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Texas Democratic Party: Corrupt Ken Paxton Slammed For Selling Out To Data Center Donors While Stalling AG Decision
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 14 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news release:
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Corrupt Ken Paxton Slammed For Selling Out To Data Center Donors While Stalling AG Decision
San Antonio Current: "Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate campaign has pulled in nearly $450,000 in data center donations"
KERA: "Data center industry contributes thousands to Paxton campaign"
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Corrupt Ken Paxton is under fire from Texans for raking in "hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from the data center industry as Texans grow increasingly concerned about rampant development of the massive computing ... Show Full Article AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 14 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Corrupt Ken Paxton Slammed For Selling Out To Data Center Donors While Stalling AG Decision San Antonio Current: "Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate campaign has pulled in nearly $450,000 in data center donations" KERA: "Data center industry contributes thousands to Paxton campaign" - Corrupt Ken Paxton is under fire from Texans for raking in "hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from the data center industry as Texans grow increasingly concerned about rampant development of the massive computingcenters."
A bombshell investigation found that while Paxton has been stalling decisions on data centers as Attorney General, his donations from data center CEOs and special interests "exploded" to nearly $448,000. A Texan impacted by one of the data centers in Hood County that Paxton refused to weigh in on said Paxton's donations clearly go "hand-in-hand with that lack of response or really any response relative to data centers."
Read more below:
San Antonio Current: Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate campaign has pulled in nearly $450,000 in data center donations (https://www.sacurrent.com/news/ken-paxtons-u-s-senate-campaign-has-pulled-in-nearly-450000-in-data-center-donations/)
August 11, 2026
By Stephanie Koithan
* Republican Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate campaign has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from the data center industry as Texans grow increasingly concerned about rampant development of the massive computing centers, political news outlet NOTUS reports.
* Through June, Paxton's campaign has received at least $448,000 from executives and political committees of companies building, operating and investing in data centers, NOTUS reports. The investigation reviewed Federal Election Commission reports filed by several related political committees, including Paxton's campaign, his leadership PAC, his joint fundraising committees and a pro-Paxton super PAC called Lone Star Liberty PAC.
* Paxton, who currently serves as Texas' attorney general, has remained relatively mum on the topic.
* In February, Hood County asked Paxton's office if it had the authority to temporarily block data center development. He still hasn't weighed in.
* Instead, during a May appearance on entrepreneurial podcast Valuetainment, Paxton called the issue "complicated." He framed the AI boom as a balancing act between staying competitive with "the enemy," China, and protecting Texas residents' quality of life.
* Meanwhile, bipartisan opposition is rising up in Texas against the nation's biggest AI boom.
* Data centers have rushed into Texas to capitalize on the state's tax incentives, reliable grid, wide open spaces and lax regulations. Yet a majority of Texans oppose data centers, according to a June poll by the University of Texas' nonpartisan Texas Politics Project.
* In contrast to Paxton's murky pronouncements on data centers, his Democratic opponent in the November midterm elections, State Rep. James Talarico, is calling for more regulation of the industry. That includes repealing Texas' data center sales-tax exemption.
* The RealClearPolling average puts Talarico slightly ahead in the race. He also has significantly more money than his scandal-mired Republican opponent.
* Despite the influx of data center donations, Paxton has only managed to raise roughly half as much as Talarico's campaign as the contentious race enters the summer home stretch.
* Paxton's war chest reached $9.3 million as of June 30 with almost $1.8 million in cash on hand, according to the latest report to the FEC. However, the Talarico campaign had $21.5 million in cash on hand as of June 30, according to its latest FEC filing.
KERA: Data center industry contributes thousands to Paxton campaign (https://www.keranews.org/news/2026-08-11/data-center-industry-contributes-thousands-to-ken-paxton-campaign-texas-attorney-general-james-talarico)
August 11, 2026
By Caroline Love
* FEC filings show Paxton's campaign received at least $448,000 in donations from data center industry CEOs and political action committees.
