MAGA senator's call for Americans to 'do more work' immediately backfires

A GOP senator is catching flak for saying that Americans need to work more, prompting many to point out how his own party created the problem he's trying to address.

"As we have demographic challenges, as we have lower birth rates, an aging workforce, less immigration, we're going to need people to do more work," Sen. Jon Husted said in a clip shared by independent journalist Aaron Rupar.

Political observers immediately seized on the comment.

"So do we need to work longer and harder, or are the robots taking all of our jobs? Which is it?" columnist Chris Briem asked.

"Republicans running for the midterm elections by telling Americans they don’t work enough, that we should cut health care, and spend billions on wars in the Middle East," commented writer Zaid Jilani.

"Hey, Ohio, your senator @JonHusted doesn't think you're working hard enough," Ohio journalist Rachel Coyle wrote.

"Anyone else is sick and tired of well-off, pampered Republicans telling the rest of us to work until we drop dead?" the account @4humanunity asked.

Writer Patrick Tomlinson argued that the "demographic changes" that Husted was listing off were all caused by GOP policies.

"Why do we have those things, Jonny? Who did that? Was it your party, Jonny?" Tomlinson wrote on X, adding, "Did your party spend decades shooting down paternity leave, universal pre-k, child care, and demonizing all immigrants?"