Husted Heads Home for Recess as Ohioans Struggle to Pay for Gas, Groceries, Utilities
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Columbus, OH – This week, Senator Jon Husted is headed back home to Ohio, where he is likely to hit the campaign trail and gaslight constituents by insisting that the affordability crisis is not his fault, or simply doesn’t exist at all. Unfortunately for him, Trump’s war in Iran is sending gas and diesel prices through the roof, making everything from airfare to groceries more expensive. This comes after Republicans voted to gut clean energy production, taking clean energy projects offline at a time when energy demand and utility costs are skyrocketing.
The Ohio Democratic Party and former Senator Sherrod Brown have called out Husted for suggesting struggling families should simply “earn more” while Ohio utility bills were projected to increase significantly in 2026. To make matters worse, Sen. Husted recently said: “People living in poverty are just not very, they’re not very experienced at navigating the real world.”
Here are just a few ways Ohioans are worse off thanks to Trump:
- In the past month, gas prices in Ohio have now surpassed $3.77, up from $2.77 a month ago.
- Since Trump took office, average household electricity prices in Ohio have increased by 12.61%.
- Ohio farmers are facing a 36% spike in fertilizer prices at the start of the growing season.
- 10 clean energy projects have been stalled or canceled in Ohio, jeopardizing over $482 million in clean energy investments and 3,499 jobs.
Here are some questions Husted owes his constituents answers to:
- What would you say to Ohioans who are struggling to pay for the rising cost of groceries, gas, and utilities?
- You have been mentioned nearly 400 times during the FirstEnergy corruption trial, which recently ended in a hung jury. What do you have to say to your constituents who have had to pay $663 more per year for electricity from it?
- What’s your response to the majority of Ohioans who don’t support Trump’s war in Iran?
- Why haven’t you stood up against President Trump’s war on made-in-America clean energy in Ohio?
Republicans in Congress, like Sen. Husted, have voted to gut clean energy projects in their own districts that would have created jobs and protected Americans from global energy shocks. Meanwhile, Trump is bragging about making money off of the war and telling Americans to quit whining about soaring gas prices, leaving vulnerable Republicans scrambling to spin his disastrous economic agenda.
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