VIDEO: Sherrod Brown Democrat Operative Accuses Ohioans of ‘Pure Racism’ Over Border Security
A Democrat staffer working on behalf of Sen. Sherrod Brown and Rep. Emilia Sykes unleashed an expletive-laden tirade on Ohio, accusing Ohioans of “pure racism.”
Brown and Sykes have been silent on the border. Now Ohioans know what Brown’s and Sykes’ operatives think of the issue — and Ohioans themselves.
In a video obtained by Ohio.news, Democrat operative Kevin Oyakawa unleashed angry slurs on Ohioans over immigration and border security — and in the tirade caught on camera, revealed the Ohio Democratic Party’s outlook on the border.
“Open the f**king border, I don’t give a sh*t who comes in here,” Oyakawa said.
Oyakawa is a Regional Organizing Director for the Ohio Democratic Party, and apparently Ohioans’ sentiments on border security are enough for him to take the mask off.
“The issue with even talking about immigration here in Ohio is that it’s a losing issue for Democrats here, for like no f**king reason other than people’s pure racism,” Oyakawa was caught saying.
Immigration and border security has dominated the 2024 election, and it’s a losing issue for Democrats. Earlier this spring, a stunning poll revealed a majority of Americans, including Hispanic voters, favor mass deportations.
Oyakama continued, saying the border was the reason Sykes, who is running for re-election representing Ohio’s 13th Congressional District, is quiet on immigration. “If she starts talking immigration, she starts losing.”
Sykes’ district, which includes Akron and parts of Canton, is a tossup. Her opponent, Republican Kevin Coughlin, has called for securing the border.
An August poll showed Sykes narrowly leading Coughlin, but 14% of the district remained undecided at that point—with the poll’s margin of error, the race is statistically tied.
Meanwhile, Bernie Moreno has utterly erased Sherrod Brown’s previously comfortable lead to 0.6%. The race for Brown’s vulnerable Senate seat maintaining Democrats’ slim majority is a dead heat.
With President Donald Trump running away from Kamala Harris in polling and betting odds, the vulnerable three-term incumbent Brown’s efforts to hang on may be for naught, should Trump take Moreno with him.
With Brown on life support and Sykes looking vulnerable, Oyakawa’s angry slurs against Ohioans are bound to hurt.
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