Podcast hosts reveal a 1971 letter showing Ohio Senate candidate Sherrod Brown once questioned releasing Vietnam POWs.
The "Ruthless Podcast" hosts surfaced a striking letter to the editor from Ohio Democratic Senate nominee Sherrod Brown arguing against releasing the American prisoners of war (POWs) during the Vietnam War.
"When you think of this disease that’s infected the Democratic Party, you think about [Michigan Democratic Senate Nominee Abdul] El Sayed," podcast co-host Michael Duncan said. "You think of [New York Democratic congressional nominee Darializa Avila] Chevalier, who said she's basically against Western civilization. But Sherrod Brown's been on this his entire career."
In the summer of 1971, Brown wrote a letter to the editor published in the News-Journal. The longtime politician, who first ran for office more than 50 years ago, asked if the North Vietnamese "released our POWs, what would stop the U.S. from bombing Hanoi and Haiphong?"