Trump-backed Bernie Moreno won Ohio's Republican US Senate primary on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.
Moreno defeated state Senator Matt Dolan, a critic of the former president, and Secretary of State Frank LaRose; he will now go head-to-head against the Democratic incumbent, Senator Sherrod Brown.
The victory for the wealthy former car dealer, who has never held elected office, comes as the former president’s grip on the Senate tightens. Brown is one of the two Democrats running for reelection in red states. The two races will be pivotal in determining which party controls the Senate. Although Democrats hold the majority, 51-49, they will be defending two-thirds of the seats up for election this November.
At a campaign rally for Moreno last week, Trump — who opened his 2016 campaign declaring undocumented immigrants “rapists” — said some immigrants are “not people … these are animals.” During the same event, Moreno, a Colombian immigrant,Actor and Drag Star Shangela Accused of Multiple Sexual Assaults“We don’t need to vote in five different languages. We learn the language,” Moreno — who called Trump a in 2016 — told the crowd of supporters. “It means you assimilate.
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