GOP Senator’s ‘Real World’ Remark About People In Poverty Draws Backlash
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Ohio Republican Jon Husted was slammed as "out of touch" and more.
Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) faced backlash this week over comments he made about people living below the poverty line.
“People living in poverty are just not very, um, experienced at navigating the real world, right?” Husted told Nic Dunn, host of the conservative podcast “Defending Ideas,” while arguing that federal benefits can become a “trap” and a disincentive to work.
Husted claimed: “I remember talking to one young lady who said, ‘Well, I don’t really know how money works at a grocery store,’ because she grew up and has lived all of her adult life using SNAP cards to buy groceries. So, you literally have to teach people how to budget.”
Husted’s proposed Upward Mobility Act purportedly seeks to address the so-called “benefits cliff,” he said, when small income increases can lead to people being stripped of their financial assistance.
Ohio Democrats quickly seized on the remarks from Husted, the former Ohio lieutenant governor who joined the Senate in 2025 to fill the seat previously held by Vice President JD Vance.
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