Marcy Kaptur (D-Virginia): “Failed and Failed and Failed and Failed”
A new report highlights that “Marcy Kaptur is a failure — at least by her admission.”
While Marcy Kaptur (D-Virginia) was talking about efforts to displace foreign imports and bolster domestic production she stated, “I just wish to say also that for 30 years I’ve been working to do this and have failed and failed and failed and failed…”
Marcy Kaptur has been in office for over 40 years and is openly admitting that she has continued to fail the people of Northwest Ohio.
“Marcy Kaptur’s words speak for themselves: she has failed and failed and failed and failed. The people of Northwest Ohio are ready for change, and Kaptur will lose her seat next fall.” – NRCC spokesman Zach Bannon
Read more from Ohio.News here or see excerpts below:
Kaptur: ‘I’ve been working to do this and have failed and failed and failed and failed’
Ohio.News
June 18, 2025
Marcy Kaptur is a failure — at least by her admission.
While discussing efforts to bolster domestic production and displace foreign imports, the 22-term Democratic congresswoman from Northwest Ohio candidly assessed her efforts to date—and they’ve apparently been one failure after another.
“I just wish to say also that for 30 years I’ve been working to do this and have failed and failed and failed and failed, but for two little programs that they changed the name of over at [the United States Department of Agriculture],” Kaptur said at an Agricultural, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee markup.
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Kaptur, who has been in office for over 40 years, has been on the National Republican Congressional Committee’s target list. Picking off Kaptur’s district would turn Ohio, which has become reliably Republican in recent years, further to the right.
Republican insiders note that President Donald Trump won her district in 2024 by 25,000 votes. Kaptur won a hotly contested reelection last year in what Politico called “one of the most closely contested House races.”
On Tuesday, NRCC spokesman Zach Bannon stated that he considers Kaptur’s legislative days numbered.
“Marcy Kaptur’s words speak for themselves: she has failed and failed and failed and failed,” Bannon said. “The people of Northwest Ohio are ready for change, and Kaptur will lose her seat next fall.”
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