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Washington State Democratic Party: Thanks to Republicans' War With Iran, Washington Families Could Spend $2,115 More on Heating Costs This Winter
SEATTLE, Washington, Oct. 10 -- The Washington State Democratic Party issued the following news release:
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Thanks to Republicans' War With Iran, Washington Families Could Spend $2,115 More on Heating Costs This Winter
October 9, 2026
Seattle, WA - This winter is shaping up to be even more expensive as the Michael Baumgartner-backed war with Iran continues to drive up costs for Washington families. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's Winter Fuels Outlook report, the average Washington household that uses oil to heat their home is projected to spend $2,115 more than
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SEATTLE, Washington, Oct. 10 -- The Washington State Democratic Party issued the following news release:
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Thanks to Republicans' War With Iran, Washington Families Could Spend $2,115 More on Heating Costs This Winter
October 9, 2026
Seattle, WA - This winter is shaping up to be even more expensive as the Michael Baumgartner-backed war with Iran continues to drive up costs for Washington families. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's Winter Fuels Outlook report, the average Washington household that uses oil to heat their home is projected to spend $2,115 more thana year ago to keep their family warm from November through March. This comes as the price of heating oil is set to rise to an average of $5.26 a gallon this winter -- a 34% increase from last year.
Despite promising to lower costs, Republicans' cost-hiking agenda left Washington families spending an additional $140 on electricity in 2025 than the previous year, and $136 more in the first six months of 2026 than in the first half of 2024. Meanwhile, Trump and Washington Republicans' war with Iran is spiking diesel, oil, and fertilizer prices to record highs, leaving Washingtonians forced to empty their savings or take on more debt to fill their tanks or pay their utility bills.
Let's be clear: While Congressman Michael Baumgartner turns his back on working families to rubber-stamp Trump's deeply unpopular war that continues to drive up prices, Washingtonians are ready to hold them accountable at the ballot box in November.
In response, Washington State Democratic Party Chair Shasti Conrad released the following statement:
"Washington families are already struggling to afford their bills, and now the Michael Baumgartner-backed war with Iran is driving up oil prices and forcing them to pay even more to keep their loved ones warm this winter. It's crystal clear that Donald Trump and Republicans plunged us into a reckless and costly war with no plan to get us out or provide desperately needed relief to everyday Washingtonians who are paying the price for higher costs on everything from heating oil and gas to fertilizer. Make no mistake: Washingtonians have had enough of out-of-touch Republicans like Michael Baumgartner making their lives more expensive, and are ready to hold them accountable at the ballot box in November."
The Washington State Democratic Party is committed to advancing progressive policy, empowering the grassroots, and ensuring Democratic victories up and down the ballot. Chair of the Washington Democrats, Shasti Conrad, is the first Indian-American woman to chair a major state party and led the most successful Democratic state party in 2024 and continued that streak in 2025.
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Original text here: https://wadems.org/press/10-9-26-thanks-to-republicans-war-with-iran-washington-families-could-spend-2115-more-on-heating-costs-this-winter/
NRCC: Lazy Adam Gray - Too Lazy to Check, Too Arrogant to Care
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news:
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Lazy Adam Gray: Too Lazy to Check, Too Arrogant to Care
October 8, 2026
Lazy Adam Gray and Democrats are so used to taking Hispanic voters for granted that they can't even be bothered to make their pandering look competent.
The audio says $3 billion in Spanish. The screen says "$3 Billones," meaning $3 trillion.
That's 1,000 times as much money. Three extra zeros. Zero respect for getting it right.
"Lazy Adam Gray's pandering is as lazy as it is insulting. Democrats treat Hispanic outreach
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news:
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Lazy Adam Gray: Too Lazy to Check, Too Arrogant to Care
October 8, 2026
Lazy Adam Gray and Democrats are so used to taking Hispanic voters for granted that they can't even be bothered to make their pandering look competent.
The audio says $3 billion in Spanish. The screen says "$3 Billones," meaning $3 trillion.
That's 1,000 times as much money. Three extra zeros. Zero respect for getting it right.
