JOSH CLAIMS: Sherrod Brown left unemployment taxes for campaign staff unpaid for over a decade.
THE TRUTH: Brown immediately paid the taxes as soon as he was notified of the debt.
JOSH CLAIMS: Sherrod Brown left unemployment taxes for campaign staff unpaid for over a decade.
THE TRUTH: Brown immediately paid the taxes as soon as he was notified of the debt.
JOSH CLAIMS: He Believes Transparency Is Important. THE TRUTH: As Treasurer, Josh Mandel has consistently refused to comply with basic public records requests 1. It took nine public records requests over a year for Josh Mandel’s office to respond in full to resumes for his office hires. [TOS Response to Records Request, 6/15/12] 2. Part of […]
JOSH CLAIMS: Sherrod Brown profited from the Wall Street bailout.
THE TRUTH: Sherrod Brown supported the STOCK Act and actually introduced an amendment that would go a step further by requiring all Senators to sell any stocks for companies that are impacted by their work in the Senate.
JOSH CLAIMS: Sherrod has raised your taxes.
THE TRUTH: Sherrod always votes with Ohio’s middle class’ bottom line in mind and has voted multiple times to cut taxes.
JOSH CLAIMS: Sherrod took a $2,500 contribution from a Solyndra board member and paved the way for it to receive tax dollars despite warnings that it was about to default.
THE TRUTH: Sherrod had nothing to do with Solyndra’s operations or loans and did not contribute in any way whatsoever to its bankruptcy.
JOSH CLAIMS: Sherrod Brown supported the failed stimulus act.
THE TRUTH: The Recovery Act saved or created more than one million jobs and possibly as many as 3.6 million jobs.
JOSH CLAIMS: We have donations from all types of Ohioans across the state.
THE TRUTH: Josh Mandel was shamed into returning $105,000 in shady campaign donations after their connection to an ongoing FBI investigation was revealed.
JOSH CLAIMS: Unemployment has increased since Sherrod Brown joined the Senate.
THE TRUTH: Sherrod Brown has led the fight to bring manufacturing jobs back to the United States – reversing more than a decade of manufacturing job loss, fought for the auto rescue, and helped foster 31 months of consecutive private sector job creation.
JOSH CLAIMS: Sherrod Brown has voted against the death penalty for terrorists.
THE TRUTH: Sherrod Brown always votes to keep this country safe, and that includes voting to apply the death penalty to terrorists.
