NEW INTERVIEW: Jon Husted Insults Hardworking Ohioans, Says They Have Broken Work Ethic

January 16, 2026

Columbus, Ohio - In a new interview today, Jon Husted blamed struggling Ohioans for the challenges they are facing, complaining that no one has a strong work ethic anymore.

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Senator Husted on struggling Ohioans: Our work ethic is broken. We don't have the work ethic in this country that we once had.

This is part of a long trend of Senator Husted blaming hardworking Ohioans as they struggle with rising prices.

• Husted has dismissed concerns from struggling Ohioans, claiming that he has helped lower grocery and gas prices and that affordability problems do not exist.

• Husted revealed he has no solutions to actually lower prices, suggesting that Ohioans should just "earn more" to make ends meet.

• Husted defended his friends and donors, complaining about people saying "rich people [are] selfish" while attempting to justify his record of delivering tax breaks to the rich.

• Husted claimed the affordability crisis only exists in "blue states," dismissing the pain Ohio families are feeling every day.

• Husted voted nine times against lowering health care costs, sending premiums soaring for more than half a million Ohioans.

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

"Jon Husted couldn't be more wrong. Ohioans are working harder than ever to make ends meet and deal with rising costs, but they're being screwed by Jon Husted and politicians in Washington voting to make everything more expensive. Jon Husted is completely out of touch with what people in Ohio are actually going through."

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