"Lazy Adam Gray's pandering is as lazy as it is insulting. Democrats treat Hispanic outreachlike a box to check and voters like something they're owed, then expect applause for an ad they couldn't even bother to get right." - NRCC Spokesman Christian Martinez
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Original text here: https://www.nrcc.org/2026/10/08/lazy-adam-gray-too-lazy-to-check-too-arrogant-to-care/
DSCC: Roundup - Democratic Senate Candidates Dominate the Debate Stage, Put Floundering Republican Opponents "On Trial" as GOP Runs From Toxic Record
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Oct 9, 2026
ROUNDUP: Democratic Senate Candidates Dominate the Debate Stage, Put Floundering Republican Opponents "On Trial" as GOP Runs From Toxic Record
New York Times: "Moderators asked about high gas prices, Mr. Trump's tariffs, the Iran war and immigration raids -- all topics that forced Republicans to defend unpopular Trump administration policies or explain why they are now skeptical of stances they previously supported"
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In key Senate battleground states across the map, Democratic
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Oct 9, 2026
ROUNDUP: Democratic Senate Candidates Dominate the Debate Stage, Put Floundering Republican Opponents "On Trial" as GOP Runs From Toxic Record
New York Times: "Moderators asked about high gas prices, Mr. Trump's tariffs, the Iran war and immigration raids -- all topics that forced Republicans to defend unpopular Trump administration policies or explain why they are now skeptical of stances they previously supported"
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In key Senate battleground states across the map, DemocraticSenate candidates took the debate stages last night to put their floundering, weak Republican opponents "on the spot" and "forced Republicans to defend unpopular Trump administration policies or explain why they are now skeptical of stances they previously supported."
* In Georgia, Jon Ossoff put Mike Collins on "trial" over his bigotry and ties to white nationalists.
* In Iowa, Ashley Hinson lectured millennials over their saving habits amid "record diesel prices," "surg[ing]" gas costs, and fertilizer prices at "near peak levels."
* In Maine, Troy Jackson exposed Susan Collins for voting with Trump 96% of the time and for her role as a "willing participant" and the "most important patron" at the center of a "vile, outright bribery pay-for-play" corruption scheme.
* And in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed called out Mike Rogers for cashing in on his time in Washington, cheering on a war that's sending Michiganders' costs soaring, and flip-flopping on Trump's trade war when it became politically inconvenient.
See for yourself:
IN GEORGIA
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Jon Ossoff puts Mike Collins on 'trial' in fiery U.S. Senate debate
* The Democratic incumbent used the debate to put Collins on the spot, challenging him more than a dozen times over his ties to white nationalists, an ongoing ethics investigation and his support for President Donald Trump's agenda.
* Ossoff laid the groundwork for that strategy from the outset, declaring that Georgia voters were about to witness the "trial of Mike Collins." And he spent the next hour trying to deliver the case.
* Ossoff even turned a question about data centers into a personal attack, accusing Collins of having "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office."
* And he invoked his mentor with a particularly bruising broadside: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club."
* Collins was the candidate who needed to shake up a race that has increasingly tilted toward Democrats [...] yet it was Ossoff who spent much of the night keeping Collins in the defendant's chair.
IN IOWA
POLITICO: Iowa's Ashley Hinson slams the savings habits of millennials
* Iowa Rep. Ashley Hinson took a swipe at the savings habits of millennials as she fielded a question Wednesday about Social Security during a Senate campaign debate.
* She said the country needed to have a "serious conversation" about "how young people are saving money," [...] "We also need to be talking about millennials saving money," she later added. "Millennials are the worst group of savers in the country right now and have the least amount of savings. So those are ways where I think we can help have a bigger conversation around saving in general [...]"
* Hinson faces a tough race in Iowa against Turek amid a difficult political environment for Republicans. Voters are overwhelmingly pessimistic about the state of the economy and their own personal finances, and they support Social Security while being concerned about the program's future.
* When pushed on her statement that "all options should be on the table [when it comes to Social Security]," she turned her attention to young people.
IN MAINE
Portland Press Herald: 5 notable moments from Susan Collins and Troy Jackson's 2nd debate
* Jackson repeatedly blamed the Iran War for increasing fuel and electricity prices, saying that Collins voted five times against stopping it.
