{"id":87329,"date":"2017-05-04T08:08:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T13:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=87329"},"modified":"2017-05-04T08:10:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T13:10:38","slug":"timken-speaks-at-local-lincoln-day-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/05\/04\/timken-speaks-at-local-lincoln-day-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Timken speaks at VW Lincoln Day Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Van Wert County Republicans held a Lincoln Day Dinner Wednesday night. Ohio Republican Party Chairman Jane Timken spoke for event, which was held at the Elks Lodge.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87330\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Timken-with-Thad-Lichtensteiger-5-3-17.jpg\" alt=\"Ohio Republican Chairman Jane Timken with Van Wert County Central Committee Chair Thad Lichtensteiger. Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent\" width=\"350\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Timken-with-Thad-Lichtensteiger-5-3-17.jpg 350w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Timken-with-Thad-Lichtensteiger-5-3-17-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Ohio Republican Party Chair Jane Timken with Van Wert County Central Committee Chair Thad Lichtensteiger.<\/strong> <em>Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Timken first provided a positive spin on the legislative accomplishments of President Donald Trump\u2019s first 100 days in office, noting reforms of the Obama era\u2019s regulatory regime &#8212; regulations she said killed many American jobs &#8212; while touting Trump\u2019s America First Economy plan and his tax reform policy.<\/p>\n<p>As the head of the Ohio Republican party, Timken said her job was to keep Republicans, especially the approximately 1 million new voters who voted Republican in the 2016 primary, engaged and voting Republican.<\/p>\n<p>She also lauded the increase in Lincoln Day dinners, and the increased engagement by local Republican organizations it represents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited about the engagement I see around the state,\u201d Timken added.<\/p>\n<p>Timken also talked about the 2018 Ohio election, noting her prediction that the state will remain Republican because of proven leadership by the party.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cWe\u2019ve got an excellent slate of candidates,\u201d Timken said. \u201cRepublican voters can\u2019t make a wrong choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said she sees Republicans continuing to lead the country as well, while adding a dig at Democrat efforts to unite after a disastrous 2016 election. She specifically rapped the Democrats\u2019 Unity Tour, which she called their \u201cDisunity\u201d Tour, as failing to provide that party with any cohesion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re fulfilling campaign promises; Republicans are getting things done, and we\u2019re going to keep Republican voters to be successful again in 2017 and 2018,\u201d she predicted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor Van Wert County Republicans held a Lincoln Day Dinner Wednesday night. Ohio Republican Party Chairman Jane Timken spoke for event, which was held at the Elks Lodge. Timken first provided a positive spin on the legislative accomplishments of President Donald Trump\u2019s first 100 days in office, noting reforms of the Obama era\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 10:57:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}