News In Focus with Chris Long

On-air candidate forum with U.S. Senate candidate Mike Gibbons

Mike Gibbons, Cleveland businessman and candidate for the U.S. Senate, discusses what he is hearing from Ohio voters as he travels to Ohio's 88 counties. OCA President Chris Long asks Mr. Gibbons about his position on the southern border, national security, the current security challenge from China, and his position on abortion. 

On-air candidate forum continues with U.S. Senate candidates J.D. Vance and Mike Gibbons

On-air candidate forum continues with U.S. Senate candidates J.D. Vance and Mike Gibbons

Part 1 - J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy and a Marine veteran, has announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. OCA President Chris Long interviews J.D. and asks the candidate his thoughts on the southern border crisis, inflation, and national security issues. Tune in to hear his response. 

Part 2 - Mike Gibbons, Cleveland businessman and candidate for the U.S. Senate, discusses what he is hearing from Ohio voters as he travels to Ohio's 88 counties. OCA President Chris Long asks Mr. Gibbons his position on the southern border, national security, the current security challenge from China, and his position on abortion. 

Ambassador Sam Brownback In Defense Of Religious Freedom

Ambassador Sam Brownback In Defense Of Religious Freedom

OCA President Chris Long interviews Ambassador Sam Brownback, discussing religious freedom. Sam Brownback served as Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom from February 2018 until January 2021. He also served as Governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. Prior to that, he represented his home state of Kansas in the United States Senate and in the U.S. House of Representatives. While a member of the U.S. Senate, he worked actively on religious freedom issues in multiple countries and was a key sponsor of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. He continues to advocate for religious freedom. You can follow the Ambassador on Twitter @SamuelBrownback

Part 2 - On-Air Candidate Forum Continues With Gubernatorial Candidate Jim Renacci

Former Congressman of Ohio's 16th District, Jim Renacci, joins OCA President Chris Long on News in Focus to discuss his run for Governor. As a former businessman, Jim talks about the terrible effect that the COVID-19 shutdowns have had on small businesses here in Ohio. Many have not recovered from the shutdown of last year, and business owners tell Jim they are still facing challenges getting people back to work. Jim also discusses the vaccine mandate order from the Biden Administration, and how the state needs to do more to fight back against the overreach of the federal government and the Biden Administration.  Tune in and tell a friend. 

On-Air Candidate Forum Continues With Gubernatorial Candidate Jim Renacci

On-Air Candidate Forum Continues With Gubernatorial Candidate Jim Renacci

Former Congressman of Ohio's 16th District, Jim Renacci, joins OCA President Chris Long on News in Focus to discuss his run for Governor. As a former businessman, Jim talks about the terrible effect that the COVID-19 shutdowns have had on small businesses here in Ohio. Many have not recovered from the shutdown of last year, and business owners tell Jim they are still facing challenges getting people back to work. Jim also discusses the vaccine mandate order from the Biden Administration, and how the state needs to do more to fight back against the overreach of the federal government and the Biden Administration.  Tune in and tell a friend. 

On-Air Candidate Forum Continues with U.S. Senate Candidate Jane Timken

On-Air Candidate Forum Continues with U.S. Senate Candidate Jane Timken

Though the filing deadline isn't until January of 2022, U.S. Senate candidates are busily making their way around Ohio, meeting with Ohio voters and listening to their concerns.  Jane Timken, former ORP Chairwoman and candidate for the U.S. Senate open seat, joins News in Focus to discuss her campaign and the crises that are raging at the southern border, runaway inflation, and the reckless withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan under the Biden Administration.  She explains what conservatives need to do to push back against the Biden Administration's overreach and reckless agenda.  

Part 2 with Bill Federer

9/11 Remembered - Afghanistan Withdrawal - Arming Terrorists

Bill Federer of The American Minute joins OCA President Chris Long on this week's News in Focus to discuss how the West has weaponized terrorists through CIA covert operations over the years, and how the Afghanistan hapless withdrawal may have been intentional.  The real question is, who is making the decisions in Washington?  

 

9/11 Remembered - Afghanistan Withdrawal - Arming Terrorists

9/11 Remembered - Afghanistan Withdrawal - Arming Terrorists

Bill Federer of The American Minute joins OCA President Chris Long on this week's News in Focus to discuss how the West has weaponized terrorists through CIA covert operations over the years, and how the Afghanistan hapless withdrawal may have been intentional.  The real question is, who is making the decisions in Washington?  

Religious Exemptions on COVID Vaccine with Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel

Health care workers across the state are facing the real prospect of employment termination due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, issued by hospitals, medical clinics, and other health care facilities in recent weeks. This will affect thousands of health care workers across Ohio, who last year were the frontline heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic, but are now being threatened with termination if they do not take the vaccine. Many cannot take it, due to health reasons, personal reasons, or religious conscience.  Mat Staver discusses with us that this is a nationwide problem and is about to affect us all with the lack of quality of health care as a result. Mat gives some practical pointers on how to file for a religious exemption. The Liberty Counsel law firm stands ready to help people of faith with this growing crisis. Video from Liberty Counsel

Religious Exemptions on COVID Vaccine with Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel

Religious Exemptions on COVID Vaccine with Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel

Health care workers across the state are facing the real prospect of employment termination due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, issued by hospitals, medical clinics, and other health care facilities in recent weeks. This will affect thousands of health care workers across Ohio, who last year were the frontline heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic, but are now being threatened with termination if they do not take the vaccine. Many cannot take it, due to health reasons, personal reasons, or religious conscience.  Mat Staver discusses with us that this is a nationwide problem and is about to affect us all with the lack of quality of health care as a result. Mat gives some practical pointers on how to file for a religious exemption. The Liberty Counsel law firm stands ready to help people of faith with this growing crisis. Video from Liberty Counsel

State Rep. Scott Wiggam discusses how he and other conservative legislators are fighting back against the mandates and vaccine passports. 

