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Nearly 1,400 laid off at Ohio truck factory days before Trump rally

Original: AP: A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally "...The layoffs — occurring

A truck factory in Ohio has laid off nearly 1,400 workers just three days before a Donald Trump rally at a nearby high school. The Associated Press reports the job cuts are large enough to erase an entire year of job growth in the area, deepening concerns about the state's manufacturing economy.

Why now: The timing of mass layoffs right before a high-profile Trump rally has drawn attention to economic anxieties in a politically significant state.

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• AP: A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally "...The layoffs — occurring just three days before President Donald Trump's rally on Saturday at a nearby high school — were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth… · ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org · 17

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