dooley becomes the third major Republican candidate currently in Georgia's Senate race. Two-term Rep. Mike Collins, a businessman who founded a trucking company who represents a large swath of urban, suburban, and rural areas between Atlanta and Augusta, announced his candidacy a week ago. Collins, a Trump ally and supporter in the House, showcased his support for the president in his campaign launch. And Rep. Buddy Carter, who for a decade has represented a district in coastal Georgia, launched a Senate campaign in the spring. He is also courting the president's support. Dooley appeared to take a jab at his two rivals for the nomination, saying "I'm not part of the political establishment, and I haven't spent my life climbing the D.C. political ladder." He pledged that he's "running to put Georgia First and bring common sense to D.C. Georgians know biological men shouldn't be playing in women's sports, hardworking people should keep more of their money, and opening our borders makes us less safe." Dooley is a longtime friend of Kemp, and two of the governor's top political advisers are helping Dooley with his Senate run. The term-limited Kemp, who was heavily recruited by national Republicans to take on Ossoff but who earlier this year passed on launching his own Senate campaign in 2026, has made it clear in recent days that he would be backing Dooley, sources familiar confirmed to Fox News. Meanwhile, sources in Trump's political orbit and Republican sources in Georgia confirmed to Fox News that there was an agreement between the president's political operation and Kemp's political team that they would work together to find a candidate that they could all unify behind to take on Ossoff in the Senate race. Those sources also confirmed that Kemp and Trump – the ultimate kingmaker in GOP politics – met last month to discuss the Senate race in Georgia. But when the governor floated the name of former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley, a source close to the president's political team said "they were told to stand down, because Trump's team wasn't ready to move forward on anybody." And when Kemp and his team did move forward with Dooley, it upset Trump's advisers, who, according to sources, were "already pretty annoyed" that Kemp had passed earlier this year on taking on Ossoff in the Senate race. "We had a deal to work together," a top political source in the Trump orbit told Fox News recently. "Kemp went out on his own – which has frustrated and pissed off Trump orbit." But a source close to the governor told Fox News that it's factually not true that they were told to stand down on Dooley. And the source added that Kemp meant what he said that he wants to work with the president and his team and remains that way.
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18-06-2025
- Politics
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Republican Delegate Chris Bouchat plans run for Maryland governor in 2026
BALTIMORE — Delegate Chris Bouchat, a Republican from Carroll County who has railed against both Democrats and members of his own party in Annapolis, is gearing up to run for governor next year. Bouchat told The Baltimore Sun on Wednesday he is launching an initial slate of television ads in the coming weeks but is not yet formally announcing his candidacy or filing with the Maryland State Board of Elections. Democratic Gov. Wes Moore has said he intends to seek a second term, and a few challengers have begun lining up to get their names on the ballot. 'I'm going to see how the strategy unfolds. I'm in no big hurry,' he said, referring to the primary still a year away. His campaign website already reads 'Bouchat for Governor' and states that 'We the people want a governor with white hair, who has faced and overcome the hardships of life, so they have empathy for us as they execute the duties of office on our behalf.' Bouchat, 57, has at times been open about those hardships. He has been convicted twice of assault and served jail time — once as a 16-year-old in 1984 and after another incident in 1997 involving his wife at the time. Two years before his successful run for the Carroll County Board of Commissioners in 2018, Bouchat's 26-year-old daughter died from a fentanyl overdose. He told The Sun that he believes his experiences make him 'extremely identifiable to a broad base of voters across all demographics,' including experiencing depression and alcoholism after the death of his daughter. After winning a seat in the House of Delegates in 2022, Bouchat has at-times challenged his colleagues on both sides of the aisle — including with a letter to his GOP colleagues within his first few months in that office that said many of them had become 'show horses' in their opposition strategy while in the minority, Maryland Matters reported. One of Bouchat's calling cards has been reforming the redistricting system in which elected leaders draw the districts in which they run. His campaign includes a quote from him reading, 'The greatest gift I can give the citizens of Maryland as governor is sovereignty over the General Assembly by districts being drawn by the people not politicians.' He said in an interview his platform would also focus on economic and tax policy — including changing Maryland's tax system to reflect a 3% flat tax on all income, capital gains and sales. Bouchat said last year that he did not plan to run again for his House seat because of enduring frustrations with Democrats controlling a supermajority of the Maryland General Assembly. _________
Fox News
11-06-2025
- Business
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GOP congressman takes major step toward gubernatorial announcement
FIRST ON FOX: An Iowa congressman is taking a major step toward running for governor on Wednesday. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, is launching a finance committee comprised of 47 top donors and business leaders in the Hawkeye State, Fox News Digital is learning first. "I am grateful for the overwhelming support that our campaign has received from Iowans who believe in our mission to take our state to new heights," Feenstra said in a statement. "Our finance committee will ensure we have the resources necessary for victory. I cannot thank our supporters enough for their support and confidence in our campaign." Feenstra has not formally announced a campaign for governor, but he's now taken several steps in the process ahead of the 2026 elections. He revealed last month that he is exploring a run for the role after the current governor, Republican Kim Reynolds, said she was stepping aside after serving two terms in Des Moines. Feenstra also filed a "Feenstra for Governor" organizing committee. It's not clear when the official kickoff will be, but Feenstra is all but certain to join an increasingly crowded field of candidates for the open seat. Members of the campaign committee include Kurt Croell, the owner of a concrete company who's donated to both Reynolds and President Donald Trump, and members of the Doll family, who own beer company Doll Distributing. West Des Moines Mayor Russ Trimble is also on the list, as are Nutratech executives Andy and Russ Kosky, among others. Feenstra has represented Iowa's 4th Congressional District since 2021, and serves key roles in the House as a member of both the Agriculture and Ways & Means Committees. Other Republicans running to lead the state include state lawmaker Eddie Andrews and Brad Sherman, a former state representative. The GOP primary could turn into a high-profile political clash if Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird enters the race. Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley, grandson of U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is also publicly toying with a bid. On the Democratic side, Iowa auditor Rob Sand is among the declared candidates, as is Julie Stauch, who served as Pete Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign Iowa political director.
