Sykes fought hard to prevent cuts to Medicaid and tried to “improve the bill” to actually help lower Ohioans’ costs instead of giving handouts to billionaires – and she called Vance out for lying to Ohioans’ faces about all of it.
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Cleveland.com: JD Vance’s Big Beautiful Bill promotion backfires as Congresswoman Sykes “had him for lunch”
- Vice President J.D. Vance’s Monday appearance in Canton to promote the Trump administration’s “Big Beautiful Bill” backfired spectacularly…
- What was intended as a victory lap for the administration’s tax policy quickly devolved into a political misstep that left the vice president on the defensive.
- “I don’t think somebody who lacks credibility as much as J.D. Vance does is the way to convince anybody it’s a good idea. Emilia Sykes had him for lunch in her response.”
- Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokeswoman Katie Smith said the visit was “a desperate attempt to lie about the devastating impact of the big ugly bill to Ohioans.” Smith said Republicans “can’t defend slashing Medicaid by $860 billion over 10 years to give billionaires handouts.”
- The exchange highlights a fundamental disconnect in how the administration frames the bill versus how it’s perceived by many Americans… critics argue the legislation disproportionately benefits the wealthy while potentially gutting critical social programs.
- Public reception to the bill seems to align more with the Democratic framing than the administration’s.
- The Vance appearance demonstrates how political messaging can backfire when disconnected from economic realities that voters experience. By attacking a popular local representative and making claims that many find dubious, Vance may have inadvertently reinforced criticisms of both himself and the administration’s economic policies.
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