stretch. america reports is looking to a battleground matchup where stakes couldn t be higher. j.d. vance is neck and neck with his republican opponent. he join us live. judging from the opponent speaking this morning the tense political battle is about to hit a boiling point. try to dismiss j.d. as being an extremist weirdo which he is and everybody knows it. extremist weirdo? see how he responds in a closing race that could poachly tip the power out of democratic reports. welcome to america reports second hour. we will get to vance in a moment i m sandra smith in new york. we invited democrat tim ryan to join us any time. he s welcome on the program and hope he will come on to make his case after we hear from j.d. vance. he s been here before and can be here again. we begin the hour with breaking news. the hour at the white house the press secretary will face questions any minute 13 days from the midterm the president announcing plan to tackle inflation vowing to
northeast portion of the state. this will be key, mahoney county, president trump pulled off a very narrow victory in this county. this is white, working class, deeply religious socially conservative and as of late we heard from vance sayings a lost democrats especially in mahoney valley so that will be a key county to watch. lot of counties in ohio. let s bring in j.d. vance ohio republican senate candidate. good to see. thank you. we will get to the extremist weirdo aspect in a second but i put up polling averages that have you at 47.3 percent, challenger tim ryan 45.3. it s about where other polls have the race tied. how do you think you could make the difference in the next 13 days and pull off victory november 8?
you re losing and have a record that s out of step with the roars of ohio. it s so funny in that clip he says he supports a middle class tax couple this is a guy voted to raise taxes 113 times to the tune of $6 upon 7 trillion. weeks ago he votes for the so-called inflation reduction acts which raises taxes and hires irs workers to collect them so nobody buys the fake image he s presenting. it s why he s falling behind. it s why his campaign is losing steam. it s why we are going to win. j.d. vance we will be watching the race closely. thanks for joining us. thanks j.d. thank you guys. fox news has you cover leading up to the midterm elections with a town hall we will talk to martha and get take-aways from what we just heard from that candidate.
the organization retracted the statement saying there is nothing unusual or troubling about organizational leaders hiring qualified friends or acquaintances to serve as legal counsel. there is interest in these races already more than one million georgians havecast early ballots. sandra. now back to that ohio senate race down to the wire 13 days until election day. we just spoke with the republican candidate j.d. vance. as we noted earlier, vance is trailing with women voters even though he suggests that maybe the polling dropped. martha good to see. the focus seems to be where for the republicans at least on inflation the economy and what