NEW INTERVIEW: Jon Husted Continues to Insult Ohioans Getting Crushed by High Gas Prices

NEW INTERVIEW: Jon Husted Continues to Insult Ohioans Getting Crushed by High Gas Prices

June 3, 2026

Husted has voted eight times to back expensive and unnecessary Iran war

COLUMBUS, OHIO - In new interviews last week, Jon Husted continues to insult concerned Ohioans who are getting crushed by high gas prices caused by the war in Iran he has voted eight times to support.

• Husted promised that higher prices would be "returned" as soon as the U.S. was "done" with the war in Iran, even though experts have asserted that gas "won't return to pre-war levels any time soon."

• Husted argued that Ohioans getting crushed with skyrocketing prices just have to "remain strong," as gas in Ohio "remains astronomically high."

Ohio Democratic Party Senior Communications Advisor Tony Wen released the following statement:

"Jon Husted could not be more out of touch with Ohioans who are getting crushed by soaring gas and diesel prices because of the endless war he supports. Instead of actually working to lower costs, Husted is backing more money for war overseas while insulting his constituents and lecturing Ohioans to work harder."

Husted's comments continue his long trend of insulting hardworking Ohioans who are getting crushed by soaring costs caused by policies he supports:

• When asked what he was doing to address rising gas prices for his constituents, Husted responded: "What do you want me to do?"

• When a truck driver asked about soaring diesel costs, Husted brushed him off and responded by asking if he was comfortable with Iran being a nuclear power.

• When asked about the pain that Ohio families are feeling at the pump, Jon Husted's campaign "declined to comment."

• Jon Husted has claimed that he thinks the war is "good news for the global economy" and going "much better than anyone thought it would."

• Jon Husted has voted eight times to continue the war in Iran while costs continue to skyrocket.

• Jon Husted continues to insult struggling Ohioans as "not very experienced at navigating the real world" and consistently dismisses the mounting affordability crisis by telling Ohioans to fix their "work ethic" and to simply "earn more" money to make ends meet.

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