* The data center industry has donated thousands to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Senate campaign as Hood County waits for a ruling from his office on a its authority to impose a moratorium.
* Paxton's political operation received at least $448,000 as of June from executives and political committees of data center companies to his according to reporting from the Washington-based digital news outlet NOTUS, which covers government and politics.
* Hood County asked the Attorney General for a ruling in February on its authority to pause the development of data centers after resident pushback. The ruling is still pending according to the Attorney General's website.
* James Talarico, Paxton's Democratic opponent in the U.S. Senate race, called for regulating data centers at a rally in Arlington last week.
* "If data center companies can't meet our demands, they shouldn't be built in our communities," Talarico said.
* He also proposed establishing an AI dividend, giving Americans a portion of the profits from data centers.
* Hood County has dealt with months-long tension over proposed data centers, with residents raising concerns about water consumption, wastewater treatment, traffic, property values, noise and potential impacts to the county's rural character. The county approved the concept plan for the Comanche Circle data center development in June.
* In nearby Somervell County, commissioners unanimously approved a resolution in May opposing new data centers and a letter calling on lawmakers to increase regulation. Gov. Greg Abbott issued a directive last week announcing that no new data centers could connect to the Texas power grid until state regulators conducted a thorough review of their energy and water usage, as well as their impact on nearby communities.
* Paxton's campaign donations from the data center industry aren't surprising, said Brian Crawford, whose property is near the Comanche Circle project that was recently approved in Hood County.
* "I assume that that goes hand-in-hand with that lack of response or really any response relative to data centers," Crawford said.
* Black Mountain Energy Storage, whose vice president of land donated $17,000 to PACs associated with Paxton's campaign in May according to FEC filings, is building another data center in Fort Worth near Crawford's home.
* Paxton told Valuetainment, a business podcast, in May the issue of AI data centers is complicated. He said the U.S. needs to outpace China in AI, but he understands why there's pushback.
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Original text here: https://www.texasdemocrats.org/media/corrupt-ken-paxton-slammed-for-selling-out-to-data-center-donors-while-stalling-ag-decision
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Corrupt Ken Paxton Slammed For Selling Out To Data Center Donors While Stalling AG Decision
San Antonio Current: "Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate campaign has pulled in nearly $450,000 in data center donations"
KERA: "Data center industry contributes thousands to Paxton campaign"
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Corrupt Ken Paxton is under fire from Texans for raking in "hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from the data center industry as Texans grow increasingly concerned about rampant development of the massive computing ... Show Full Article AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 14 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Corrupt Ken Paxton Slammed For Selling Out To Data Center Donors While Stalling AG Decision San Antonio Current: "Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate campaign has pulled in nearly $450,000 in data center donations" KERA: "Data center industry contributes thousands to Paxton campaign" - Corrupt Ken Paxton is under fire from Texans for raking in "hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from the data center industry as Texans grow increasingly concerned about rampant development of the massive computingcenters."
A bombshell investigation found that while Paxton has been stalling decisions on data centers as Attorney General, his donations from data center CEOs and special interests "exploded" to nearly $448,000. A Texan impacted by one of the data centers in Hood County that Paxton refused to weigh in on said Paxton's donations clearly go "hand-in-hand with that lack of response or really any response relative to data centers."
Read more below:
San Antonio Current: Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate campaign has pulled in nearly $450,000 in data center donations (https://www.sacurrent.com/news/ken-paxtons-u-s-senate-campaign-has-pulled-in-nearly-450000-in-data-center-donations/)
August 11, 2026
By Stephanie Koithan
* Republican Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate campaign has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from the data center industry as Texans grow increasingly concerned about rampant development of the massive computing centers, political news outlet NOTUS reports.
* Through June, Paxton's campaign has received at least $448,000 from executives and political committees of companies building, operating and investing in data centers, NOTUS reports. The investigation reviewed Federal Election Commission reports filed by several related political committees, including Paxton's campaign, his leadership PAC, his joint fundraising committees and a pro-Paxton super PAC called Lone Star Liberty PAC.
