The Republican National Committee recently selected Cleveland to host its 2016 National Convention. Why Cleveland, you may ask? The main reason they selected Cleveland is because it’s in Ohio, and Ohio has 18 very important electoral votes. The Republicans haven’t won Ohio since 2004 and it will certainly shape up to be a battleground state in 2016.
But why is Cleveland a bad choice for Republicans? Well, there is a reason that the GOP has lost Ohio for the past few national elections. Cleveland and the Buckeye State had been battling with GOP policies for several years, and that brings us to the Top 5 reasons Cleveland is a bad choice for the 2016 Republican National Convention
Top 5 Reasons Cleveland is a Bad Choice for the Republican National Convention
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican is supporting a key Obamacare reform that will expand coverage to low-income residents. Wait a minute â€" a Republican governor supporting Obamacare? The Republicans should run far away from him and his state! But, they aren’t. Despite the fact this expanded health coverage is expected to cut the amount of uninsured residents by two-thirds, Republicans will be flocking to the state in 2016. Ohio was one of the early success stories for Obama during the first open enrollment period, but Cleveland is still the place Republicans want to hold their pep rally prior to the 2016 election. I’m confused.
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Cleveland is embracing equal rights for all individuals and families. Yes, gay rights is alive and well in Cleveland. The GOP’s 2012 platform came out against LGBT equality â€" will it be the same in 2016? The mayor of Cleveland, Frank G. Jackson is a member of Mayors for the Freedom to Marry, a group dedicated to marriage equality for all. The city has also adopted a domestic partnership registry to help protect the rights of those in same-sex marriages not yet recognized by the state of Ohio. And the GOP still wants to have their biggest love fest in this heathen city? Go figure.
Cleveland is receiving stimulus funds and loving every dollar of it! Cleveland and its environs has received well over $1 billion in stimulus funding following the economic meltdown in 2008. This government money has funded numerous programs to help the people of Cleveland get back on their feet. Big government â€" who needs it? Apparently, the people of Cleveland do.
Cleveland is supporting rational gun control measures. Republicans apparently believe that any gun control measure is anathema to the Second Amendment, but apparently the mayor of Cleveland has a different view. He has joined with Mayors Against Illegal Guns to help support legislation to keep guns out of the deadly hands of criminals. The mayor and the chief of police have pushed for legislation that would create a gun-offender registry, a ban on the sale of guns to people under the age of 21, and an assortment of other restrictions on gun ownership. Doesn’t sound very GOP to me.
Cleveland believes that climate change is real. While the GOP Congressional leadership seems to completely deny climate change despite a polluted mountain of evidence, the city of Cleveland is trying to reduce greenhouse gasses. The leadership launched the Cleveland Climate Action Plan in 2013 to lower greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent from 2010 to 2050. Climate Action Plan? Sounds like a socialist attack on Republican freedoms to me.
So, believe it or not, this uber-liberal, gay rights-loving, climate-change believing, stimulus-enjoying city by the lake is going to see an invasion of millions of Fox News-watching and Obama-bashing Republicans in 2016. Oh, Cleveland, say it ain’t so!
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