Democratic American Rep. Emilia Sykes from Akron in the Canton town hall, August 26, 2025 (photo Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal.)
Canton, Ohio – about 200 canton residents gathered on Tuesday in the Hall Hall hall to hear from the democratic US national team Emilia Sykes. The acron from the acron represents the 13th Congress District of Ohio, covering the entire Summit and the north -western part of Stark, including Canton.
But Sykes told the crowd that he could change. Later this year, Ohio legislators must exaggerate the congress map of the state, because the previous version passed the party’s poems. When Trump’s administration pushes states such as Texas and Indiana to come up with more amiable Republican districts, Sykes knows that he has a goal on his back.
“I’ve always been an apple of the Republican eye in this congress mandate,” she said in an interview, noting that the last two elections in the 13th district cost almost $ 50 million.
“There is no reason to think that suddenly in 2026 they decided that they did not care about Ohio 13,” said Sykes.
Because she and the democratic US representative Marcy Hood from Toledo represent fines, they will probably be the first places Republican MAP creators to raise the chances of her party.
Sykes is worried about what it can mean for communities such as Canton and Akron. According to the previous map, both cities were divided, and in total five different legislators represented part of the current district.
“None of them lived in this area,” said Sykes. “This district was the outskirts of all their districts, so we got what was left in terms of time, their attention, the resources they wanted to send here, and it showed.”
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Sykes told the participants about anti -corruption regulations he is working on and committees he serves. The Act redefines “official deed” to make it hard for state officials to accept presents; Its headquarters of the Scientific, Spatial and Technological Committee helped Akron gain a technology center and gives it supervision in the mass Intel project in Licking.
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Sykes also pushed the Vice President JD Vance, characterizing the acron and Canton as “Lawless” during a recent visit nearby. Criticized the Trump administration for stopping the Police subsidy of the community and the NON -security Organization and “Maintaining their hostages in DC”
She also recalled the flood of money, which poured into her last two races to set up a presentation of the President of Citizens United Tiffany Muller. Muller argued Muller that the US Supreme Court’s decision opened TAP, equalizing money with speech and corporations with people.
When Sykes opened the floor to questions, two participants interrupted this event to criticize it for accepting about USD 180,000 from pro -Israeli organizations. They were quickly led out of the building and joined several other demonstrators designating the street outside of Israel’s protesting in the war in Gaza.
Other voters asked about various problems – rail, solar, funds at schools, the distribution of the National Guard in American cities. Although it was clear that Sykes sympathized with their fears and undertook to fight them, she had to recognize that as a member of the minority, her ability to make progress was narrow.
In the abyss
Bill Wygs moved Medicaid. What happens for seniors who expect a program that will facilitate you cover their long -term care?
Medicare, a health program for the elderly and disabled Americans, usually does not include long -term care, but Medicaid, which serves the penniless. This means that many older Americans must spend their assets before they qualify. Supported by Republicans, one great bill of the bill makes qualifying in question.
Sykes said WSSS that the details will be issued as the invoice was implemented, but the cost is made available to the state. Because the legislators have concentrated policies that reduce state revenues, like the modern flat income tax, there will be less money to watch.
“So it will be bad,” she said. “I don’t know exactly what it will look like, who will affect, how or exactly when, but it will not be good.”
“I am particularly worried about people who have to spend,” she added. “Whoever will have nothing then, on any assets that you can rely on because they spent them thinking that they would have Medicaid to support them.”
Speaking outside, WSS explained that the question was personal. His mother developed dementia and after two years of life with his family, her condition deteriorated so much that she needed full -time care. WSS explained that she was in the memory care department and has undergone around $ 275,000.
“It is so much that there is no funds and it’s time to apply for Medicaid,” he said. “It has always been, but maybe not.”
“And yes, yes, our personal situation,” said Wyds, “But this is America’s situation. We will speak, you know, hundreds of thousands of people who were in the care of the nursing home and can be thrown away.”
Jodi Roberts asked Sykes about immigration policy. Roberts organized a family as part of a humanitarian program dismissed from the biden era called Uniting for Ukraine.
“They do things that we would expect to do work, pay taxes, and now their statuses are threatened,” she said. “Is there any hope? Is there any movement in Congress on behalf of these families?
Sykes pointed to a low window of optimism last year, when a double -sided group of senators began to mix compromise immigration reforms with financing for Israel and Ukraine.
“One call of the Trump candidate to kill the invoice, kill the bill and it happened,” said Sykes.
“This is a problem that was created by the lack of action by the Congress,” confirmed Sykes. “There is no clear, predictable path to arrival in this country, which is why people decide on illegal means and only hope that they can stay.”
Roberts said that in seven months she sponsors she was on her feet and was able to get her own place.
“They would like to do here,” said Roberts, “” would like to put away the roots. “
The problem is that the conditional release program gives them only two years in the USA Roberts said that he had submitted an application for extension, but they cannot get an answer.
“It’s like crickets,” she said.
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