Opinion: How Ohio GOP Senate candidates react to Alexei Navalny's death says a lot about their...

On that very day, two of the three Republican candidates in Ohio's GOP Senate primary — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose and State Sen. Matt Dolan — put out statements condemning Putin for the death of Navalny.

Five days later, after considerable prodding by this reporter, the third candidate, luxury car dealer Bernie Moreno of Cleveland, put out his own statement condemning Putin.

But, instead of leaving it at that, Moreno — the candidate endorsed by Donald Trump — said the far worse crime, in his mind, is the civil and criminal prosecution of the ex-president.