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Will Peter Oberacker Condemn NY Young Republicans' Embrace of Far-Right German Extremist Following Nazi Hate Chat Scandal?
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Will Peter Oberacker Condemn NY Young Republicans' Embrace of Far-Right German Extremist Following Nazi Hate Chat Scandal?
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The GOP Club recently "declar[ed] 'AfD uber alles,' an adaptation of a phrase associated with the Nazi party."
Breaking new reporting from POLITICO reveals that the New York Young Republican Club is planning to host Markus Frohnmaier, a far-right German politician and leader in the extremist AfD party, at their annual gala in just a few weeks.
This is a deliberate
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Will Peter Oberacker Condemn NY Young Republicans' Embrace of Far-Right German Extremist Following Nazi Hate Chat Scandal?
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The GOP Club recently "declar[ed] 'AfD uber alles,' an adaptation of a phrase associated with the Nazi party."
Breaking new reporting from POLITICO reveals that the New York Young Republican Club is planning to host Markus Frohnmaier, a far-right German politician and leader in the extremist AfD party, at their annual gala in just a few weeks.
This is a deliberateembrace of Nazi-era rhetoric, further exposing New York Republicans' deep-seated extremism. The GOP club recently promoted the party using the phrase "AfD uber alles" - a statement frequently used in Nazi propaganda, and Germany's intelligence agency classifies the AfD party as a "proven right-wing extremist organization."
This comes on the heels of a bombshell investigation revealing that Peter Oberacker's close political allies and friends, Bobby Walker and Peter Giunta, played prominent roles in a vile GOP group chat where leaders of the state party " fantasiz[ed] about putting their opponents in gas chambers, burning their enemies and joking about their love of Hitler. "
As New York Republicans roll out the red carpet for the German extremist, will Peter Oberacker finally take a stand and denounce this extremism in his own political circles?
All Otsego recently reported that both Bobby Walker - who was set to become Oberacker's campaign manager - and Peter Giunta were at his congressional campaign launch on October 6th, just eight days before Politico reported they were central figures in the GOP hate chat scandal.
DCCC Spokesperson Riya Vashi:
"Peter Oberacker's pattern is clear: when extremism surfaces in his own circles whether it's rape jokes, racist slurs, or praise for Hitler he refuses to stand up and call it out. Voters deserve to know: will Oberacker fully denounce NY republicans' efforts to honor Nazi-affiliated German extremist Markus Frohnmaier?"
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/will-peter-oberacker-condemn-ny-young-republicans-embrace-of-far-right-german-extremist-following-nazi-hate-chat-scandal/
Will Juan Ciscomani Stand Up Against GOP Efforts to Restrict Abortion Access?
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Will Juan Ciscomani Stand Up Against GOP Efforts to Restrict Abortion Access?
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Republicans in Congress are holding Americans' health care hostage because they want even more extreme abortion restrictions in exchange for their vote to extend the ACA subsidies - yet vulnerable Republican Juan Ciscomani has been radio silent.
The Hill reports :
"Republican demands for stronger anti-abortion provisions as part of any extension of enhanced ObamaCare subsidies are... a sticking point
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Will Juan Ciscomani Stand Up Against GOP Efforts to Restrict Abortion Access?
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Republicans in Congress are holding Americans' health care hostage because they want even more extreme abortion restrictions in exchange for their vote to extend the ACA subsidies - yet vulnerable Republican Juan Ciscomani has been radio silent.
The Hill reports :
"Republican demands for stronger anti-abortion provisions as part of any extension of enhanced ObamaCare subsidies are... a sticking pointto a bipartisan deal."
Arizona voters deserve to know: Does Congressman Ciscomani support these extreme, anti-choice demands?
Ciscomani's silence is deafening - but unsurprising. Ciscomani has a clear track record of opposing women's health care :
* Ciscomani refused to take a position on the VA's recent nationwide abortion ban.
* Ciscomani backed a total abortion ban with no exceptions and IVF ban in 2022.
* Ciscomani voted to jail doctors and nurses who provide reproductive health care.
