CINCINNATI, Ohio—On a stage in suburban Cincinnati, Cleveland entrepreneur Bernie Moreno told an enthusiastic crowd on April 18 why he decided to enter Ohio’s 2024 U.S. Senate race—after vying for former Sen. Rob Portman’s seat in 2022 before dropping out.
“Somehow, we’ve lost our way. And I think it started with a virus from China. And of course, I’m not talking about COVID. I’m talking about socialism and communism,” Moreno said.
“This is a battle of what type of world we want to live in. Do we want to live in the Chinese Communist Party’s view of the world with small groups of elites and faraway places get to tell us what to do? Or we’re going to recommit to the constitutional principles of self-governance. To me, that’s not a question.”…