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Vance Returns to Michigan to Spin Trump's Broken Economic Promises
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release:
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Vance Returns to Michigan to Spin Trump's Broken Economic Promises
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JD Vance is back in Michigan today to double down on Donald Trump's disastrous economic agenda. The last time Vance visited the state, he promised a manufacturing renaissance. Instead, the manufacturing sector has shrunk by 42,000 jobs nationally and 1,300 in Michigan alone since Vance's last visit.
In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:
"After promising a manufacturing renaissance,
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release:
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Vance Returns to Michigan to Spin Trump's Broken Economic Promises
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JD Vance is back in Michigan today to double down on Donald Trump's disastrous economic agenda. The last time Vance visited the state, he promised a manufacturing renaissance. Instead, the manufacturing sector has shrunk by 42,000 jobs nationally and 1,300 in Michigan alone since Vance's last visit.
In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:
"After promising a manufacturing renaissance,JD Vance has a lot of nerve going back to Michigan to sell his billionaire-first budget. Instead of a 'great American comeback,' Trump and Vance have delivered an economic disaster: Prices are soaring, wages are decreasing, jobs are disappearing, and the manufacturing sector is being gutted. There's no hiding the truth that Trump's reckless economic policies are failing working and middle-class families in Michigan. That's why Democrats are fighting to make the economy work for regular people - not just billionaires and elites."
When he was in Michigan in March, Vance bragged about how inflation appeared on track to improve -- but since then, under the Trump-Vance administration, inflation has steadily risen and is expected to get even worse. Despite Trump and Vance's promises of lower energy costs for manufacturers and ratepayers, electricity prices have reached an all-time high since Trump took office. The truth is that Michiganders are being crushed by Trump's unhinged economic policies.
Trump's economy is a disaster all around: The US economy is slowing down while inflation ticks up, and wages continue to decrease. Vance can spin the most unpopular legislation in modern history all he wants, but Americans know the truth: Trump's economy is in free fall and families are paying the price.
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/news/vance-returns-to-michigan-to-spin-trumps-broken-economic-promises/
Trump's Disastrous Economic Agenda Is Leaving Latinos Behind
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release:
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Trump's Disastrous Economic Agenda Is Leaving Latinos Behind
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Donald Trump is steering the economy off a cliff: The U.S. economy is slowing down while inflation ticks up, and wages decrease. Data shows that the vast majority of households are barely keeping their spending up with inflation. Latinos are feeling the effects and are paying the price of Trump's reckless economic agenda.
It's no wonder that more than half of Latino voters say that Trump's policies are making them financially worse
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release:
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Trump's Disastrous Economic Agenda Is Leaving Latinos Behind
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Donald Trump is steering the economy off a cliff: The U.S. economy is slowing down while inflation ticks up, and wages decrease. Data shows that the vast majority of households are barely keeping their spending up with inflation. Latinos are feeling the effects and are paying the price of Trump's reckless economic agenda.
It's no wonder that more than half of Latino voters say that Trump's policies are making them financially worseoff.
In response, DNC Senior Spokesperson Marcus W. Robinson released the following statement:
"Donald Trump's economy is doing nobody any favors except for his big corporate backers. From his unhinged trade war to his billionaire-first budget, Americans can't seem to catch a break, and Trump is doing nothing to deliver on his promise to lower costs. More than half of Latino voters are worried about rising food prices and potential job losses. Let's be clear: Trump is leaving Latinos and hard-working families behind, all while he enriches himself, his family, and the wealthy elites around him."
Working families are tightening their wallets because of Trump's economic agenda, as prices continue to soar and the fears of a recession rise. Just last week, reports showed that the economy may be in a state of early-onset stagflation, meaning that the economy is slowing down, but prices are going up. As a result, Latino families are rejecting Trump's economy: around 71% of Latinos say Trump's tariffs are raising the cost of goods they buy, and 42% say costs are increasing "a lot."
Trump can't hide from this reality. More than half of Latino voters feel that the economy is worsening, and even more view it negatively. Clearly, Americans are feeling stuck as finding a job becomes nearly impossible and the income gap continues to grow. And for Latinos, Trump's economic failures have translated to a higher unemployment rate compared to White Americans. That is why poll after poll shows that Latino voters disapprove of Trump's economy.
Trump's billionaire-first budget, the largest wealth transfer in history, is only making life more difficult and more expensive for Americans. Meanwhile, Trump and Republicans are lying about the damage they've done to our economy as they throw Latinos and working families under the bus.