* "She could use her leverage to stop this war," he said. "But instead ... Sen. Collins and her husband are making money off this war and so is a whole bunch of other people and that's why this doesn't stop."
* Jackson was referring to Collins' husband, Tom Daffron's, vast stock portfolio, which includes holdings in natural gas and Boeing.
* Collins has made her experience and seniority a central theme of her campaign. [...] But Jackson wasn't impressed. He continued to describe Collins as kowtowing to the demands of President Donald Trump.
* "She's powerful during election time but she's weak every time we need her to stand up and fight for us," Jackson said.
* Abortion has been a big issue this campaign, especially Collins' vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, which led in part to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
* [Jackson] acknowledged that he changed his views on abortion after speaking with women -- something he said Collins didn't do when Mainers traveled to D.C. to urge her to oppose Kavanaugh.
* "Our records have changed," said Jackson, who is endorsed by Planned Parenthood. "Mine has gotten better -- hers has gotten worse."
* Jackson has repeatedly accused Collins of voting with Trump 96% of the time. The claim comes from CQ Roll Call analysis of the first seven months of 2025, which found the percentage was closer to 95%.
IN MICHIGAN
Michigan Advance: El-Sayed, Rogers trade barbs, accusations during first televised U.S. Senate debate
* At the top of the hour, moderator Rick Albin asked the candidates about the price of gas, and if they would support suspending the gas tax.
* El-Sayed noted that the Iran war was driving much of the high prices that Americans are dealing with.
* [El-Sayed] noted his belief that Rogers had a direct line to Trump and had the ability to potentially persuade the president to end the war, but hadn't because he didn't want to face his wrath.
* "It's about whether you can see your doctor, and whether you can trust your next U.S. Senator," El-Sayed said. "You're running because Donald Trump called him and asked him to run."
* Before Albin could move to the next question, El-Sayed interjected to note that the loss of jobs and hikes on prices in goods over the last 30 years was due to Rogers' support of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
* "You did that man," El-Sayed said. "That was your policy."
* Albin questioned Rogers about his changing position on Canadian tariffs, noting that Rogers has shifted his stance throughout the campaign on Trump's trade war with Canada.
* Early in the campaign, Rogers praised Trump's efforts on encouraging businesses to stay on American soil through tariffs on other nations, including some U.S. allies like Canada. That later changed to Rogers saying that he supported those that created investments and that some of those tariffs were too high, and that he would encourage the administration to bring some of them down.
* El-Sayed said Rogers was flip-flopping on the tariffs because his polls were lagging.
* El-Sayed criticized Rogers' work with telecommunications companies after his time in Congress, including Telefonica, which El-Sayed linked to surveillance practices in Venezuela.
* The candidates also argued over their wealth, [... El-Sayed argued] Rogers had a "McMansion" in Florida that he took off the market because he knew he was going to lose. El-Sayed also accused Rogers of having two yachts in Florida, which Rogers denied.
* On Iran, El-Sayed accused Rogers of being a 'cheerleader' for war throughout his congressional career.
* "When you have an international problem, he's got a war for that," El-Sayed said, noting that could be dangerous as the U.S. has so many foreign entanglements.
* "[Rogers] wanted to make this about everything except the policy," El-Sayed said.
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Original text here: https://www.dscc.org/article/roundup-democratic-senate-candidates-dominate-the-debate-stage-put-floundering-republican-opponents-on-trial-as-gop-runs-from-toxic-record/
DSCC: "Put Some Diesel in the Tank" - GOP Senate Candidates Have Been Fundraising for Gas Money [MeidasTouch News]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Oct 9, 2026
"PUT SOME DIESEL IN THE TANK" - GOP Senate Candidates Have Been Fundraising For Gas Money [MeidasTouch News]
MeidasTouch News: "The economy is so bad Republican candidates for U.S. Senate have been fundraising for gas money from their constituents"
GOP Senate Candidates have told financially struggling Americans to "learn how to budget," "earn more," "be patriots," and that they will be "fine"
New reporting from MeidasTouch News has exposed GOP Senate candidates Susan
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Oct 9, 2026
"PUT SOME DIESEL IN THE TANK" - GOP Senate Candidates Have Been Fundraising For Gas Money [MeidasTouch News]
MeidasTouch News: "The economy is so bad Republican candidates for U.S. Senate have been fundraising for gas money from their constituents"
GOP Senate Candidates have told financially struggling Americans to "learn how to budget," "earn more," "be patriots," and that they will be "fine"
New reporting from MeidasTouch News has exposed GOP Senate candidates SusanCollins, Dan Sullivan, and Mike Collins' "callous move" of "fundraising for gas money from their constituents" "despite voting for and backing Donald Trump's war in Iran which is the reason for the high gas prices," which are approaching "their highest level of the year," and diesel prices "registering new daily all-time highs."
