Asked about the cost of living, JD Vance joked about Jon Husted’s butt, then admitted Republicans fell short. Days later, Husted lost Ohio

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A week before the election, a young Republican asked Vice President JD Vance how her generation is supposed to afford a family. He opened his answer with a joke about Sen. Jon Husted’s backside, then admitted his party hadn’t done enough. On Tuesday, Husted lost his Ohio Senate seat to Democrat Sherrod Brown, who spent the campaign talking about grocery prices, gas prices and electric bills. Vance had warned his party about this weeks earlier. After a Gallup poll found a record 43% of Americans viewing socialism positively, he told Republicans not to blame young people for socialism’s appeal when housing costs keep them from buying homes. Brown defeated Husted, CBS News and the Associated Press projected, flipping a seat in a state Trump won by more than 10 points two years ago. Brown, 73, became the first senator since 1988 to win back a seat after losing reelection, CBS reported. The question At a Fox News town hall in Fort Worth, Texas, Kate White, a Texas Christian University…

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