* Paxton, who currently serves as Texas' attorney general, has remained relatively mum on the topic.
* In February, Hood County asked Paxton's office if it had the authority to temporarily block data center development. He still hasn't weighed in.
* Instead, during a May appearance on entrepreneurial podcast Valuetainment, Paxton called the issue "complicated." He framed the AI boom as a balancing act between staying competitive with "the enemy," China, and protecting Texas residents' quality of life.
* Meanwhile, bipartisan opposition is rising up in Texas against the nation's biggest AI boom.
* Data centers have rushed into Texas to capitalize on the state's tax incentives, reliable grid, wide open spaces and lax regulations. Yet a majority of Texans oppose data centers, according to a June poll by the University of Texas' nonpartisan Texas Politics Project.
* In contrast to Paxton's murky pronouncements on data centers, his Democratic opponent in the November midterm elections, State Rep. James Talarico, is calling for more regulation of the industry. That includes repealing Texas' data center sales-tax exemption.
* The RealClearPolling average puts Talarico slightly ahead in the race. He also has significantly more money than his scandal-mired Republican opponent.
* Despite the influx of data center donations, Paxton has only managed to raise roughly half as much as Talarico's campaign as the contentious race enters the summer home stretch.
* Paxton's war chest reached $9.3 million as of June 30 with almost $1.8 million in cash on hand, according to the latest report to the FEC. However, the Talarico campaign had $21.5 million in cash on hand as of June 30, according to its latest FEC filing.
KERA: Data center industry contributes thousands to Paxton campaign (https://www.keranews.org/news/2026-08-11/data-center-industry-contributes-thousands-to-ken-paxton-campaign-texas-attorney-general-james-talarico)
August 11, 2026
By Caroline Love
* FEC filings show Paxton's campaign received at least $448,000 in donations from data center industry CEOs and political action committees.
* The data center industry has donated thousands to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Senate campaign as Hood County waits for a ruling from his office on a its authority to impose a moratorium.
* Paxton's political operation received at least $448,000 as of June from executives and political committees of data center companies to his according to reporting from the Washington-based digital news outlet NOTUS, which covers government and politics.
* Hood County asked the Attorney General for a ruling in February on its authority to pause the development of data centers after resident pushback. The ruling is still pending according to the Attorney General's website.
* James Talarico, Paxton's Democratic opponent in the U.S. Senate race, called for regulating data centers at a rally in Arlington last week.
* "If data center companies can't meet our demands, they shouldn't be built in our communities," Talarico said.
* He also proposed establishing an AI dividend, giving Americans a portion of the profits from data centers.
* Hood County has dealt with months-long tension over proposed data centers, with residents raising concerns about water consumption, wastewater treatment, traffic, property values, noise and potential impacts to the county's rural character. The county approved the concept plan for the Comanche Circle data center development in June.
* In nearby Somervell County, commissioners unanimously approved a resolution in May opposing new data centers and a letter calling on lawmakers to increase regulation. Gov. Greg Abbott issued a directive last week announcing that no new data centers could connect to the Texas power grid until state regulators conducted a thorough review of their energy and water usage, as well as their impact on nearby communities.
* Paxton's campaign donations from the data center industry aren't surprising, said Brian Crawford, whose property is near the Comanche Circle project that was recently approved in Hood County.
* "I assume that that goes hand-in-hand with that lack of response or really any response relative to data centers," Crawford said.
* Black Mountain Energy Storage, whose vice president of land donated $17,000 to PACs associated with Paxton's campaign in May according to FEC filings, is building another data center in Fort Worth near Crawford's home.
* Paxton told Valuetainment, a business podcast, in May the issue of AI data centers is complicated. He said the U.S. needs to outpace China in AI, but he understands why there's pushback.