Republican Senate candidates are now shamelessly scrambling in a desperate attempt to paper over their extensive records backing the unpopular war and dismissing voters' economic pain all while they see "their stock portfolios soar [...] because of their investments in oil and gas."
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MeidasTouch News: GOP Senate Candidates Have Been Fundraising For Gas Money
* The economy is so bad Republican candidates for U.S. Senate have been fundraising for gas money from their constituents. In a callous move adding insult to injury in this economy, Republican Sens. Dan Sullivan of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, and Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia have included asks for gas money in recent grassroots fundraising emails so that they can travel around their states to campaign.
* This despite voting for and backing Donald Trump's war in Iran which is the reason for the high gas prices, as well as denying that working people are struggling in Trump's economy.
* Senator Dan Sullivan recently sent an email to his donor list "personally" asking for small-donor donations of $3, $5, or $10 with the disclosure that funds will go to, among other things, "pay for gas as we visit isolated rural areas of Alaska."
* Gas in rural Alaska is now at $10 a gallon. Sullivan has voted for the war in Iran multiple times by voting against war powers resolutions. He has claimed that the economy is headed in the "right direction," while Alaskans have paid $134 million more for gas than they would have if the Iran hadn't happened.
* Senator Susan Collins' campaign sent an email asking constituents to chip in to "fuel the tour," writing, "Organizing a tour of this scale takes a lot of coordination, enthusiasm, and quite literally fuel. Every dollar goes directly toward keeping our team on the road, our events fully stocked, and our bus powered from stop to stop."
* Susan Collins also voted to continue the war in the Middle East, which has closed the Strait of Hormuz and oil prices to skyrocket worldwide. Collins has quite literally profited off the rise in gas prices; she holds up to $115,000 in natural gas stock. Between the start of the war and April 1st her gas stock increased by $24,480.
* Collins has also notoriously used only private planes to travel while she campaigns, racking up six figures in expenditures on private flights in what was described as "the kind of luxury air travel more often associated with celebrities and CEOs than a Senate race in Maine." Now she wants working Mainers to help pay for her luxury private planes.
* Representative Mike Collins of Georgia has a gas money donation section on his website and the Republican Party fundraising site WinRed which reads, "Put some diesel in the tank. We can't win if we're running on fumes. It's a long road to Election Day. Your donation today gives Mike the fuel he needs to go the distance."
* Mike Collins voted against ending the war as lately as three weeks ago. He praised the war and said Trump is doing a "fantastic job." Collins said he "wholeheartedly supports Trump's agenda" and told Georgians the "economy is moving." Georgians have paid a mind-blowing extra $1.8 billion for gas than they would have without the Iran war. Each household in Georgia has paid an extra $463 on gas than they would have if Trump had not started a war of choice in the Middle East.
* Rather than footing the bill for their campaign gas themselves with high gas prices they are directly responsible for, these Republicans are actually asking their small-dollar grassroots donors; the working Americans who can only give $10 at a time, to foot the bill for their gas money, while they actively campaign to continue the policies that are hurting those same Americans.
