# GOP senator takes aim at blue-city mayor for move promoting foreign workers in key industry: ‘Lit on fire’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/gop-senator-takes-aim-at-blue-city-mayor-for-move-promoting-foreign-workers-in-key-industry-lit-on-fire/
- Published: 2026-10-28T16:00:43+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T16:25:50+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-senator-takes-aim-blue-city-mayor-move-promoting-foreign-workers-key-industry-lit-fire
- Topics: Americas, Art, Culture, Geopolitics, Politics, World

## Key points

- Moreno opposes Columbus’s nursing partnership with Ghana.
- The 2026 grant includes $225,000 for the sister-cities organisation.
- The mayor says the agreement supports training and legal recruitment.

## Summary

Republican Senator Bernie Moreno has criticised Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther over a partnership with Ghana to create legal routes for qualified Ghanaian nurses to work in Ohio. Moreno says public money should support training Ohio nurses and argues that recruiting from overseas could put downward pressure on American nurses’ wages.

The agreement was signed in September and aims to strengthen nursing education, develop the workforce and support cooperation between healthcare institutions. The $225,000 cited by Moreno was approved for a 2026 grant to Greater Columbus Sister Cities International, which supports exchanges with Columbus’s sister cities, including Accra. Moreno also claimed the city had spent about $8.3 million on non-citizens and foreign governments since Ginther became mayor.

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