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Sherrod Brown: “People in rural hospitals in rural small towns where their…”

Featuring: Sherrod Brown, Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Ohio

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Decision 2026 | Full interview with Sherrod Brown, candidate for Ohio Senate Democratic primary

Published | Video Starts at 08:16

And then Congress gives a tax cut of trillions of dollars to, to these billionaires and to the big corporations also that people that are on Social Security pay for it, people that are receiving Medicare pay for it. People in rural hospitals in rural small towns where their hospital is under threat to close are paying for it. So you start with that, that far too many communities and it's Portsmouth, it's Ironton, it's Waverly, it's Jackson, it's Gallup Police. Its communities are already under duress, and they're there, expected. (08:16–08:25)

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Asserts that rural communities bear the cost of tax cuts for the wealthy.

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