In his latest attempt at “owning the libs”, U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel crashed a local school board meeting. But the only person who ended up getting “owned” was Mandel himself.
The 43-year-old was kicked out of a Lakota school board meeting last night after he made a complete spectacle about mask mandates and gender identity while dressed in an ill-fitting button-down shirt and too-tight pants.
“Here in the Lakota District and throughout the state of Ohio, children should not be forced to wear masks,” he said before the empty room. “On top of that, children should not be forced to learn about to pick a gender or not pick a gender. Boys are boys, girls are girls.”
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Members of the school board didn’t wait to find out. Instead, they had two Butler County Sheriff’s deputies show Mandel the door.
“Isn’t this a public meeting?” he argued.
That’s when he was informed that the Lakota School Board’s public comment policy indicates that “participants must be residents of the district or Lakota staff and have a legitimate interest in the action of the board.”
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Mandel is neither a resident of the district nor a staff member. He’s just one of almost a dozen people seeking to succeed U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, who decided to not seek re-election in 2022.
Afterwards, he posted a video of the incident to social media, bragging about how he was kicked out of a school board meeting for speaking truth to power.
“I just got escorted out of the Lakota School Board meeting for speaking out against mask mandates,” he tweeted. “Thanks to the moms who invited me to speak. We are still in charge of our kids — even if Biden tries to call us “Domestic Terrorists’.”
I just got escorted out of the Lakota School Board meeting for speaking out against mask mandates.
Thanks to the moms who invited me to speak.
We are still in charge of our kids — even if Biden tries to call us “Domestic Terrorists”. pic.twitter.com/XXGisR89Hp
— Josh Mandel (@JoshMandelOhio) October 12, 2021
Now, the responses…
Nobody wants to hear from Josh Mandel.
— Dane Southard (@Ohdaneit) October 12, 2021
Bragging about being banned from school zones isn’t the badge of honor you think it is
— HappyZangief (@HappyZangief) October 12, 2021
does your mom know where you are?
— Michael Krivicka (@michaelkrivicka) October 12, 2021
Invited or not you have no reason to be at that school board meeting. They had every right to escort you from school property. I’m surprised they didn’t call the cops.
— remmy robertson (@remmy_robertson) October 12, 2021
— 🎃Spector Scare Day🐈⬛ (@SpectorHairDay) October 12, 2021
You expecting this to go viral? Better guess again.
— Bubble Chickens (@TheRickForReal) October 12, 2021
Wow, you are SOOOOOO cool and a bigly hero for getting escorted out
— Dan Sadler (@dansadler2018) October 12, 2021
Post the video of them dumping you outside.
— Jorge Orwell (@JorgeOrweII) October 12, 2021
Whoops you lied. You got kicked out because you are not a resident.
— nobodyonit (@nobodyonit) October 12, 2021
Why is it every time you are trending its because you embarrassed yourself?
— Sherry (@SherrySons2) October 12, 2021
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Mister P
It’s scary how these Republicans want to take over school boards across the country.
wikidBSTN
Want to?? They have been doing it since the 1980’s!
Matthewnow
And he didn’t even get a chance to have cookies and punch.
Cam
Republicans have been talking about getting as many members on school boards as possible, so they can keep school from embracing anything new, from advancing science classes, and to keep discriminating against people.
Kangol2
Given how inept and farcical self-loathing right-winger Josh Mandel’s stunts keep proving to be, how could anyone have even the most basic confidence he wouldn’t make a fool of himself on a daily basis in the US Senate? He often comes as if he barely knows how to tie his own shoes or feed himself. It would be like the state of Ohio electing Lauren Boebert or Marjorie Taylor Greene or Madison Cawthorn as one of its two Senators. Seriously, Ohioans?
barryaksarben
HE is just the level of stupid to get elected by the ignorant deplorables who seem to love their officials as dumb as they are as long as they are doing GOD’s work of owning the libs. Whatever the fk that means
gregg2010
Yes, Kangol2, Josh will probably be elected by the wise people of Ohio, and we can reel from the brainless statements made by the Mandel/Bobert/Greene/Cawthorn cabal.
Max
“participants must be residents of the district or Lakota staff and have a legitimate interest in the action of the board.”
good for them having a policy and enforcing it by dumping Mandel outside.
zephyr69
The current Republican Party, one that’s clearly shaped by Trump, is a racist, authoritarian, and anti-democratic party, one that will do anything to regain power. Be warned. IMO
cuteguy
Another GQP loser