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Vance Will Campaign at the Ohio Steel Plant Where His Grandfather Once Worked
Vance will highlight the Trump administration’s economic agenda as Cleveland-Cliffs seeks approval for a modernization project that could create up to 1,500 jobs.
- On Friday, Vice President JD Vance visits the Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works steel plant in his hometown, calling the trip an "amazing opportunity" to promote President Donald Trump's "America First" economic policies.
- In his memoir "Hillbilly Elegy," Vance described the plant as an economic savior for his family that brought his grandparents from Kentucky's hills into the American middle class. His grandfather, James Vance, worked there for nearly 40 years.
- Cleveland-Cliffs plans a major modernization of the Middletown Works facility, including upgrades to a blast furnace and a cogeneration plant that could create up to 1,500 jobs. The project awaits an Ohio Environmental Protection Agency air permit.
- Vance campaigns for Republican Sen. Jon Husted against former Sen. Sherrod Brown in a competitive Senate race, and supports gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy, who faces Democrat Amy Acton.
- The visit marks a ramped-up travel schedule for the vice president, who announced a trip to Brewer, Maine, to support former Republican Gov. Paul LePage against Democrat Matt Dunlap, the state auditor.
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Vance will campaign at the Ohio steel plant where his grandfather once worked
Vice President JD Vance is returning to his hometown Friday to campaign for Republican candidates at a steel plant where his grandfather worked.
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JD Vance heads home to Middletown for America First economic pitch at steel facility
Vice President JD Vance is returning to his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, to deliver a speech on the Trump administration’s economic agenda at a Cleveland-Cliffs steel plant, a backdrop chosen to project strength on manufacturing as voters grow uneasy about prices and paychecks. Vance is scheduled to speak Friday evening at the Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works...
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