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4. John Husted from Ohio...

Reply to Charlie Chapulin (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 11, 2026, 08:14 PM

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His remarks didn't go over too awfully well at home...

GOP senator’s ‘real world’ remark about people in poverty draws backlash

Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) faced backlash this week over comments he made about people living below the poverty line.
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Ohio Democrats quickly seized on the remarks from Husted, the former Ohio lieutenant governor who joined the Senate in 2025 to fill the seat previously held by Vice President JD Vance.

Democrat Sherrod Brown, who is running against Husted for the Senate seat, responded on X: “If anyone doesn’t know how the ‘real world’ works, it’s Jon Husted.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-senator-s-real-world-remark-about-people-in-poverty-draws-backlash/ar-AA1YpafD

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