Matt Dolan makes first campaign stop in race for 2022 U.S. Senate seat in Ohio

Two weeks after announcing that he will run to replace the retiring Sen. Rob Portman in 2022, Matt Dolan made his first official campaign stop.

Unlike his GOP rivals, Dolan will not be looking for the endorsement of former president Donald Trump in the race. And judging by a statement put out by Trump on Monday evening, Dolan should not expect any help either.

In a statement released by Trump's Save America PAC, the ex-president points to the decision made by Dolan's family to change the name of the Cleveland Indians as a reason not to back the Chagrin Falls Republican for the U.S. Senate.

"Anybody that changes the name of the once storied Cleveland Indians to the Cleveland Guardians should not be running for the United States Senate representing the Great People of Ohio," Trump wrote. "The Atlanta Braves didn’t change their name, and the Florida State Seminoles didn’t change their chant, but Cleveland has, and they were there first. Despite this, a man named Matt Dolan, the son of the owner of the team, said he is against Cancel Culture. Do those two things really work together? In any event, I know of at least one person in the race who I won’t be endorsing. The Republican Party has too many RINOs!"

[Highley]

When he starts wearing a "Fuck Trump" cap, then he's got something.

[GSHAPIROY]

0:09 Actually, he announced his run at the beginning of last week.