Ohio Senate Candidate JD Vance Gets Outed As A Rust Belt Fraud

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Ohio Senate Candidate JD Vance Gets Outed As A Rust Belt Fraud

Jason Easley at PoliticusUSA

https://www.politicususa.com/2021/08/29/ohio-senate-candidate-jd-vance-gets-outed-as-a-rust-belt-fraud.html

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Ohio Republican Senate candidate JD Vance touts his venture capitalism for Ohio and his charity battling opioid addiction, but neither appears to be doing what he claims.

Business Insider dug deep into Vance and reported:

Plenty of politicians seek to bolster their image by pointing to their business acumen and philanthropic efforts. In reality, though, it’s not clear what, if anything, Vance has achieved through his company or his charity. A review by Insider of Our Ohio Renewal’s tax filings showed that in its first year, the nonprofit spent more on “management services” provided by its executive director — who also serves as Vance’s top political advisor — than it did on programs to fight opioid abuse. The group, which has shut down its website and abandoned its Twitter account after publishing only two tweets, says it commissioned a survey to gauge the needs and welfare of Ohioans, but Vance’s campaign declined to provide any documentation of the project. A spokeswoman for Ohio’s largest anti-opioid coalition told Insider that she hadn’t heard of Vance’s organization.

“This is a charade,” said Doug White, a nonprofit expert and former director of the master’s program in fundraising management at Columbia University, who reviewed Our Ohio Renewal’s tax filings for Insider. “It’s a superficial way for him to say he’s helping Ohio. None of that is actually happening, from what I can tell.”

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[Demovictory9]

1. kick

[Scrivener7]

2. Didn't you just know this guy was doing this?

[bahboo]

3. shout it far and wide....

[Moebym]

4. J.D. is just like Trump

A wealthy, out-of-touch elitist who nevertheless talks a big game about how much he cares about the WWC and understands their struggles.

[bottomofthehill]

5. Full of shit faker.

Same BS with an Ivy League degree.

He should know better.

[plimsoll]

11. It's worked for him so far.

If it ain't broke don't fix it. He sounded like a con artist from the beginning. His mistake was trying to up his game, and we'll see if it's a mistake. My estimation says this set of cons could win the GOP nomination for him. He needs to head to a disaster and throw paper towels and it'll be all sown up.

[Champp]

6. Republicans do this shit all the time

It's who they are.

[maxsolomon]

7. Will it actually hurt him if he makes it through the Primary?

He'll have an R after his name, and that's good enough for 99% of the GOP vote.

[TNNurse]

8. I was told by people I respect( southern lit professors)

that his book was crap. Glad I listened to them and did not waste my time or money reading his book

I hope Ron Howard and those involved in the movie wills speak up.

[Lonestarblue]

18. I tried to read his book, but gave up.

Not only was it boring, but it was filled with insipid observations and ideas. I gave up after a couple of chapters of drivel.

[llmart]

20. I read his book, though I didn't buy it.

The only reason I thought it would be remotely interesting is because I grew up in a small rural town in Ohio and wanted to see his take on what that's like. Partway through the book I was getting the feeling that he was embellishing his experiences just to sell a book. Then I watched the movie and that was awful. I wonder now how much of his story is actually true.

[Tadpole Raisin]

9. More of this please.

A lot of republican candidates are lying grifters.

Cheating is the new Black.

[WarGamer]

10. I can always tell a Politicus headline even before I confirm it...

And on the rare occasion that I'm wrong and it's not Politicus... It's Raw Story.

[applegrove]

12. No i got it at PoliticusUSA. It mostly is a quote from business insider.

I don't see raw story in it.

[WarGamer]

13. I was just joking...

IMHO, politicus is progressive catnip and is known for over the top clickbait headlines.

Media Bias Fact Check says:

Overall, we rate PoliticusUSA borderline extreme Left Biased in wording and editorial positions that always favor the left. We also rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to a few failed fact checks, frequent misleading one-sided commentary, and occasional poor sourcing.

[applegrove]

15. Oh okay. Sometimes they make a good point. I like them.

[Celerity]

16. PoliticusUSA is half a louisemensch above The Palmer Report on the LW birdcage-liner scale

[WarGamer]

17. LMAO...

[Celerity]

19. Palmer is a scumbag, he posted some pure rot claim back in 2019 about the SCOTUS that

was instantly contradicted by the Constitution. I posted the relevant part that clearly showed his entire article was dross. He first replied with a ultra nasty reply, and got pushback from like 10 posters.

He then deleted my reply and simply made up a changed version of it that said things I never did and claimed I was A TRUMPER.

He banned me too.

He got crazy pushback from people with snapshots of what he had done,

He then took down the entire article.

He can go fuck himself.

[WarGamer]

22. +1000 nt

[NoMoreRepugs]

14. Charade. Fraudster. Fake. He's a shoo-in to win IMO.

Deplorable voters are SOOOO Deplorable.

[paleotn]

21. Typical Republican.

The only good thing from the political sorting that culminated with Donnie Covid is all of society's garbage ended up in one, neat box. The Republican Party.