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That guy is the ultimate political snake.

That's Tyler Furman. He's talking about Larry Householder, one of the most powerful men in Ohio history, the speaker of the house.

He knows exactly how to sell this vision that he created of Bob and Betty Buckeye, as he used to say, and sell sort of that like Jesus, America and Apple Pie politics, where you show up at the county fair, you walk in the parade,

you show up wearing your full, like, camo, jacket, and overalls,

like you're just fresh off the hunt.

But in the background, you're taking $63 million in bribes from a utility

just to abuse power.

Larry Householder, the man who could make or break careers with a single phone call,

the one who controlled which bills lived and which died.

Crossing him wasn't just risky.

It was political suicide.

While a lot of people might think of Ohio as kind of a po-dunk little Midwestern flyover state, politically, it's not.

It is as big a game as it gets.

The way they play politics there is cutthroat and ruthless.

And so I came up in that.

But when I came up, there was healthy competition between Republicans and Democrats.

And at the end of the day, even after a long, gross fight on the United States, When I came up, there was healthy competition between Republicans and Democrats.

And at the end of the day, even after a long, gross fight on the floor, at the legislature, Republicans and Democrats would go grab a beer together.

But as we all know, things have changed.

Ohio used to be an incredibly important state to watch when it came to presidential elections.

We used to be the bellwether.

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