Ohio Senate candidate Josh Mandel (R), who has pushed strong anti-refugee messages against Afghans and others, is actually the grandson of refugees from Europe who settled in the Cleveland area with the aid of resettlement organizations after World War II, CNN reports.
Mandel has suggested many refugees are terrorists. He has also said “zero” refugees should be let into the US, claiming Afghan refugees will bring “covid” and “child brides.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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