OH Gawd No!

Me and my boys.

The Republican primary for U.S. senate is a clusterfuck. The candidates running for the open seat being vacated by Sen. Karen Portman (R-OH) is a disaster. I mean these candidates are trying to appeal to the white nationalist base of Washed Up 45 with "fear mongering" and "red meat" politics.

None of them seem viable as a senator. Yet, one will become a senator if the Democrats don't line up a good ground game.

So this primary is going to be held in May and it will involve a set of white nationalists who are vying for the endorsement of Washed Up 45.

1. Karen Mandel, the former Ohio state treasurer.

2. Karen Gibbons, a business owner and white nationalist.

3. Karen Timken, the former chairwoman for Ohio's Republican Party.

4. Karen Dolan, an Ohio senate member.

5. Karen D. Vance, a hedge fund investor former Washed Up 45 advisor for his failed 2020 campaign.

These five candidates are fighting over who's more in line with Washed Up 45. It seems like they only are concerned about "red meat" instead of real issues.

Ohio is the 7th largest populated state in the country. It will soon be surpassed by North Carolina. The state has lost a congressional seat. The only city in the state growing is Columbus, the state capitol.

Holy shit.

To “prove” he isn’t racist — Ohio U.S. Senate candidate @JoshMandelOhio put a photo of himself standing with black soldiers in his latest campaign ad.

Problem is he forgot to Photoshop the hands that clearly show he put his face on the body of a black soldier pic.twitter.com/DwzSMTzYNn

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) April 6, 2022

Your father knew the importance of the Second Amendment when he tried to exercise his right to self-defense and was wrongly denied a gun permit by anti-gun racists.

Firearms ≠ violence. Study your history better @BerniceKing. https://t.co/DRWG6NELt9

— Josh Mandel (@JoshMandelOhio) April 5, 2022

Mike Gibbons on stage is like if your racist grandpa was running for Senate - here's his solution to police accountability pic.twitter.com/HxByWPibwf

— Plunderbund (@plunderbund) April 6, 2022

Last night’s Ohio GOP Senate debate: “Do you think … for the betterment of the Republican Party it’s time for Donald Trump to stop talking about the 2020 election and move on?”

Just one candidate, Matt Dolan, raised his hand. Timken, Mandel, Gibbons and Vance stared ahead. pic.twitter.com/h4UGOhOMVv

— Natalie Allison (@natalie_allison) March 22, 2022

At OH Senate debate, GOP Chair Jane Timken was asked biggest issue facing kids: “Our children are failing in schools. They cannot read, they cannot write, and it’s because ..instead of prayer and patriotism in school, we are now talking about CRT and other issues like sexuality.” pic.twitter.com/jziBD5gVE7

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) October 25, 2021

Are you a racist? pic.twitter.com/Fdknxld39i

— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) April 5, 2022

In a new ad, Josh Mandel walks across the Edmund Pettus Bridge to denounce CRT, and uses MLK Jr. imagery. Then, as usual, his answer to everything is that he served in the Marine Corps - he can’t be a racist since he served with Marines who were black. pic.twitter.com/Ppj3f8yPw4

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 5, 2022

Ohio was once considered a swing state. The state went to Washed Up 45 twice by a large margin.

This is why these Republicans are trying to out crazy one another.

Even at a FreedomWorks forum, Gibbons and Mandel let their egos get in the way of actual issues.

Mind you there's hundreds of issues facing Ohio right now.

1. Infrastructure.

2. Crime and Gun Violence.

3. Bringing Better Paying Jobs To Ohio.

The state's population is 12.3 million residents. North Carolina's is 11.4 million residents. 

North Carolina, Montana, Texas, Florida, Colorado and Oregon gained seats while Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and California lost a seat.

Ohio still can't figure out how to draw a congressional map. They are still stuck on finding a common ground bipartisan congressional district map. The state's Republicans keep rolling out maps that favor them 3:1. The state's supreme court opposed every drawn map. They said it has to be a balance.

It appears that Fox is trying to put their finger on the scale. Nolan, part owner of the Cleveland Guardians appears to be the choice of the far-right network. They already calling Mandel, a perennial candidate because he failed two times at running for the U.S. Senate.

To be clear: Ohio is leaning Republican and the possibility one of these white nationalists could be the next U.S. Senator.