Vance to keep up ‘big, beautiful bill’ salesmanship in Ohio next week
CLEVELAND — Vice President JD Vance will head back out on the road next week as part of his effort to promote the megabill that the White House pushed through Congress this month.
Vance is scheduled to visit a steel plant Monday in Canton, Ohio, a person familiar with the plans told NBC News.
The vice president, this person added, will emphasize what President Donald Trump’s administration sees as selling points in what they have branded the “big, beautiful bill,” including measures aimed at eliminating taxes on tips and overtime and other tax cuts.
A recent Economist/YouGov survey taken after Trump signed the bill on July 4 found that 35% of adults supported it, compared with 53% who were opposed.
As Democrats nationally attack the less popular aspects of the bill, including cuts to Medicaid, Vance has emerged as the White House’s lead salesman for it ahead of next year’s midterm elections. He traveled last week to West Pittston, Pennsylvania, where, in a 20-minute speech, he urged his audience to “go talk to your neighbors, go and talk to your friends about what this bill does for American citizens.”
Like the Pennsylvania trip, which put Vance in the state’s competitive 8th Congressional District, the Canton visit will take him to another battleground for partisan control of the House: Ohio’s 13th District, represented by Democrat Emilia Sykes.
Sykes is a top target for Republicans eager to pick up a seat in the state, which Vance represented in the Senate before winning the vice presidency. She faces a potential 2026 rematch with Kevin Coughlin, a Republican and former state lawmaker who lost narrowly to Sykes last year.