* Ciscomani voted to restrict the sale of safe, affordable abortion medication.
* Ciscomani repeatedly voted to block servicemembers, military families, and veterans from accessing reproductive health care.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly :
"If Juan Ciscomani was actually serious about preventing skyrocketing health care costs, he would immediately push back on GOP-led efforts to hold the ACA tax credits hostage over their extreme, anti-choice agenda. We're not holding our breath."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/will-juan-ciscomani-stand-up-against-gop-efforts-to-restrict-abortion-access/
REPORT: Kiggans Said During 2022 Campaign That She'd "Like to Eliminate Obamacare"
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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REPORT: Kiggans Said During 2022 Campaign That She'd "Like to Eliminate Obamacare"
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Republican Congresswoman Jen Kiggans continues to take heat after recent reporting from the New York Times revealed she previously called for fully eliminating the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Kiggans said in her own words : "A couple of areas where I would like to see federal spending cut. Number one, I'd like to eliminate Obamacare."
DCCC Spokesperson Eli Cousin :
"Congresswoman Jen Kiggans
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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REPORT: Kiggans Said During 2022 Campaign That She'd "Like to Eliminate Obamacare"
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Republican Congresswoman Jen Kiggans continues to take heat after recent reporting from the New York Times revealed she previously called for fully eliminating the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Kiggans said in her own words : "A couple of areas where I would like to see federal spending cut. Number one, I'd like to eliminate Obamacare."
DCCC Spokesperson Eli Cousin :
"Congresswoman Jen Kiggansis so extreme that she once called for fully eliminating the Affordable Care Act. Virginians simply can't trust Kiggans to protect their health care, especially after she voted to gut Medicaid, shutter health clinics, put rural hospitals at risk of closure, and jack up premiums."
Read key details from the latest reporting below:
* Virginia Republican Rep. Jennifer Kiggans is positioning herself as a bipartisan defender of health care access, but she said during her campaign for Congress in 2022 that she'd "like to eliminate Obamacare" and as recently as September that she wants to eliminate a popular tax credit that subsidizes health insurance premiums after 2026.
* During her 2022 campaign, Kiggans called for repeal of the 2009 Affordable Care Act law, commonly known as Obamacare, which expanded Medicaid coverage to 500,000 Virginians, barred insurers from discriminating against more than 3 million Virginians with preexisting medical conditions, and allows an estimated 411,000 people in the commonwealth to purchase affordable health insurance through the marketplace.
* In an audio recording of a candidate forum that took place in 2022, the existence of which was reported by the New York Times on Nov. 25, then-state Sen. Kiggans said she supported complete repeal of the ACA, falsely claiming that it had slashed funding of the Medicare program: "There's a couple of areas where I would like to see federal spending cut. Number one, I'd like to eliminate Obamacare. Obamacare, when it was enacted, took money away from Medicare. It took $716 billion away from Medicare, which provides care for our greatest generation, for my patient population. Our older adults live on a fixed income. They can't afford medical care, dental care, again, hospital... stays, medications. So, I would like to eliminate Obamacare and put that money back, reinvest it back into Medicare."
* Unless Congress acts to extend it, an expansion of the existing advance premium tax credit, which subsidizes the cost of insurance premiums purchased through the ACA marketplace, will expire at the end of December [...] If the enhanced credit is allowed to expire, hundreds of thousands of Virginians will see average increases of more than 20% in their monthly health insurance premiums.
* However, Kiggans said in September that the credit, which has benefited tens of thousands of her constituents, should be eliminated after 2026. According to a Sept. 15 Politico report, she told the outlet, "It's time to end these tax credits, but when it comes to health care, it's not quite as easy as letting them expire, especially when it's something at the end of the calendar year."
* A Kiggans spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment for this story.
