Dan Sewell

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In this Friday, April 14, 2017 photo, Herbie Mays pauses during an interview at the Ohio Means Jobs employment assistance offices in Cincinnati. Mays voted for Donald Trump, drawn to his pledges to stop American jobs from going overseas and to revitalize manufacturing in the United States. Trump's election, though, 'was too late to help us,' Mays said. 'If you don't keep up with the times, you're out of luck,' he said.
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