In front of at least 75 supporters at a press conference this morning, Congressman Sherrod Brown joined the fight for a better America and talked about the need for good paying jobs that provide affordable health care.

You might not know this, but Ohio has lost over 200,000 manufacturing jobs. Those job losses have simply devastated many workers and even entire communities and towns. That’s why companies like Wal-Mart should be protecting American jobs instead of shipping U.S. jobs overseas.

It always amazes me that Wal-Mart says it creates new jobs. Because the facts prove exactly the opposite is true. Wal-Mart’s trade agenda and race-to-the-bottom business model has destroyed more than 3 million American manufacturing jobs. In fact, even in the retail industry category that Wal-Mart is a part of, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of people employed in that sector has actually fallen.

So, here’s the truth behind Wal-Mart’s fuzzy math. If I give you $1 but take $2 away, do you have more or less money? Exactly, you have less! That’s why it is so important that Wal-Mart wake-up and stop trying to defend itself and, instead, start putting America first. The American people deserve it!

By the way, at the event we had several bloggers show up and even someone who worked with me on the Howard Dean campaign. So here’s a shout out everyone and now it is off to Elyria.