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Original text here: https://www.texasdemocrats.org/media/corrupt-ken-paxton-slammed-for-selling-out-to-data-center-donors-while-stalling-ag-decision
NRCC: Comrade Jamie Ager's Commie College
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news:
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Comrade Jamie Ager's Commie College
Jamie Ager has taken every step possible to hide the fact that he's a partisan Democrat bankrolled by DC insiders, but he can't hide his own personal history.
Ager attended Warren Wilson College, a small liberal arts school that describes itself as "radically inclusive" and boasts an environment that features a "progressive promise for all" and "climate forward experiential learning."
The school gets even more bizarre. The school "closely resembles a communist ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Comrade Jamie Ager's Commie College Jamie Ager has taken every step possible to hide the fact that he's a partisan Democrat bankrolled by DC insiders, but he can't hide his own personal history. Ager attended Warren Wilson College, a small liberal arts school that describes itself as "radically inclusive" and boasts an environment that features a "progressive promise for all" and "climate forward experiential learning." The school gets even more bizarre. The school "closely resembles a communistlabor camp" and employs a professor who "contributed columns to propaganda outlet China Daily for years."
Is Ager hoping to take the pro-communist CCP-apologist lessons he learned in college to Washington?
"Jamie Ager is little more than another radical Democrat trying to sell voters a phony image. Ager's personal history and DC Democrat backers expose him for who he truly is: another radical, far-left extremist pushing high taxes and open borders on North Carolinians." - NRCC Spokesman Reilly Richardson
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Original text here: https://www.nrcc.org/2026/08/12/comrade-jamie-agers-commie-college/
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Comrade Jamie Ager's Commie College
Jamie Ager has taken every step possible to hide the fact that he's a partisan Democrat bankrolled by DC insiders, but he can't hide his own personal history.
Ager attended Warren Wilson College, a small liberal arts school that describes itself as "radically inclusive" and boasts an environment that features a "progressive promise for all" and "climate forward experiential learning."
The school gets even more bizarre. The school "closely resembles a communist ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Comrade Jamie Ager's Commie College Jamie Ager has taken every step possible to hide the fact that he's a partisan Democrat bankrolled by DC insiders, but he can't hide his own personal history. Ager attended Warren Wilson College, a small liberal arts school that describes itself as "radically inclusive" and boasts an environment that features a "progressive promise for all" and "climate forward experiential learning." The school gets even more bizarre. The school "closely resembles a communistlabor camp" and employs a professor who "contributed columns to propaganda outlet China Daily for years."
Is Ager hoping to take the pro-communist CCP-apologist lessons he learned in college to Washington?
"Jamie Ager is little more than another radical Democrat trying to sell voters a phony image. Ager's personal history and DC Democrat backers expose him for who he truly is: another radical, far-left extremist pushing high taxes and open borders on North Carolinians." - NRCC Spokesman Reilly Richardson
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Original text here: https://www.nrcc.org/2026/08/12/comrade-jamie-agers-commie-college/
ICYMI: GOP Senate Candidates Are Threatening Medicare and Medicaid [American Journal News]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 12, 2026:
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ICYMI: GOP Senate Candidates Are Threatening Medicare and Medicaid [American Journal News]
In case you missed it, new reporting from American Journal News is exposing Republican Senate candidates who have "expressed an interest in cutting or eliminating [Medicare and Medicaid], which provide health insurance to more than 123 million people."
In key Senate battleground states across the country, from Florida to Alaska, GOP Senate candidates have long, sometimes decades-long, ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 12, 2026: * * * ICYMI: GOP Senate Candidates Are Threatening Medicare and Medicaid [American Journal News] In case you missed it, new reporting from American Journal News is exposing Republican Senate candidates who have "expressed an interest in cutting or eliminating [Medicare and Medicaid], which provide health insurance to more than 123 million people." In key Senate battleground states across the country, from Florida to Alaska, GOP Senate candidates have long, sometimes decades-long,records of working to gut these programs - which have served as lifelines for over 100 million Americans.
