Cleveland.com: Tax cuts for the rich. Infant deaths for the poor. Welcome to the GOP vision for Ohio
August 11, 2025
Columbus, Ohio- In case you missed it, Cleveland.com’s Brent Larkin outlined the GOP vision that has failed Ohio for almost two decades. Instead of helping families make ends meet, Republicans are laser focused on giving tax cuts to billionaires. Voters are fed up, and Husted, Ramasawamy, and Republicans up and down the ballot will have to answer for their party’s failed policies at the polls in 2026.
“While Vivek Ramaswamy and Jon Husted are tripping over themselves to gain distance from their party’s failures, Ohioans are struggling to make ends meet only to see Republicans jump through hoops to help billionaires while leaving everyone else behind. Despite Husted, Ramaswamy, and every other Republican on the ballot’s hopes, voters know Republicans bear the responsibility for Ohio’s decline, and they’ll show that at the polls,” said Ohio Democratic Party spokeswoman Katie Seewer.
READ MORE from Cleveland.com about the failing Republican vision for Ohio.
- Across the country, state governments are in a race to the bottom. If presumptive Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy is elected to replace DeWine next year, Ohio’s decline will accelerate.
- Many, maybe most, of the victims will be children. In the name of cutting taxes for Ohio’s wealthiest citizens, the state’s legislative leaders are determined to harm poor kids by cutting funding for food, health care and education.
- In Republican-run Ohio, state leaders have been forcing local governments to defund their police departments for 14 years. Since 2011, Republican governors and legislators have cut more than $1 billion in funding historically used by local governments to fund vital services.
- If Ramaswamy becomes governor and keeps his promise to eliminate the state income tax, defunding the police may become more commonplace.
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