Go right to the source and for the jugular:
Ted Strickland at a campaign appearance in Cleveland on Sunday attacked Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman for his record of staunchly supporting international free trade deals that he said have hurt Ohio workers.
Strickland, the former Democratic Ohio governor who is running for Portman's senate seat, criticized Portman for voting for the North American Free Trade Agreement, the 1994 deal signed by then-President Bill Clinton, a Democrat. Strickland, a former Ohio governor, as a congressman voted against the bill, which he said has cost Ohio 300,000 manufacturing jobs.
Strickland spoke at a Euclid Avenue union hall as Cleveland gets ready to host the Republican National Convention this week. In a somewhat more complicated rhetorical task, Strickland also attempted to tie Portman to presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, who has railed against NAFTA and other trade agreements.
"You know, they say a broken clock is right occasionally," Strickland said of Trump. "Donald Trump, his rhetoric about trade would be more convincing if his behavior matched his rhetoric... he can talk about trade, but his own manufacturing, much of it is done in countries around the world. So it's hard to believe that he really means what he says about trade. But there are some things that he's said about trade that I agree with."
It’s a good call on Strickland’s behalf because Portman is trying to keep a low profile in Cleveland, especially when it comes to Donald Trump. Instead, he’s relying on these clowns to campaign for him:
Sen. Rob Portman's hundreds of summer campaign interns will be in Cleveland on Monday for an event featuring former Speaker Newt Gingrich and current Sen. Joni Ernst.
Gingrich, who is on the vice presidential short list for presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, and Ernst, an Iowa Republican who was believed to be on the list before appearing to take herself off, are the featured speakers at the intern event.
The Republican National Convention starts Monday in Cleveland.
A campaign aide says that the interns will be bused to Cleveland from field offices across the state for the event with Portman, Gingrich, Ernst and top campaign officials to get updated on the state of the race against former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland.
Lets not let Portman dupe the voters and lets win this race. Click here to donate and get involved with Strickland’s campaign.