As a result of the toxic Republican plan - supported by every Republican running for Senate - more than 15 million Americans are projected to lose health insurance, including 7.5 million Medicaid enrollees, as well as hundreds of hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes put at risk as a result.
See for yourself:
American Journal News: GOP Senate candidates are threatening Medicare and Medicaid (https://americanjournalnews.com/gop-senate-candidates-are-threatening-medicare-and-medicaid/)
* Medicare and Medicaid have been around for 61 years, but they may not make it to 62 if the GOP retains control of the U.S. Senate.
* Several Republicans competing in marquee Senate races have expressed an interest in cutting or eliminating both programs, which provide health insurance to more than 123 million people. Medicaid covers low-income Americans, while Medicare is for those 65 and older or with disabilities. About 13 million people are enrolled in both programs.
* Medicaid took a major hit last year when House and Senate Republicans passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), a sweeping budget law that will cut $1 trillion from the program to fund tax breaks for the wealthy. About 12 million Americans are expected to lose health insurance as a result.
* Florida Sen. Ashley Moody celebrated OBBB's passage, even though it will rip health insurance away from 2.2 million of her own constituents.
* "Today is a historic moment for the American people [...]," Moody said in a July 2025 press release, shortly before OBBB became law.
* The law also hit hospitals and health care providers that depend on Medicaid reimbursements for revenue. These providers are often in rural or low-income areas where patients are more likely to be Medicaid recipients. A Health Justice Project analysis found that 23% of Florida's rural hospitals were at risk of closure before the cuts took effect, making the outlook even worse.
* A similar dynamic is at play in Alaska, where OBBB has put at least seven hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes into dire straits. Sen. Dan Sullivan supported OBBB [...]
* Sullivan has also cast multiple votes threatening Medicare, including voting to advance a 2017 budget resolution that sought to turn it into a voucher program.
* Health policy experts say vouchers would be unlikely to keep pace with inflation, forcing seniors to spend more out of pocket. Vouchers would also further reduce revenues for providers that treat Medicare beneficiaries.
* Maine Sen. Susan Collins also voted to advance the voucher proposal. She cast a similar vote to advance OBBB [...]
* Georgia Rep. Mike Collins, who is now running for the U.S. Senate, helped whip votes to get OBBB over the finish line in the House. In June, WDRW reported that the law's Medicaid cuts were endangering access to therapy for hundreds of special-needs kids.
* "I don't know what to tell these patients and I hate it for them," said Kate Phillips, director of patient services at TOTS, an Atlanta clinic offering pediatric speech and occupational therapy. "This is going to be catastrophic for them."
* Iowa Rep. Ashley Hinson also backed OBBB and was a member of the House Republican Study Committee when it proposed turning Medicare into a voucher program.
* All of these lawmakers have also shown a willingness to cut or eliminate the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), which could put both Medicaid and Medicare at risk. Obamacare expanded access to Medicaid and extended the solvency of Medicare.
* A KFF tracking poll finds that Medicaid and Medicare are extremely popular with American voters. About 82% have a positive view of Medicare, while 75% view Medicaid favorably. About 62% rank health care costs as their top economic concern.
* The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), which works to elect Democrats to the U.S. Senate, is making Republican hostility to Medicaid and Medicare a theme of the upcoming midterms.
* "Across the map, Senate Republicans are on record supporting cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, and now that they've put these programs on the chopping block in order to grant tax giveaways to their billionaire campaign backers," said DSCC spokesperson Maeve Coyle.
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Original text here: https://www.dscc.org/article/icymi-gop-senate-candidates-are-threatening-medicare-and-medicaid-american-journal-news/
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ICYMI: GOP Senate Candidates Are Threatening Medicare and Medicaid [American Journal News]
In case you missed it, new reporting from American Journal News is exposing Republican Senate candidates who have "expressed an interest in cutting or eliminating [Medicare and Medicaid], which provide health insurance to more than 123 million people."