See also: DSCC: NEW DATA: GOP-Backed Iran War Costs Voters $56 Billion at the Pump as Republican Senate Candidates Tell Them to "Be Patriots" & "Learn How to Budget"; DSCC: ICYMI: New Reports Expose GOP Cashing In on Big Oil Donations as Iran War Spikes Gas Prices; DSCC: ICYMI: Dan Sullivan "Begs Donors to Help Him 'Pay for Gas' after Voting to Continue Trump's War"; DSCC: New Ad Campaign Slams Price Hike Mike Rogers for Dismissing Skyrocketing Michigan Gas Prices; DSCC: IN THE STATES: GOP Senate Candidates' Cost-Raising Agenda Continues Driving Up Gas Prices Across the U.S.; DSCC: QUICK CLIPS: Tafoya Tells Minnesotans to "Take One Less Trip to Starbucks" and to "Just Try to be Patriots" as Gas Prices Skyrocket
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Original text here: https://www.dscc.org/article/put-some-diesel-in-the-tank-gop-senate-candidates-have-been-fundraising-for-gas-money-meidastouch-news/
DNC: With 25 Days Until the Midterms, Consumer Sentiment Plummets As Americans Struggle to Get by in Trump's Economy
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release:
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October 9, 2026
With 25 Days Until the Midterms, Consumer Sentiment Plummets As Americans Struggle to Get by in Trump's Economy
Everyday Americans are struggling to make ends in Donald Trump and JD Vance's economy. According to new data released today, consumer sentiment in October dropped to the second lowest reading on record since the 1950s. A supplemental survey found that 70% of Americans say they will either cut back (54%) or stop (16%) buying things with particularly large price increases
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release:
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October 9, 2026
With 25 Days Until the Midterms, Consumer Sentiment Plummets As Americans Struggle to Get by in Trump's Economy
Everyday Americans are struggling to make ends in Donald Trump and JD Vance's economy. According to new data released today, consumer sentiment in October dropped to the second lowest reading on record since the 1950s. A supplemental survey found that 70% of Americans say they will either cut back (54%) or stop (16%) buying things with particularly large price increasesthanks to Trump's reckless tariffs and deadly and costly war with Iran.
As Trump turns a blind eye to the financial pain he has caused American families, his approval ratings remain at an all-time low. A dismal 17% of U.S. adults approve of Trump's handling of the cost of living, and even Republicans are souring on Trump's economy, with consumer sentiment among Republicans plummeting at its fastest rate since the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 40% of voters say their personal finances are fairly or very bad, and for only the second time on record, more people say their family's current financial situation is bad than good.
In response, DNC Deputy Communications Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:
"Donald Trump and JD Vance's reckless tariffs and never-ending war with Iran have made it nearly impossible for Americans to afford everyday essentials. Working families are dipping into savings or taking on debt just to put food on the table, fill up at the pump, and pay their medical bills -- it's no wonder they're fed up with Trump's economy. As consumer sentiment tanks with less than a month until the midterms, Trump and Vance refuse to help lower costs as they ignore their promise to 'defeat inflation' -- and their desperate pleas to 'give us another chance' are not working with voters."
Under Trump and Vance, the average American family has been forced to pay an additional $4,200 on everyday essentials from gas to groceries because of their reckless tariffs and deadly and costly war with Iran. Americans have been forced to spend an additional $107 billion on gas alone since Trump and Vance started their war with Iran, and a new forecast from the Trump administration this week shows that gas prices are expected to continue to rise and diesel will remain above $4 per gallon until at least 2028.
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/new-with-25-days-until-the-midterms-consumer-sentiment-plummets-as-americans-struggle-to-get-by-in-trumps-economy/
DNC: Breaking - Measles Cases Surpass 4,000 Under Trump and RFK Jr.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release:
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October 9, 2026
BREAKING: Measles Cases Surpass 4,000 Under Trump and RFK Jr.
Today, under Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s watch, the U.S. has reported 4,080 cases of measles -- just over one month after surpassing 3,000 cases. Trump and RFK Jr. have now presided over more measles cases since taking office than the previous 30 years combined.
This week, Pennsylvania reported that the state's outbreak has grown to more than 1,000 measles cases -- the
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release:
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October 9, 2026
BREAKING: Measles Cases Surpass 4,000 Under Trump and RFK Jr.
Today, under Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s watch, the U.S. has reported 4,080 cases of measles -- just over one month after surpassing 3,000 cases. Trump and RFK Jr. have now presided over more measles cases since taking office than the previous 30 years combined.
