Springer: Republicans in 'sinister' war against middle class

BOARDMAN

Jerry Springer, the host of one of TV’s most outrageous talk shows and a former Ohio gubernatorial candidate, says the United States is involved in a civil war.

“One-hundred-and-fifty years ago this week was the beginning of the Civil War,” the former Cincinnati mayor said Thursday during his speech at the Mahoning County Democratic Party’s Hall of Fame dinner at Mr. Anthony’s. “I’m here to say I profoundly believe we’re in the midst of another civil war; certainly less violent, obviously, more polite, but just as insidious. The civil war we are involved in is, truthfully, a class war.”

Springer said Republicans in Washington, D.C., want to cut programs for seniors, the poor and the middle class to continue to give tax breaks to the richest 2 percent, including him.

“This war against the middle class — it is so sinister,” Springer said.

Springer, a Democrat, also pointed to Ohio as a place where Republicans have worked to take away the rights of the middle class.

“They’re trying to screw you,” he said.

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