As JD Vance and Donald Trump try to gaslight Ohioans about the economy, working families suffer

By: Marilou Johanek

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: May 20, 2026

Words: 955

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Years before JD Vance became a cynical shapeshifter willing to say anything for personal ambition and power, he told me working class people in Ohio “have felt invisible for a very long time” because “the political elites don’t recognize or don’t even care about the problems in their lives.”

Nobody sees them, said Vance. But a former reality TV star convinced them that he did. The pretense made Donald Trump the president of the …

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