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/news/trumps-disastrous-economic-agenda-is-leaving-latinos-behind/
Sears Refuses to Respond to Spanberger's Call to Cancel Her Event with DOGE Architect Who Is Responsible for Firing Thousands of Virginians
RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 17 -- The Virginia Democratic Party posted the following news release:
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Sears Refuses to Respond to Spanberger's Call to Cancel Her Event with DOGE Architect Who Is Responsible for Firing Thousands of Virginians
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8 News on Spanberger's call to cancel the event: "We reached out to the Earl Sears campaign, but we have not yet received a response"
VIRGINIA - Following Democratic Nominee for Governor Abigail Spanberger's call for Winsome Earle-Sears to cancel her event with out-of-state billionaire and chief DOGE architect Vivek Ramaswamy, 8 News reports that
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RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 17 -- The Virginia Democratic Party posted the following news release:
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Sears Refuses to Respond to Spanberger's Call to Cancel Her Event with DOGE Architect Who Is Responsible for Firing Thousands of Virginians
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8 News on Spanberger's call to cancel the event: "We reached out to the Earl Sears campaign, but we have not yet received a response"
VIRGINIA - Following Democratic Nominee for Governor Abigail Spanberger's call for Winsome Earle-Sears to cancel her event with out-of-state billionaire and chief DOGE architect Vivek Ramaswamy, 8 News reports thatSears has refused to comment or cancel the event - doubling down on her support of policies that led to thousands of Virginians losing their jobs.
WATCH HERE :
Transcript:
* Anchor: And in the race for governor, Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Abigail Spanberger took to X to call out her opponent Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears.
* Anchor: Spanberger is calling on Sears to cancel her campaign rally in Chesterfield this Friday with the billionaire and Republican gubernatorial candidate for Ohio, Vivek Ramaswamy.
* Anchor: Ramaswamy was one of the original leaders of the Department of government efficiency, or DOGE, which aimed to cut what he deemed waste, fraud and abuse from the federal government. The controversial cuts, though, cost thousands of federal government workers their jobs, impacting Virginia more than most states.
* Abigail Spanberger: Frankly, I am calling on my opponent to cancel her rally, her event, with this individual who is responsible for so many Virginians losing their jobs. It's frankly, the least that she can do. She won't defend Virginians who are losing their jobs. She won't defend Virginia's economy, but she shouldn't invite him here, if she can't even do that now, Virginians certainly should not expect her to stand up for them as Governor.
* Anchor: We reached out to the Earle-Sears campaign, but we have not yet received a response.
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Original text here: https://vademocrats.org/news/sears-refuses-to-respond-to-spanbergers-call-to-cancel-her-event-with-doge-architect-who-is-responsible-for-firing-thousands-of-virginians/
ICYMI: The Keystone: Rep. Rob Bresnahan Claims Medicaid Will Grow By $200 Billion After Voting For Cuts Arrow
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release:
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ICYMI: The Keystone: Rep. Rob Bresnahan Claims Medicaid Will Grow By $200 Billion After Voting For Cuts Arrow
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Key Point: "'The $200 billion growth [Bresnahan's] talking about is clearly about cost and not coverage, and we know that, according to our wallets, costs are rising,' Michelle Rothenbecker, the Chief of Staff with Action Together NEPA, said in an interview with The Keystone.... 'I just don't think that he is living the same lifestyle, or the same life that a lot of people in Luzerne
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release:
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ICYMI: The Keystone: Rep. Rob Bresnahan Claims Medicaid Will Grow By $200 Billion After Voting For Cuts Arrow
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Key Point: "'The $200 billion growth [Bresnahan's] talking about is clearly about cost and not coverage, and we know that, according to our wallets, costs are rising,' Michelle Rothenbecker, the Chief of Staff with Action Together NEPA, said in an interview with The Keystone.... 'I just don't think that he is living the same lifestyle, or the same life that a lot of people in LuzerneCounty and Lackawanna County are living as their reality,' Rothenbecker said. 'People are seeing a lot less money in their paychecks, but they're also not seeing their money going as far.'"
The Keystone : Rep. Rob Bresnahan claims Medicaid will grow by $200 billion after voting for cuts
By Sean Kitchen
* As US Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Lackawanna) makes claims about President Donald Trump's $1 trillion cut to Medicaid, questions about his math arise.
* "Speaking of also what's gonna grow: Medicaid, by $200 billion over the next 10 years," Bresnahan said on the Volpe Report alongside US House Speaker Mike Johnson.
* "I really take offense to someone saying that we are cutting the Medicaid programs, because this is actually going to continue to grow into the tune of $200 billion."
