JOSH CLAIMS: Sherrod pretends to care about women’s issues, but he physically abused his ex-wife.
THE TRUTH: Sherrod has always stood up for women’s rights and women’s equality and Josh should be ashamed of himself for his gutter attacks on Sherrod’s family.
JOSH CLAIMS: Sherrod Brown is against fracking and sides with Washington bureaucrats and fringe environmentalists.
THE TRUTH: Sherrod Brown supports responsible shale development and the jobs that it will create.
JOSH CLAIMS: Sherrod Brown and his liberal friends have run an overwhelmingly negative campaign against me.
THE TRUTH: Josh Mandel has waged one of the most deceptive, dishonest and gutter-ridden campaigns Ohio has ever seen.
JOSH CLAIMS: Brown compared Republicans in Ohio and Wisconsin to Hitler and Stalin.
THE TRUTH: Brown was providing historical context, not comparing Republicans to Hitler & Stalin, and apologized.
JOSH CLAIMS: Sherrod Brown is responsible for Ohio jobs lost to China.
THE TRUTH: Sherrod Brown opposed a free trade pact with China, had led the fight to enforce trade laws that punish China when it cheats, and passed a bipartisan jobs bill to crack down on Chinese currency manipulation.
JOSH CLAIMS: His campaign has nothing to do the dark-money outside groups spending in this race.
THE TRUTH: A Josh Mandel crony-turned-lobbyist left the Treasurer’s office to work for Cap Square Solutions which is tied to the Government Integrity Fund, a secretly-funded outside group that has spent more than a million dollars to attack Sherrod.
JOSH CLAIMS: Sherrod Brown is anti-Israel because he is supported by J Street and he refused to sign on to letters of support for Israel.
THE TRUTH: Sherrod Brown is a steadfast supporter of Israel, who led the fight to impose sanctions on Iran and pass foreign aid assistance for Israel.
JOSH CLAIMS: Sherrod Brown voted against the Keystone Pipeline, killing thousands of jobs and sending North American oil to China.
THE TRUTH: Sherrod Brown believes that professionals should make decisions about pipeline routes and is concerned over any plan that could increase oil prices in the Midwest.
JOSH CLAIMS: He’s not part of the war on women.
THE TRUTH: On issues from pay equality to access to contraceptives, Josh Mandel’s extreme positions are dangerous for the health and well-being of Ohio’s women and families.
