A former assistant county prosecutor and councilman from the Cincinnati area with a famous father is running for the Republican primary in Ohio Congressional District 2. Phil Heimlich chatted with Thursday’s lunchtime crowd in the continuing candidate series offered by the Republican Women of Ross County.

Heimlich promotes himself as an “Anti-MAGA” Republican, saying that he will not make personal attacks or call people names, like Donald Trump does. He says we must have a peaceful transfer of power, and that false claims of a stolen election do no protect our democracy. However, Heimlich said he will work with Trump as needed if he is elected.

Phil Heimlich, a former Hamilton County commissioner, two-term Cincinnati City Council member, and assistant county prosecutor, today announced his candidacy in the Republican primary for Ohio’s Second District Congressional seat.

“I’m running to restore the values that made the Republican party great: Respect for the rule of law, the peaceful transfer of power, the dignity of our fellow men and women, and the pursuit of truth,” Heimlich said.

CINCINNATI – In the mid-1300s, the Black Death became the most devastating pandemic in history, killing 75 million people worldwide (25 million in Europe alone). Differences between Christianity and Judaism led to the social ostracism of the Jewish people so, as the Times of Israel has put it, “People looking for reasons to hate the Jews didn’t have to look very hard.” A myth developed that the king of Tunisia, some lepers and the Jews had conspired to destroy Christianity by poisoning the wells with a concoction made of lizards, spiders, frogs, human hearts, urine and sacred hosts. The result was the slaughter of tens of thousands of Jews and the destruction of over 200 Jewish communities.

Several Republican former leaders from around Ohio are coming out in support of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tim Ryan as they condemn the actions of former President Donald Trump.

With November’s election looming, a group of Republicans are hitting the campaign trail this week. But instead of stumping for the GOP, they’ll be encouraging voters to back the Democrat, Tim Ryan, in Ohio’s race for U.S. Senate.