In key Senate battleground states across the country, from Florida to Alaska, GOP Senate candidates have long, sometimes decades-long, ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 12, 2026: * * * ICYMI: GOP Senate Candidates Are Threatening Medicare and Medicaid [American Journal News] In case you missed it, new reporting from American Journal News is exposing Republican Senate candidates who have "expressed an interest in cutting or eliminating [Medicare and Medicaid], which provide health insurance to more than 123 million people." In key Senate battleground states across the country, from Florida to Alaska, GOP Senate candidates have long, sometimes decades-long,records of working to gut these programs - which have served as lifelines for over 100 million Americans.
As a result of the toxic Republican plan - supported by every Republican running for Senate - more than 15 million Americans are projected to lose health insurance, including 7.5 million Medicaid enrollees, as well as hundreds of hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes put at risk as a result.
See for yourself:
American Journal News: GOP Senate candidates are threatening Medicare and Medicaid (https://americanjournalnews.com/gop-senate-candidates-are-threatening-medicare-and-medicaid/)
* Medicare and Medicaid have been around for 61 years, but they may not make it to 62 if the GOP retains control of the U.S. Senate.
* Several Republicans competing in marquee Senate races have expressed an interest in cutting or eliminating both programs, which provide health insurance to more than 123 million people. Medicaid covers low-income Americans, while Medicare is for those 65 and older or with disabilities. About 13 million people are enrolled in both programs.
* Medicaid took a major hit last year when House and Senate Republicans passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), a sweeping budget law that will cut $1 trillion from the program to fund tax breaks for the wealthy. About 12 million Americans are expected to lose health insurance as a result.
* Florida Sen. Ashley Moody celebrated OBBB's passage, even though it will rip health insurance away from 2.2 million of her own constituents.
* "Today is a historic moment for the American people [...]," Moody said in a July 2025 press release, shortly before OBBB became law.
* The law also hit hospitals and health care providers that depend on Medicaid reimbursements for revenue. These providers are often in rural or low-income areas where patients are more likely to be Medicaid recipients. A Health Justice Project analysis found that 23% of Florida's rural hospitals were at risk of closure before the cuts took effect, making the outlook even worse.
* A similar dynamic is at play in Alaska, where OBBB has put at least seven hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes into dire straits. Sen. Dan Sullivan supported OBBB [...]
* Sullivan has also cast multiple votes threatening Medicare, including voting to advance a 2017 budget resolution that sought to turn it into a voucher program.
* Health policy experts say vouchers would be unlikely to keep pace with inflation, forcing seniors to spend more out of pocket. Vouchers would also further reduce revenues for providers that treat Medicare beneficiaries.
* Maine Sen. Susan Collins also voted to advance the voucher proposal. She cast a similar vote to advance OBBB [...]
* Georgia Rep. Mike Collins, who is now running for the U.S. Senate, helped whip votes to get OBBB over the finish line in the House. In June, WDRW reported that the law's Medicaid cuts were endangering access to therapy for hundreds of special-needs kids.
* "I don't know what to tell these patients and I hate it for them," said Kate Phillips, director of patient services at TOTS, an Atlanta clinic offering pediatric speech and occupational therapy. "This is going to be catastrophic for them."
* Iowa Rep. Ashley Hinson also backed OBBB and was a member of the House Republican Study Committee when it proposed turning Medicare into a voucher program.
* All of these lawmakers have also shown a willingness to cut or eliminate the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), which could put both Medicaid and Medicare at risk. Obamacare expanded access to Medicaid and extended the solvency of Medicare.
* A KFF tracking poll finds that Medicaid and Medicare are extremely popular with American voters. About 82% have a positive view of Medicare, while 75% view Medicaid favorably. About 62% rank health care costs as their top economic concern.
* The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), which works to elect Democrats to the U.S. Senate, is making Republican hostility to Medicaid and Medicare a theme of the upcoming midterms.
