Ohio鈥檚 incoming Secretary of State is taking some heat over one of the people he picked to co-chair his transition team 鈥� Ken Blackwell, who鈥檚 been in the ongoing vote count . But Sen. Frank LaRose (R-Hudson) is standing by his choice.
LaRose said he picked Blackwell because 鈥� though his term was . But LaRose said Blackwell is also . 鈥淗e represents a wing of the party that I鈥檓 not always identified with, maybe further to the right. Speaker Davidson [is] more centrist. I think that hearing from both of those voices is important.鈥�
LaRose鈥檚 team also includes well-respected former Speaker JoAnn Davidson.
And as for Blackwell鈥檚 often inflammatory comments and about unproven fraud in the Florida vote, LaRose said: 鈥淚 wouldn鈥檛 say those things but I won鈥檛 say I鈥檓 bothered by them either. Those are his words.鈥�
During his time in the Senate, LaRose has called for a return to .
