Democrat’s Data Center Attack Backfires as Google Money Trail Surfaces

Sherrod Brown slams Ohio data centers in ads but quietly took big money from Google lobbyists tied to the same projects. Google PAC and its lobbyists gave Brown over $30,000 while Brown now pretends the company is hurting working families with higher electric bills. Trump-backed Sen. Husted’s bill to make data centers pay their own power costs passed the House but got blocked by Senate Democrats. Former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is running a new attack ad blaming Republican Sen. Jon Husted for bringing data centers to Ohio. The spot claims the facilities drive up electric bills for local families....