* "Across the map, Senate Republicans are on record supporting cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, and now that they've put these programs on the chopping block in order to grant tax giveaways to their billionaire campaign backers," said DSCC spokesperson Maeve Coyle.
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Original text here: https://www.dscc.org/article/icymi-gop-senate-candidates-are-threatening-medicare-and-medicaid-american-journal-news/
IN HIS OWN WORDS: Greg Cunningham is Too Extreme for New Mexico
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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IN HIS OWN WORDS: Greg Cunningham is Too Extreme for New Mexico
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It's been a banner few weeks for Greg Cunningham proving just how extreme, callous, and out of touch he is with the New Mexico families.
In his own words, Cunningham has made clear he'll be a rubberstamp to Trump and the MAGA wing of his party, cheer on a reckless war even as families feel the crushing economic costs, disparage New Mexicans who rely on SNAP and Medicaid, and dismiss the lawless targeting ofAmerican ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * IN HIS OWN WORDS: Greg Cunningham is Too Extreme for New Mexico * It's been a banner few weeks for Greg Cunningham proving just how extreme, callous, and out of touch he is with the New Mexico families. In his own words, Cunningham has made clear he'll be a rubberstamp to Trump and the MAGA wing of his party, cheer on a reckless war even as families feel the crushing economic costs, disparage New Mexicans who rely on SNAP and Medicaid, and dismiss the lawless targeting ofAmericancitizens at the hands of ICE, which have resulted in tragic deaths as "collateral damage":
Just take his word for it:
Cunningham On Americans Targeted by ICE Operations:
* "On camera, in the same weeks federal agents were killing citizens in Minneapolis, Cunningham described the people caught up in ICE operations -including bystanders who might be family or coworkers -as expendable."
* CUNNINGHAM: "They got to go, so they are collateral damage..."
* Asked about the deaths piling up around enforcement operations nationally -federal agents shot 14 people between September 2025 and February 2026, according to the record -Cunningham didn't point at ICE. He pointed at the public. "The public needs training too."
* People who show up to protest ICE, in Cunningham's telling, aren't exercising a constitutional right. They're the enemy.
* "I can tell you that they are anarchists. They hate America...they are just professional antagonists, and they have to be dealt with individually."
* Cunningham...[also told] one interviewer that "immigration without assimilation is an invasion."
Cunningham On New Mexicans Losing Health Care and Food Assistance:
* Vasquez's Republican challenger, Greg Cunningham, lamented in a June radio interview that New Mexico is a net taker of federal revenue and that New Mexicans have lost their work ethic.
* CUNNINGHAM: "When you accept government acceptance, I mean assistance as a way of life, you're enslaved...Your ceiling is capped. Other people are making decisions for you, and as a human being, I think that that is fundamentally wrong."
Cunningham On the Reckless War-of-Choice in Iran Raising New Mexicans' Costs:
* CUNNINGHAM: "I...applaud the president for doing the right thing...I believe that [high prices are] temporary, the spike that we're seeing with the conflict... is temporary, and to hang on, we're going to get through it."
* CUNNINGHAM: "Yes, things are a little tight right now... [but] yes, I do support [the war]."
Cunningham On His Pledge to End All Abortion in New Mexico:
* CUNNINGHAM: "I have my beliefs. I will remain consistent to my beliefs, and that's where I stand on that."
DCCC Spokesperson Anna Elsasser:
"Greg Cunningham has no respect for the New Mexicans he wants to represent. His own words expose exactly who he is: callous, dangerously extreme, and completely out of touch with New Mexico."
Read more:
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/in-his-own-words-greg-cunningham-is-too-extreme-for-new-mexico/
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IN HIS OWN WORDS: Greg Cunningham is Too Extreme for New Mexico
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It's been a banner few weeks for Greg Cunningham proving just how extreme, callous, and out of touch he is with the New Mexico families.
