Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., called Ohio "ground zero" for Senate control during a campaign event with Republican nominee Sen. Jon Husted in Lima, Ohio, on Tuesday night.
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Following remarks from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, Thune praised Oz's work in rooting out waste, fraud and abuse while insisting that Republicans must hold a Senate majority to allow Oz to continue his work.
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"That only happens if Jon Husted gets elected next Tuesday.
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It seems like it is a lot of election years we come to Ohio, but this literally is ground zero.
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It's the difference between the next two years, President Trump having to deal with Democrats in Congress, House and Senate, where all you'll be doing is investigations," Thune told the crowd.
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Top Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., have already signaled an intention to use subpoena power to investigate President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet.
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"When people ask what will we do, my answer is simple.
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We'll use those tools.
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We'll act like the Congress," Meeks, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told the Associated Press in September.
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"I tell people that the first thing the House will do, Democrats, if the House flips, is they'll impeach the president," Thune continued Tuesday.
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"Well, that will require a trial, some sort of a trial in the United States Senate.
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And the only difference between a 24-hour impeachment trial in the Senate and a 24-month impeachment trial is a Republican majority," he said.
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Thune then slammed Husted's Democratic opponent, former Sen. Sherrod Brown, who served as a U.S. senator in Ohio from 2007 until 2025, when he ceded his seat to Republican Bernie Moreno after losing in the 2024 election.
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"He proved that to us for 30 years when he was in the Senate, he was a rubber stamp for Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden.
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We got to keep Jon Husted in the United States Senate, folks.
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It is absolutely, absolutely critical," Thune said.
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Thune continued to sing Husted's praises.
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"Jon Husted is as good as they come.
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He is just a solid, solid human being who is principled, hardworking, smart and solution-oriented.
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He's getting up every day thinking of things he can do to make Ohio better.
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He did that when he was here in the state legislature and as lieutenant governor for the state of Ohio.
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He cut taxes here.
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Allowed you to keep more money in your pocket.
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We haven't had a person released into the country illegally in 17 months.
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Think about that, folks," Thune continued.
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He closed his remarks by hammering home how crucial it is for Ohioans to get out and vote.
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This is a bare knuckles brawl, and all you have to do is turn on your television and see that.
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It's just so important that we get this done," he concluded.
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Husted, for his part, reiterated the tight nature of his race, also challenging Republican voters to get to the polls.
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"We got work to do because this is going to be a close race.
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This is going to be a close race," Husted told the crowd.
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I can tell you that the other side wants to intimidate us.
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The other side wants to make you think that we're not going to win.
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The other side is going to try to make you believe that what you do doesn't matter.
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What you do does matter.
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You get into the fourth quarter of a football game, and this is what people try to do.
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They try to intimidate you the whole game.
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Everybody has a game plan, but they keep punching you.
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They keep knocking you down.
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They want to make you quit.
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