Mandel allies urge Trump Ohio rally boycott after Vance GOP Senate endorsement – By Kate Scanlon (Washington Examiner) / April 21, 2022
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Allies of Ohio Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel are calling for a boycott of a rally to be held by former President Donald Trump in the state after he endorsed Mandel’s primary rival, J.D. Vance.
A large field of Republican candidates had sought Trump’s endorsement before he ultimately gave it to Vance, a venture capitalist and author of Hillbilly Elegy, last week. Vance and several Republican House candidates also endorsed by Trump are scheduled to appear at a rally with the former president in Delaware County on Saturday.
Some Republicans in the state asked Trump to reconsider his endorsement, arguing in a letter that Vance is a “political chameleon” who called Trump and his supporters “racist” in 2016. In his Senate campaign, Vance has cast himself as a close ally to Trump.
