Trouble for the GOP in Ohio

From the WaPo.

Ohio workers love Trump’s tariffs, and that’s making trouble for the GOP

AKRON, Ohio — President Trump’s recent spate of tariffs are popular among his working-class supporters here. But his aggressive trade moves could help put a key Senate seat out of reach for his fellow Republicans, undermining the GOP’s fight to keep control of Congress in November.

Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is running for reelection partly by touting his support for the president’s aggressive trade strategy and trumpeting his longtime opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement and other trade deals Trump rails against. That’s largely a boon in Ohio, where Trump won by 8 percentage points in 2016.

For Brown’s likely Republican opponent, Rep. James B. Renacci, Trump’s trade moves are a growing political headache, forcing the candidate to explain his own past support for trade pacts and his concerns about the tariffs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/ohio-workers-love-trumps-tariffs-and-thats-making-trouble-for-the-gop/2018/04/04/f46aa9f4-375e-11e8-9c0a-85d477d9a226_story.html?utm_term=.4cc9dccf5ef3