Gibbons ad hits Vance and Timken on taxes in fiery Ohio GOP Senate primary

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46% :DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR HOPEFUL KEEPS DISTANCE FROM NEW PHILADELPHIA MASK MANDATE"The top 20% of earners in the United States pay 82% of federal income tax -- and, if you do the math, and 45% to 50% don't pay any income tax, you can see the middle class is not really paying any kind of a fair share, depending on how you want to define it," Gibbons said.
43% : Gibbons made remarks during a podcast interview last fall that recently gained attention, suggesting that middle-class people do not pay "any kind of a fair share" in income taxes.
40% : A new ad campaign for Republican Ohio Senate candidate Mike Gibbons hits his rivals J.D. Vance and Jane Timken on taxes.
39% : Gibbons's rivals in the crowded and competitive primary pounced on the comments, with Vance and Timken both arguing Gibbons wants to raise taxes on the middle class.
18% : Timken's statement said Gibbons "may think the middle class only exists 'to win an election.'"The new ad from the Gibbons campaign says he does not support raising taxes and that rivals took his words out of context to hide "their own terrible records"; the video features Sen. Rand Paul, who has endorsed Gibbons.

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