The Ohio House and the Ohio Senate have failed to remedy the immediate crisis facing thousands of health care workers across Ohio. H.B. 248 that recently had its 6th hearing in the Ohio House Health Committee, chaired by Rep. Scott Lipps, is not going anywhere, according to Statehouse reports. H.B. 248 would have provided broad exemptions for health care workers and other Ohioans who were faced with an unwanted vaccine mandate at their workplaces. Now that the bill is all but dead, Rep. Scott Wiggam is working to push leadership to act on this issue. Tune in and tell a friend. ACTION POINT: Contact your State Representatives and urge them to protect vaccine freedom. 

 

 

 

The Redraw of Ohio's District Lines is Underway

The Redraw of Ohio's District Lines is Underway

Ohio is losing a Congressional seat, and the Ohio Redistricting Commission is currently holding public meetings. The districts for Ohio House, Ohio Senate, and Congressional should be completed within a few weeks. Here to discuss the process is Summit County Republican Chairman Bryan Williams. 

Part 2 - Vaccine mandates are threatening individual civil liberties

H.B. 248, Ohio's Vaccine Freedom Bill, sponsored by State Rep. Jennifer Gross of Ohio's 52nd District, had its 6th hearing yesterday in the Ohio House Health Committee. It is reported that 1,000 testimonies were submitted to the committee, as well as hundreds of calls and emails that flooded into the committee's offices. In this program, we hear two testimonials, one from the Ohio House Health Committee hearing, and another from an R.N. who testified before the Michigan House Committee last week. Tune in and tell a friend. 

Greg Delaney - Drug abuse during COVID - AG Yost on fraud - Summer replay

Greg Delaney - Drug abuse during COVID - AG Yost on fraud 

COVID-19 Shutdown – The Fallout Part II Opiate and Fentanyl drug addictions,  depression and suicide

Opiate and Fentanyl drug addictions, depression, and suicide rates increased during the COVID-19 shutdown. Pastor Greg Delaney of Woodhaven Recovery Center of Dayton, Ohio discusses with OCA President Chris Long the opiate, Fentanyl, and alcohol abuse that spread through the general population as depression and isolation caused many to turn to drugs and alcohol for relief. The general population is still in a state of depression, and it is time for the church to go on a search and rescue mission, reaching out to those who are isolated, alone, and hurting, sharing with them the concern and compassion of Christ.

Part 2 - Tackling Fraud With Attorney General Dave Yost

On today’s program, we discuss the important issue of fraud. Many Ohioans have been victims of fraudulent activity on the Internet, credit card fraud, bank fraud. These are just some of the ways in which scam artists prey on our elderly and the general public. We talk about this important issue with State Attorney General Dave Yost.  Here are a couple of examples of some of the phone call scams that some Ohioans have fallen victim to in recent months. We also discuss with Attorney General Yost the unemployment fraud as the Department of Job and Family Services fell victim to international fraudsters who gamed the system and pilfered $426 million during the COVID-19 shutdown. SOS LaRose has submitted voter fraud cases of those who voted illegally as non-citizens and others who voted in multiple states in the same election to the Attorney General's office. AG Yost explains the process of investigating those cases. Tune in and tell a friend. 

Vaccines should be a choice, not a mandate or requirement for public life

 OCA President Chris Long and State Rep. Jennifer Gross discuss the challenges of vaccine mandates for many Ohioans. The COVID-19 vaccine should be a personal choice, not mandated or a requirement for employment. Ohioans are already losing their jobs over this issue in hospitals and health care systems across Ohio. The same people that were heralded as heroes last year on the frontlines of treating COVID patients are now ridiculed and shamed and driven from their jobs simply because they have chosen not to take the vaccine. Many of them have already had COVID and recovered and are immune to the virus.  OCA press statement

Gross is the sponsor of House Bill 248, which prohibits mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations and allows for individuals to have three exemptions to all vaccines.

“We cannot allow the COVID-19 vaccination to become a condition for participation in public life,” said Gross. “Mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations, in any circumstance, are prohibited and all three exemptions shall be offered to all Ohioans for all vaccinations.”

Gross notes that Ohioans continue to face employment termination, loss of raises, forced masking and forced weekly COVID-19 testing due to employment mandates related to the COVID-19 vaccine.

“Tragically, the freedoms of Ohioans are being encroached upon as they are now being forced to choose between their personal healthcare choices, their livelihood, and their education,” Gross added. “It is our duty to protect the freedoms of our Ohio citizens. The time to act is now!”  Click here for Rep Gross's press release