NORTH CENTRAL OHIO — The Ohio Senate primary race has been one of the costliest election races in the nation. With Josh Mandel maintaining his lead over the other candidates, eyes are on Mike Gibbons who appears to have risen to second in election polling.
Being a political outsider and a businessman has given Mike Gibbons appeal to voters disenfranchised with the political elites of Washington D.C. But some local clergy are skeptical of Gibbon’s conservatives values.
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Over twenty local lead clergymen from multiple denominations released a joint statement expressing their concern over the authenticity of U.S. Senate Candidate Mike Gibbons. The clergy believe Gibbons does not have conservative views on cardinal issues like sanctity of life and election integrity.
According to Bucyrus Pastor J.C. Church, “Mike Gibbons appears to be an unproven candidate with a track record of pro-choice statements who echoes the liberal media’s views on the 2020 election. What is more concerning is Gibbons has already put $11 million in an attempt to buy a U.S. Senate seat and is seeing his poll numbers increase. Ohio Republican primary voters should be aware of his record and question whether he truly knows where he stands on issues important to conservatives in the Buckeye State.”
The pastors point out as a first-time candidate in 2017, Mike Gibbons indicated he was pro-choice.
When asked his position on abortion as a Senate candidate in 2017, Gibbons first stated on social issues he is a “pro-people” person who is not dogmatic. Given a chance to clarify his remarks the next day, Gibbons solidified his personal position claiming that he “personally” opposed abortion but he is “not a woman” and would not choose for them.
According to Orville Pastor Jerry O’Brien, “In regards to the sanctity of life issue, Mike Gibbons echoes the same rhetoric used by the Liberal Left and Planned Parenthood. What about the baby? The baby isn’t given a choice when its mother terminates its life. The answers by Gibbons in the recent past are revealing. We need a fighter in Washington D.C., not someone who wants to fit in.”
“Mike Gibbons appears to be an unproven candidate with a track record of pro-choice statements who echoes the liberal media’s views on the 2020 election. What is more concerning is Gibbons has already put $11 million in an attempt to buy a U.S. Senate seat and is seeing his poll numbers increase. Ohio Republican primary voters should be aware of his record and question whether he truly knows where he stands on issues important to conservatives in the Buckeye State.”
Pastor J.C. Church
According to the clergy statement, Gibbons has donated in the past to campaigns of pro-choice Democrats including Jimmy Carter’s son and former Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman.
The clergy also point out Mike Gibbons says he does not like Donald Trump and believes Joe Biden won the 2020 elections. In 2021, Gibbons stated he “has not seen evidence” of widespread fraud in the 2020 election. This year He admitted that he would have voted to certify the 2020 election if he had been in the U.S. Senate at the time.
Driven by his personal fortune, Gibbons is now rising in the polls in the race for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, and pro-Trump conservatives are concerned.
Pastor Church says, “You are only as good as your word. I think if we read between the lines, Mike Gibbons would rather be politically correct in Washington D.C. than defend conservative Ohio family values.”
Presently, Election day is scheduled for Tuesday, May 3rd with early voting beginning Tuesday, April 5th. The deadline to register to vote is Monday, April 4th.
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The Bible says in 1 John Chapter 3, “Little children, let us not love in word or talk, but in deed and in truth.”
