Sherrod Brown's 1971 letter argued against releasing Vietnam War POWs, podcast hosts reveal

The Ruthless Podcast hosts surfaced a striking letter to the editor from Ohio Democratic Senate nominee Sherrod Brown arguing against releasing the American Prisoners of War (POWs) during the Vietnam War."When you think of this disease that’s infected the Democratic Party, you think about [Michigan Democratic Senate Nominee Abdul] El Sayed," podcast co-host Michael Duncan said."You think of [New York Democratic congressional Darializa Avila] Chevalier, who said she's basically against Western civilization.

But Sherrod Brown's been on this his entire career."In the summer of 1971, Brown wrote a letter to the editor published in the News-Journal.The longtime politician, who first ran for office over fifty years ago, asked if the North Vietnamese "released our POWs, what would stop the U.S.

from bombing Hanoi and Haiphong?"FOX NEWS POLL: ECONOMIC ANXIETY AND CANDIDATE CONCERNS DEFINE OHIO SENATE RACEDemocratic U.S.Senate candidate Sherrod Brown speaks with reporters after casting his ballot at the Franklin County Board of Elections on Oct.

6, 2026 in Columbus, Ohio.(Jeff Dean/Getty Images)Brown’s left-wing writings made headlines in 2015 when BuzzFeed reported that the teenager wrote that the Nixon administration was turning the country into a "fascist police-state."Fox News Digital reached out to the Brown campaign for comment and hasn’t received any response.Podcast co-host Comfortably Smug, a noted fan of President Richard Nixon, asserted that it is emotional seeing the footage of President Richard Nixon meeting with the POWs when they returned stateside.TODAY’S LEFTISTS ARE DANGEROUSLY WRONG ABOUT COMMUNISM.

JUST LISTEN TO THE SURVIVORS"There's incredible footage, I invite everyone to go see, of when President Nixon brought these POWs home," Smug said."You hear stories of what it meant to those families to get their loved ones back who were being tortured.

You have this guy who is currently running for Senate in this day and age who wrote, he hopes Ame...