* "[Bresnahan's statement] is an extremely misleading statement," Laura Beltran, Director of Policy and Research at the Pennsylvania Policy Center, told The Keystone.
* " We know from the Congressional Budget Office, we are expecting around $900 billion to $990 billion in cuts, and that $200 billion claim is basically that."
* The Pennsylvania Department of Humans Services estimates that 310,000 residents will lose their health care coverage because of these cuts with over 21,000 of Bresnahan's constituents being impacted by the cuts.
* " The $200 billion growth [Bresnahan's] talking about is clearly about cost and not coverage, and we know that, according to our wallets, costs are rising," Michelle Rothenbecker, the Chief of Staff with Action Together NEPA, said in an interview with The Keystone.
* Bresnahan has become one of Congress' most prolific stock traders since January. A month before voting for the budget, the New York Times reported that Bresnahan sold between $100,000 and $250,000 in bonds from the Allegheny County Hospital Development Authority for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center after it was announced that 10 rural hospitals were at risk of closing.
* "I just don't think that he is living the same lifestyle, or the same life that a lot of people in Luzerne County and Lackawanna County are living as their reality," Rothenbecker said. "People are seeing a lot less money in their paychecks, but they're also not seeing their money going as far."
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/news/icymi-the-keystone-rep-rob-bresnahan-claims-medicaid-will-grow-by-200-billion-after-voting-for-cuts-2/
Bresnahan's Latest Lie: He "Claims Medicaid Will Grow By $200 Billion After Voting For Cuts" [The Keystone]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Bresnahan's Latest Lie: He "Claims Medicaid Will Grow By $200 Billion After Voting For Cuts" [The Keystone]
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Fact: Bresnahan voted to gut Medicaid by roughly $1 trillion
Congressman Rob Bresnahan has a troubled relationship with the truth.
Bresnahan lied when he promised he would ban stock trading in Congress, and he lied when he promised he wouldn't vote to gut Medicaid.
Now Bresnahan is getting fact-checked again, this time for falsely claiming that he didn't cut Medicaid
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Bresnahan's Latest Lie: He "Claims Medicaid Will Grow By $200 Billion After Voting For Cuts" [The Keystone]
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Fact: Bresnahan voted to gut Medicaid by roughly $1 trillion
Congressman Rob Bresnahan has a troubled relationship with the truth.
Bresnahan lied when he promised he would ban stock trading in Congress, and he lied when he promised he wouldn't vote to gut Medicaid.
Now Bresnahan is getting fact-checked again, this time for falsely claiming that he didn't cut Medicaiddespite the fact that he voted to gut it by roughly $1 trillion and kick thousands of his neighbors off their health care.
Read for yourself:
The Keystone: Rep. Rob Bresnahan claims Medicaid will grow by $200 billion after voting for cuts
By Sean Kitchen | 9/16/25
* As US Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Lackawanna) makes claims about President Donald Trump's $1 trillion cut to Medicaid, questions about his math arise.
* "Speaking of also what's gonna grow: Medicaid, by $200 billion over the next 10 years," Bresnahan said on the Volpe Report alongside US House Speaker Mike Johnson.
* "I really take offense to someone saying that we are cutting the Medicaid programs, because this is actually going to continue to grow into the tune of $200 billion."
* "[Bresnahan's statement] is an extremely misleading statement," Laura Beltran, Director of Policy and Research at the Pennsylvania Policy Center, told The Keystone.
* " We know from the Congressional Budget Office, we are expecting around $900 billion to $990 billion in cuts, and that $200 billion claim is basically that."
* The Pennsylvania Department of Humans Services estimates that 310,000 residents will lose their health care coverage because of these cuts with over 21,000 of Bresnahan's constituents being impacted by the cuts.
* Bresnahan's office did not respond to a request for comment at the time of this writing.
* Rothenbecker went on to explain how Bresnahan's statements are out of touch with those living in his district.
* She added, " Rob Bresnahan clearly is doing quite well for himself and he's earned a lot of money since taking office through insider stock trades, especially one that we saw where he sold some stocks related to Medicaid right before that decision was made. We've also seen that he has a helicopter he's keeping secret."
* "I just don't think that he is living the same lifestyle, or the same life that a lot of people in Luzerne County and Lackawanna County are living as their reality," Rothenbecker said. "People are seeing a lot less money in their paychecks, but they're also not seeing their money going as far."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/bresnahans-latest-lie-he-claims-medicaid-will-grow-by-200-billion-after-voting-for-cuts-the-keystone/
Bohannan and Wettach's 5 Days of Silence
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news:
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Bohannan and Wettach's 5 Days of Silence
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A new report exposes Democrat Travis Terrell for cheering on dangerous rhetoric and highlights the silence of his opponents, Christina Bohannan and Taylor Wettach, who still refuse to condemn it.
