Sherrod Brown Meets With Workers Ready To Hold Jon Husted Accountable For Raising Costs

COLUMBUS, OH – Yesterday on the High Cost Husted tour, Sherrod Brown met with workers and members of the North Shore AFL-CIO, International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, and International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers in Parma who are tired of Jon Husted putting billionaires and corporations before hardworking Ohioans.

“Ohio workers know that Jon Husted will always put large corporations and special interests before them,” said Sherrod Brown. “Husted voted to raise gas and diesel prices, supported reckless tariffs, and insulted Ohioans claiming that their ‘work ethic is broken.’ Hardworking Ohioans deserve a senator who will fight for them.”

Read more on Jon Husted’s affordability crisis that’s hurting Ohioans: 

• As Husted actively makes life harder for Ohio families, he says that struggling Ohioans aren’t “experienced at navigating the real world,” that they should “earn more” money, and calls their work ethic “broken.”
• Because of Husted’s efforts to cut deals to bring data centers to the state, Ohioans have seen their utility bills skyrocket.
  • Ohio saw the second largest utility rate increase in the country.
  • As families struggle with soaring bills, Husted blamed Ohioans for bringing data centers to Ohio.
• Jon Husted has voted time and time again to raise gas and grocery prices, leaving hardworking families to foot the bill.
• In the Senate, Husted has voted nine times to increase health care premiums on Ohio families — all to help pay for the largest tax cut for billionaires in history.
• As Ohio small businesses face skyrocketing costs, Jon Husted voted five times against reining in reckless tariffs saying “you don’t hear from the ones that love it.”
  • After the Supreme Court ruled some tariffs unconstitutional, Husted said tariff refunds should not go back to Ohioans who paid it.

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