* While Kiggans promotes herself as having been called "one of the most bipartisan Members of the U.S. House of Representatives," she has voted with Trump 100% of the time on key issues, according to a September analysis by the Center for American Progress Action Fund. She voted for Trump's so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which included $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and other health programs. She cast that vote after signing a letter promising to oppose a final bill that "includes any reduction in Medicaid coverage for vulnerable populations."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/report-kiggans-said-during-2022-campaign-that-shed-like-to-eliminate-obamacare/
Nobody Likes Scott Perry
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Nobody Likes Scott Perry
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Things are not going well for the vulnerable Republican
Congressman Scott Perry's extremism appears to be catching up to him.
New polling today shows Perry deeply underwater with Central Pennsylvania voters. 53% of voters disapprove of the job he's doing in Congress, compared to only 36% who approve ( a whopping -17 point margin ).
And Perry is facing a primary fight from his own party, setting up a messy intra-party brawl that will leave Perry even
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Nobody Likes Scott Perry
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Things are not going well for the vulnerable Republican
Congressman Scott Perry's extremism appears to be catching up to him.
New polling today shows Perry deeply underwater with Central Pennsylvania voters. 53% of voters disapprove of the job he's doing in Congress, compared to only 36% who approve ( a whopping -17 point margin ).
And Perry is facing a primary fight from his own party, setting up a messy intra-party brawl that will leave Perry evenmore damaged.
Perry's unpopularity might have something to do with the fact that Perry opposes action to prevent skyrocketing health care costs - even saying that extending ACA tax credits would be a "colossal mistake. "
DCCC Spokesperson Eli Cousin:
"Scott Perry has spent more than a decade in Washington hurting Central Pennsylvanians by acting as an extremist instead of working to make life more affordable. It's clear that Pennsylvanians of all political stripes have had enough."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/nobody-likes-scott-perry/
ICYMI: Ohioans Struggle With Higher Costs Under Jon Husted
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 3 -- The Ohio Democratic Party posted the following news:
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ICYMI: Ohioans Struggle With Higher Costs Under Jon Husted
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Columbus, Ohio Whether it's groceries, food, or health care, Ohioans are paying more thanks to Jon Husted's affordability crisis.
Husted's reckless tariffs are driving up prices across the board, and his votes on health care are sending premiums soaring. Instead of fighting to lower costs, Husted has doubled down, saying that critics " are wrong " about the tariffs, they " haven't affected the economy negatively," and " the policies are working.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 3 -- The Ohio Democratic Party posted the following news:
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ICYMI: Ohioans Struggle With Higher Costs Under Jon Husted
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Columbus, Ohio Whether it's groceries, food, or health care, Ohioans are paying more thanks to Jon Husted's affordability crisis.
Husted's reckless tariffs are driving up prices across the board, and his votes on health care are sending premiums soaring. Instead of fighting to lower costs, Husted has doubled down, saying that critics " are wrong " about the tariffs, they " haven't affected the economy negatively," and " the policies are working."
See For Yourself:
Kent Stater: Tariffs hit local businesses in Northeast Ohio
* Local manufacturers and business owners are feeling the trickle-down impact on many key products they import.
* "It's a lot of extra things now that I have to do to make up for not being able to get the other things," local artist and dice maker, Faith Burns, said.
* "The lack of stability this year, the chaos at the federal government level, has made it tough for companies to know where they're going next, what income they're going to have," John Kelly, the director of business development at the Tuscarawas County Economic Development Corporation, said.
* At a local Kent coffee shop, sourcing coffee beans is driving up their costs, meaning they are passing a 5% fee on bags of coffee onto their customers.
Axios: Tariffs are shaking up Ohio manufacturing
* Driving the news: One-third of Ohio manufacturers say tariffs have already affected their sales, according to the report.
* By the numbers: Two in five surveyed say rising raw material costs are hindering growth.
* Cases of "significant" cost pressure jumped from 7.7% in 2023 to 10.9% in 2025.
* 30% say political uncertainty is slowing growth, the highest level since tracking began in 2018.
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Original text here: https://ohiodems.org/icymi-ohioans-struggle-with-higher-costs-under-jon-husted/
Democratic Overperformance in Tennessee Sets the Stage for Democrats to Take Back the House in 2026
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Democratic Overperformance in Tennessee Sets the Stage for Democrats to Take Back the House in 2026
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Tonight, House Republicans suffered the latest in a long line of electoral disappointments - this time in a district Trump won by 22 points. After spending more than $3.3 million to defend the previously solidly Republican TN-07, Republicans only managed to hold on to the seat, underperforming their 2024 margin by 13 points.