In case you missed it, over the weekend the Johnson County Board of Supervisors Chair defied Governor Reynolds' order to lower flags in honor of Charlie Kirk. Instead of showing respect, Travis Terrell celebrated the move, calling it "courageous."
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news:
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Bohannan and Wettach's 5 Days of Silence
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A new report exposes Democrat Travis Terrell for cheering on dangerous rhetoric and highlights the silence of his opponents, Christina Bohannan and Taylor Wettach, who still refuse to condemn it.
In case you missed it, over the weekend the Johnson County Board of Supervisors Chair defied Governor Reynolds' order to lower flags in honor of Charlie Kirk. Instead of showing respect, Travis Terrell celebrated the move, calling it "courageous."
Nowfive days later, Travis Terrell's fellow Democrats Christina Bohannan and Taylor Wettach are still silent. They 're silence sends a clear message: they're willing to tolerate rhetoric that fuels political violence.
"Silence is compliance. Christina Bohannan and Taylor Wettach's unwillingness to condemn this dangerous rhetoric tells you everything you need to know about their values." - NRCC Spokeswoman Emily Tuttle
Read the full report here or below:
Democrat Candidate in Iowa Echoes Violent Rhetoric, Opponents Stay Silent
Town Hall
Sarah Arnold
September 15, 2025
Travis Terrell, a Democrat running in the three-way primary for Iowa's 1st Congressional District, has once again proven he's unfit for public office--this time by defending the Johnson County Board Chair's blatant refusal to obey Governor Kim Reynolds' order to lower flags in honor of Charlie Kirk's assassination.
While Terrell's fellow Democrats, Christina Bohannan and Taylor Wettach, have stayed silent on the issue, Terrell went a step further: issuing a divisive and inflammatory statement, doubling down on the Board Chair's defiance. The message was clear--he sees political violence as something to rationalize, not reject.
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Even worse, Bohannan and Wettach's refusal to condemn Terrell or defend the Governor's authority shows just how far left the Democratic Party has drifted. When Democrat candidates can't even bring themselves to speak out against the refusal to lower a flag for a slain conservative, it's no longer about politics--it's about basic decency.
As NRCC Spokeswoman Emily Tuttle put it: "Silence is compliance. Christina Bohannan and Taylor Wettach's unwillingness to condemn this dangerous rhetoric tells you everything you need to know about their values."
Iowans should take note: The radicals aren't just running--they're being protected.
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Original text here: https://www.nrcc.org/2025/09/17/bohannan-and-wettachs-5-days-of-silence/
"The GOP cut parts of Obamacare. Now it's at the center of a funding fight." [Washington Post]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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"The GOP cut parts of Obamacare. Now it's at the center of a funding fight." [Washington Post]
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When House Republicans rammed through their Big, Ugly Bill, they refused to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits -- despite multiple opportunities to do so.
In one telling moment, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick literally walked out of the Ways & Means Committee rather than vote to protect these credits. (A real profile in courage.)
As The Washington Post reports : "Voters across the country
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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"The GOP cut parts of Obamacare. Now it's at the center of a funding fight." [Washington Post]
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When House Republicans rammed through their Big, Ugly Bill, they refused to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits -- despite multiple opportunities to do so.
In one telling moment, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick literally walked out of the Ways & Means Committee rather than vote to protect these credits. (A real profile in courage.)
As The Washington Post reports : "Voters across the countryare already beginning to feel the impact of the recent ACA rollbacks. They could also see their premiums rise when enhanced tax subsidies to purchase ACA marketplace insurance plans [...] expire at the end of the year. Insurers have already started sending notices to consumers that their premiums will rise significantly in 2026."
Meanwhile, a new Peterson-KFF study projects that premiums could soar by more than 75% on average without these credits in place.
Even Republican strategists -- including Trump's own pollster -- warn their failure to act could cost them the House majority. The DCCC will make sure the American people know it was Republicans who had the chance to extend ACA tax credits -- and chose not to.
DCCC Spokesperson Justin Chermol :
"The so-called moderate Republicans had opportunity after opportunity to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, but refused. As the filing deadline for premium notices fastly approaches, these frauds are once again caving to the demands of their D.C. Party Bosses and billionaire donors."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/the-gop-cut-parts-of-obamacare-now-its-at-the-center-of-a-funding-fight-washington-post/
