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I covered poverty in Appalachian Ohio for a decade. People in poverty are forced to live in a very real world of struggle, scarcity, hardship, hunger and pain every single day. Husted is dripping with exquisite ignorance, privilege and condescension toward those in poverty.

Millionaire senator says people living in poverty aren't "experienced at navigating the real world."

If I was at the center of the largest bribery scandal in Ohio history I’m not sure my reelection strategy would be telling Ohioans who are struggling that they have no work ethic and don’t know how to navigate the real world.

Sen. Jon Husted: "People living in poverty are just not very, um, experienced at navigating the real world, right? I remember talking to one young lady who said, 'Well, I don't really know how money works at a grocery store,' because she grew up and has lived all of her adult life using SNAP cards to buy groceries. You literally have to teach people how to budget ... the buzzword today, let's face it, is 'affordability.'"

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SCOOP: U.S. Sen. Jon Husted can't leave D.C. to testify in the largest public corruption trial in Ohio history due to the "Iran war," the defense attorneys said, but did find time to return to the state to attend a fundraiser. @WEWS @WCPO @OhioCapJournal news5cleveland.com/news/politics/…

@myQConnect how do I actually get help with pairing my opener. The chat bot is horrible and door won't stop beeping

We’re being robbed.

I share this post in earnest and (what may prove a naive) hope that a few people caught in the situation I’m about to describe will hear instead of rushing to the usual tropes, criticisms and caricatures. For what it’s worth, I offer this in good faith. Between 2016 and 2022, I faced a test of the genuineness of my faith so large and consequential, I’m almost at a loss to think of the right adjectives to describe it. It might not have been so big to someone else but it involved so much of my Christian identity, it was all but existential. Well more than that. It was a dying. It is this test that helps me understand why people who seem deeply devoted to the Lord Jesus and hold the scriptures in highest esteem also hold to a system, institution or leader no matter what they do and defend a side or individual to a degree that is baffling. I can tell you why because I had to face every bit of it. Identity, community, camaraderie, what we’ve known and loved, what part of it we still love, the people we loved, the people we still love, reputation, what people will think, how you will be judged and condemned and thrown over to the other side who doesn’t want you either. And to whom you also do not align and would not belong. Friendships. How you will be misunderstood and misrepresented. How adrift and alone you will feel. How disliked. And then there’s this and it would be a mistake to minimize it: your JOB. Your source of income. Your vocation. This is the part of the crisis I most write these words to convey because I think they are most in play for many right now, whether in media, ministry or politics. Let me try to put this in the words that were constantly resonant in my spirit in those years. And to this day. Though you have no other place to go, Beth, and no place to fit and it not only MAY have financial repercussions but WILL have financial repercussions to the ministry and to your family and will also make them targets and none of it will ever look the same or be the same, will you choose what you believe to be right and put everything else in your vocational life at risk? This is what is at risk for many people whose professional reputations and positions are tied up with leaders, institutions and political parties. Mine was, too. The cost is enormous and the options are often untenable. And so there we are. Having to cast ourselves on the mercy of God. Not for a third way. But as THE ONLY WAY. The only truth. The only life. I’ve made multiple errors in judgment. Jumped too quickly to condemn. Spoken wrongly. Remained silent wrongly and confusingly. I never get it completely together. But what I will tell you is that I believe we are meant first and foremost to call out our own house, our own side, and our own identity group for its mind-boggling hypocrisy. These were my people. Evangelicals. Conservatives. Claim what you will but I know who I am: I am pro life from conception to casket. I am pro small government. I am pro godliness and the pursuit of a holy life. I am pro marriage and family and pro-those God calls to remain single and sanctified and I’m deeply thankful for them. I am pro traditional sexual ethics. I am pro love of God and love of neighbor and the dignity of every person as an image bearer of Christ. I am pro love all. I am pro church. I believe in the community of the saints. I am pro Bible study to the death and believe the aim of all discipleship is to know and love and follow and emulate Jesus Christ. I am pro gospel. Dear God in heaven, I am pro gospel. I believe there is one name by whom we must be saved. Jesus. What I am not is pro Trump. Wasn’t pro Clinton. Wasn’t pro Biden. But those were not the candidates many in the world that I loved so much were cheering on. I accept that Donald Trump is my president. I pray for him on a regular basis. I’m a law abiding citizen and pay my taxes. But I believe Trump fosters something in people that makes them lose their way.

Data Centers have exploded across Ohio because of a giant GOP tax cut being given to billion dollar corporations. As a result our utility bills are higher & our electric grid is less stable. We discuss it & what me and my fellow Senate Dems are doing about it in this week's ICYMI

@RubenACampos Me too. Always gets me.

Still gets me every time #Pittsburgh

@netflix @spectrum your audio quality sucks skips every 20 secs

@MehekCooke You are so off. The CPD is protecting observers from being abused by ICE. You ARE WRONG.

Hey Ohio — From the mayor to police leadership, Columbus is choosing to “observe” while ICE is obstructed and activists harass officers. That is not law and order. That is taxpayer-funded chaos. A city that abandons the rule of law is signing its own death warrant.

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As long as the IDs are free then it is not a poll tax.

@readandright @megbasham It is infuriating that the administration believes they are above the law

@megbasham The company Home Depot has to comply with Federal law in its hiring practices. It is infuriating to me that roughly half of our country thinks they do not have to cooperate with the current administration - even as a matter of legality.

This is the epitome of selfish, obnoxious leftist behavior. Making life difficult for innocent, hard-working Americans just trying to do their jobs. Absolutely disgusting.

Any “deal” that ends with Dems just getting a pinky promise in return is a mistake. The American people are suffering because Republicans refuse to stop healthcare costs from skyrocketing. An agreement that doesn’t fix that reality falls massively short.

@SamKnefTV @Ask_Spectrum @GetSpectrum @NBCSports @SNFonNBC Per customer service outage in the area and due to be repaired at 1 am after the game.

@Ask_Spectrum @Sandy_Pinkerton @GetSpectrum @NBCSports @SNFonNBC I'm straight up not getting the channel (and I'm a Spectrum employee)

WTH @GetSpectrum you @NBCSports @SNFonNBC is gone pixelating and support is no help.

This is hilarious