But like, you know, with Sherrod Brown, Sherrod was a victim of the larger failure of the Democratic Party. He was not a victim of his own politics. I think, you know, Ohio went from being a blue stronghold of unions to becoming this red stronghold of disenfranchised, angry working-class people. who 30 years ago were Democrats. Yeah. Because they were all in labor unions. And then, I mean, it's not like in the 1990s, it's not like the Clinton administration really stood up for labor. (45:39–45:54)
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Asserts that Ohio shifted from a Democratic union stronghold to a Republican working-class stronghold.
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