As voters continue to abandon House Republicans over their
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Democratic Overperformance in Tennessee Sets the Stage for Democrats to Take Back the House in 2026
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Tonight, House Republicans suffered the latest in a long line of electoral disappointments - this time in a district Trump won by 22 points. After spending more than $3.3 million to defend the previously solidly Republican TN-07, Republicans only managed to hold on to the seat, underperforming their 2024 margin by 13 points.
As voters continue to abandon House Republicans over theirfailed agenda of higher health care costs, higher prices at the grocery store, and tax cuts for billionaires, Democrats are ready to build on this momentum.
Already on the DCCC's Districts in Play are numerous congressional districts that have voted for Republicans in most recent elections, but are now undoubtedly in play including:
* Andy Ogles, TN-05
* Monica De La Cruz, TX-15
* Open, KY-06
* Maria Elvira Salazar, FL-27
* Eli Crane, AZ-02
* Cory Mills, FL-07
* Anna Paulina Luna, FL-13
* Open, IA-02
* Rob Bresnahan PA-08
DCCC Spokesperson Madison Andrus:
"Tonight's election results prove exactly what the DCCC has known all along - Democrats are on offense not just in the standard swing districts but in red terrain across the country. Our expansive battlefield shows that Democrats are ready to fight in rural districts, in Latino communities, in Trump country, and everywhere in between. House Republicans are officially on notice - Democrats are taking back the majority in 2026."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/democratic-overperformance-in-tennessee-sets-the-stage-for-democrats-to-take-back-the-house-in-2026/
After Years of Calling for the Repeal of the Affordable Care Act, Zach Nunn Hypocritically Tries to Convince Voters Otherwise
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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After Years of Calling for the Repeal of the Affordable Care Act, Zach Nunn Hypocritically Tries to Convince Voters Otherwise
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Zach Nunn has a long record of bashing and undermining the Affordable Care Act.
With less than a month until ACA tax credits expire, causing health care costs to skyrocket for millions of Americans, vulnerable House Republicans like Nunn - facing the most competitive races of their careers - are hypocritically making half-hearted statements and pretending
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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After Years of Calling for the Repeal of the Affordable Care Act, Zach Nunn Hypocritically Tries to Convince Voters Otherwise
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Zach Nunn has a long record of bashing and undermining the Affordable Care Act.
With less than a month until ACA tax credits expire, causing health care costs to skyrocket for millions of Americans, vulnerable House Republicans like Nunn - facing the most competitive races of their careers - are hypocritically making half-hearted statements and pretendingthey want to save the ACA because they know the GOP health care crisis will cost them their jobs.
In a desperate attempt to look like he is doing something to lower health care costs, Nunn still found a way to insult the ACA. Speaking to the press this week when asked about the soon-to-expire ACA tax credits, Nunn said:
"We can't keep asking taxpayers to bankroll a broken system."
And, Nunn even claimed that the ACA tax credits have " been driving up the health care costs for everybody... by double digits. "
Nunn has no real interest in saving the tax credits and no amount of phony attempts to rewrite his own record will change that. The truth is Nunn and House Republicans have no plan to address the health care crisis. In fact, Deputy Speaker Mike Johnson lobbied the White House to crush any attempts to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits and, according to Punchbowl News, House Republicans' efforts to convince Trump to let the tax credits expire is working.
DCCC Spokesperson Katie Smith :
"After trying to destroy it for years, Zach Nunn is waking up to the reality that his opposition to the Affordable Care Act will cost him his job next year. No amount of phony rhetoric or lies will change that. The DCCC will not let so-called Republican moderates like Nunn trick voters after refusing to do a single thing to address the health care crisis they created."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/after-years-of-calling-for-the-repeal-of-the-affordable-care-act-zach-nunn-hypocritically-tries-to-convince-voters-otherwise/
