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Jon Husted: “It was just a hard thing. But that's what happened when…”

Featuring: Jon Husted, Republican | Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

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FACE TO FACE with Jack Windsor Ep. 3 U.S. SENATOR JON HUSTED

Published | Video Starts at 13:20

There was just no place to go to work there because you're. It's a tiny town with the largest employer, you know, going out of business. And it was just a. It was just a hard thing. But that's what happened when America's, you know, what happened when. When the rest of the world started competing with America. We made Some bad decisions corporately, from, From a point of view. And it hurt not just the American economy and created the Rust Belt, but it also hurt families, tears families, communities apart. (13:20–13:30)

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Asserts that global competition contributed to economic hardships in America.

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