In his own words, Cunningham has made clear he'll be a rubberstamp to Trump and the MAGA wing of his party, cheer on a reckless war even as families feel the crushing economic costs, disparage New Mexicans who rely on SNAP and Medicaid, and dismiss the lawless targeting ofAmerican ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * IN HIS OWN WORDS: Greg Cunningham is Too Extreme for New Mexico * It's been a banner few weeks for Greg Cunningham proving just how extreme, callous, and out of touch he is with the New Mexico families. In his own words, Cunningham has made clear he'll be a rubberstamp to Trump and the MAGA wing of his party, cheer on a reckless war even as families feel the crushing economic costs, disparage New Mexicans who rely on SNAP and Medicaid, and dismiss the lawless targeting ofAmericancitizens at the hands of ICE, which have resulted in tragic deaths as "collateral damage":
Just take his word for it:
Cunningham On Americans Targeted by ICE Operations:
* "On camera, in the same weeks federal agents were killing citizens in Minneapolis, Cunningham described the people caught up in ICE operations -including bystanders who might be family or coworkers -as expendable."
* CUNNINGHAM: "They got to go, so they are collateral damage..."
* Asked about the deaths piling up around enforcement operations nationally -federal agents shot 14 people between September 2025 and February 2026, according to the record -Cunningham didn't point at ICE. He pointed at the public. "The public needs training too."
* People who show up to protest ICE, in Cunningham's telling, aren't exercising a constitutional right. They're the enemy.
* "I can tell you that they are anarchists. They hate America...they are just professional antagonists, and they have to be dealt with individually."
* Cunningham...[also told] one interviewer that "immigration without assimilation is an invasion."
Cunningham On New Mexicans Losing Health Care and Food Assistance:
* Vasquez's Republican challenger, Greg Cunningham, lamented in a June radio interview that New Mexico is a net taker of federal revenue and that New Mexicans have lost their work ethic.
* CUNNINGHAM: "When you accept government acceptance, I mean assistance as a way of life, you're enslaved...Your ceiling is capped. Other people are making decisions for you, and as a human being, I think that that is fundamentally wrong."
Cunningham On the Reckless War-of-Choice in Iran Raising New Mexicans' Costs:
* CUNNINGHAM: "I...applaud the president for doing the right thing...I believe that [high prices are] temporary, the spike that we're seeing with the conflict... is temporary, and to hang on, we're going to get through it."
* CUNNINGHAM: "Yes, things are a little tight right now... [but] yes, I do support [the war]."
Cunningham On His Pledge to End All Abortion in New Mexico:
* CUNNINGHAM: "I have my beliefs. I will remain consistent to my beliefs, and that's where I stand on that."
DCCC Spokesperson Anna Elsasser:
"Greg Cunningham has no respect for the New Mexicans he wants to represent. His own words expose exactly who he is: callous, dangerously extreme, and completely out of touch with New Mexico."
Read more:
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CNN: Why Republicans think they can save their House majority at the US-Mexico border
Courier New Mexico: Meet the Megachurch Pastor's Pick to Flip New Mexico's House Seat
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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: Democrats On Offense, Slam GOP Health Care Cuts Devastating Their States
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 12, 2026:
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Democrats On Offense, Slam GOP Health Care Cuts Devastating Their States
Democrats in key Senate battleground states continue to go on offense, blanketing the airwaves and sounding the alarm at protests and local roundtables about the devastating impact of Republicans' health care cuts as rural hospitals shutter, labor and delivery units close, and hundreds of thousands of children, seniors, and veterans' families see their health care costs spike or lose their health ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 12, 2026: * * * Democrats On Offense, Slam GOP Health Care Cuts Devastating Their States Democrats in key Senate battleground states continue to go on offense, blanketing the airwaves and sounding the alarm at protests and local roundtables about the devastating impact of Republicans' health care cuts as rural hospitals shutter, labor and delivery units close, and hundreds of thousands of children, seniors, and veterans' families see their health care costs spike or lose their healthcare coverage altogether.
From Alaska to Georgia, Iowa to Maine, