COLUMBUS, OHIO – In response to the first U.S. Senate debate between Sen. Sherrod Brown and Josh Mandel, Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern released the following statement:
“After today’s debate, the choice in the Ohio Senate race could not be clearer. In Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ohioans have a fighter for the middle class who led the charge to pass the auto rescue package that helped to protect 850,000 Ohio jobs, stood up for Ohio manufacturing jobs in the face of Chinese trade policies and who will continue protecting Social Security and Medicare. This contrasted starkly with the consummate ‘cartoon candidate’ Josh Mandel, a politician who can’t be trusted to show up for work or hire qualified staff and who today doubled down on his opposition to the auto industry rescue with callous disregard for the 850,000 Ohio jobs it protected.”
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