New reporting is highlighting how Josh Williams admitted he backed tax breaks for the rich, saying the quiet part out loud.
American Journal News: “‘We just provided tax relief to some of the richest Americans in Ohio in the last budget,’ [Williams] told the Statehouse News Bureau on Sept. 12. ‘I supported that.’”
DCCC Spokesperson Katie Smith:
“Josh Williams already said it himself: he gave tax breaks to the richest of the rich while leaving Ohio’s middle-class families behind, proving that Ohioans can’t trust him to work for anyone besides the billionaires.”
American Journal News: Republican Josh Williams: I support tax breaks for the rich
Williams has endorsed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act which is expected to force 13.7 million Americans to lose their health insurance.
- Republican House candidate Josh Williams said the quiet part out loud when he admitted that a new state budget will provide tax relief for the “richest Americans.”
- Williams currently serves in the Ohio House of Representatives. He is running for Congress in the state’s 9th District next year.
- “We just provided tax relief to some of the richest Americans in Ohio in the last budget,” he told the Statehouse News Bureau on Sept. 12. “I supported that.”
- Williams’ remark comes as House Republicans are struggling to convince voters that they care about the needs of working families after passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), which makes deep cuts to Medicaid to fund tax breaks for the wealthy.
- Ohio’s budget, passed by the Republican-controlled legislature in June, created a flat tax that lowers rates for the wealthy while raising them for many workers. Like the OBBB, it slashes funding for environmental and health care programs to make up for lost revenue.
- Williams has voiced support for OBBB…
- The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office disagrees with Williams’ analysis. It reported on Aug. 11 that the poorest 10% of Americans will lose about $1,200 a year under the law, while the wealthiest 10% will gain roughly $13,600 a year.
- “Josh Williams admits that his priority is giving tax cuts to the richest Americans,” said DCCC spokesperson Katie Smith. “Williams puts billionaires and special interests before middle-class Ohio families, which is why Ohioans can’t trust him to work for them.”
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