{"id":72077,"date":"2026-04-18T06:58:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/an-iron-worker-takes-on-one-of-trumps-most-loyal-followers-in-congress\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T06:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T11:58:38","slug":"an-iron-worker-takes-on-one-of-trumps-most-loyal-followers-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/an-iron-worker-takes-on-one-of-trumps-most-loyal-followers-in-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"An iron worker takes on one of Trump\u2019s most loyal followers in Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Poindexter, a five-term local councilman and apprentice instructor at Ironworkers Local 17, is seeking the Democratic nomination for an Ohio House seat<\/p>\n<p>When Max Miller ran for Congress in 2022, the Trump loyalist and former aide was unequivocal: inflation and the economy were \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumnews1.com\/oh\/columbus\/news\/2022\/09\/09\/max-miller-full-interview-campaign-ohio\">the top issue<\/a>\u201d for the voters in Ohio he was looking to represent.<\/p>\n<p>Four years after he won that race \u2013 with affordability, growth and jobs still in sharp focus \u2013 Miller could face a significant challenge for the seat from a union iron worker, as the Democratic party battles to retake the majority in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/18\/brian-poindexter-ohio-congress-candidate\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Poindexter, a five-term local councilman and apprentice instructor at Ironworkers Local 17, is seeking the Democratic nomination for an Ohio House seat When Max Miller ran for Congress in 2022, the Trump loyalist and former aide was unequivocal: inflation and the economy were \u201cthe top issue\u201d for the voters in Ohio he was looking &#8230; <a title=\"An iron worker takes on one of Trump\u2019s most loyal followers in Congress\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/an-iron-worker-takes-on-one-of-trumps-most-loyal-followers-in-congress\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about An iron worker takes on one of Trump\u2019s most loyal followers in Congress\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}