This week, Pennsylvania reported that the state's outbreak has grown to more than 1,000 measles cases -- thefirst U.S. outbreak to reach this number in 35 years -- and the state has reported five measles-associated deaths. RFK Jr. previously downplayed the severity of the deaths and defended the administration's absentee response to the spread of measles. New York has also reported more than 90 measles cases in the last three months alone, and Governor Kathy Hochul this week declared the first statewide disaster emergency in the nation since cases began surging. In Wisconsin, there have been over 250 cases reported this year, as measles continues to spread rapidly in the state.
REMINDER: While working with his anti-vaccine group in Pennsylvania -- where the measles-related deaths occurred -- RFK Jr. spread anti-vaccine misinformation, minimizing the seriousness of the disease and claiming that the cure for measles is chicken soup and Vitamin A.
In response, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, a registered nurse, released the following statement:
"Donald Trump and RFK Jr. have needlessly put American children and families at risk of serious illnesses that were once eliminated. As measles outbreaks continue to spread, Trump and RFK Jr. are making it harder for parents to find and trust safe and proven medical advice that keeps children and communities safe. Trump and RFK Jr. promised to 'Make America Healthy Again,' but instead they've injected doubt and dysfunction into our public health system, while children and families are put in harm's way."
Trump and RFK Jr. have undermined trust in safe, routine childhood vaccines. RFK Jr.'s hand-selected Centers for Disease Control (CDC) advisory panel last year eliminated recommendations for a combined MMRV vaccine for children under 4 years old, and ended the universal recommendation for the Hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Then, last month, Trump signed an executive order upending the childhood vaccine schedule, which experts warn could lead to a rise in otherwise preventable illnesses.
The Trump administration has exacerbated measles outbreaks by spreading vaccine misinformation and failing to coordinate with state health officials. RFK Jr. even downplayed the seriousness of measles outbreaks while pressuring CDC officials to promote unproven alternatives to vaccines. Meanwhile, it costs taxpayers a whopping half a million dollars to contain ten cases of measles, and public health agencies are being stretched thin to mitigate the growing number of outbreaks.
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/breaking-measles-cases-surpass-4000-under-trump-and-rfk-jr/
DNC Statement on Latina's Equal Pay Day
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release:
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October 8, 2026
DNC Statement on Latina's Equal Pay Day
Under Trump and Republicans' disastrous policies, Latinas' inflation-adjusted wages have dropped
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In recognition of Latina's Equal Pay Day, DNC Chair Ken Martin and DNC Vice Chair Artie Blanco released the following statement:
"Today serves as a stark reminder that Latinas are still paid an average of 53 cents for every dollar paid to white men. Far from narrowing this gap, Trump and Republicans' reckless policies have made it worse --
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release:
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October 8, 2026
DNC Statement on Latina's Equal Pay Day
Under Trump and Republicans' disastrous policies, Latinas' inflation-adjusted wages have dropped
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In recognition of Latina's Equal Pay Day, DNC Chair Ken Martin and DNC Vice Chair Artie Blanco released the following statement:
"Today serves as a stark reminder that Latinas are still paid an average of 53 cents for every dollar paid to white men. Far from narrowing this gap, Trump and Republicans' reckless policies have made it worse --forcing hardworking families to fall further behind while the richest Americans get even richer.
"With just 26 days until the midterm elections, Hispanic families feel increasingly betrayed by the rising costs, decreasing real wages, and empty campaign promises that Trump is responsible for. Democrats are organizing across the country and reaching Latinas and Latinos directly with concrete plans to restore the American Dream and ensure every family has the chance to build a better life."
Since Donald Trump took office, the wage gap between Hispanic women and their white male counterparts has widened. Across the country, Latinas are paid, on average, 53 cents for every dollar earned by their white male counterparts. To close the gap of wages earned in 2025, Hispanic women must work an additional nine months and eight days. This racial gap exists despite Latinas being one of the fastest-growing groups of entrepreneurs in the U.S. and contributing $1.3 trillion to U.S. gross domestic product.
A majority of Hispanic voters rank inflation and the cost of living as a top issue heading into the midterms as Latino families disproportionately bear the costs of higher utility bills under Trump. Hispanic homeownership rates have also fallen to one of the lowest levels since the pandemic.
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/dnc-statement-on-latinas-equal-pay-day-2/
