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2 Aug 2022 Acquired From NFL to Startup COO to Congressman Regulating Crypto (with Rep. Anthony Gonzalez)
“I think the takeaway that you saw nationally from the 2016 election was oh, my gosh, the country is embracing this terrible politics, this attitude, the nastiness, the vitriol, the anger, and the division.”
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- 2 Aug 2022
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…What was the message that you landed on that you thought would work? Well, mine was primarily to focus on economic issues. I think the takeaway that you saw nationally from the 2016 election was oh, my gosh, the country is embracing this terrible politics, this attitude, the nastiness, the vitriol, the anger, and the division. That's what people want right now. My view was that, at least what happened in northeast Ohio was fundamentally an economic story. I knew that story very, very well because my father has been building a steel company in Northeast Ohio for my entire life. I know that when he started it, there were something like five or six car manufacturing plants within 90 miles. And now there's one. I know where they all went, I know what happened to those jobs, and I know how the people feel about it. I remember the day LTV Steel shut down that factory.…
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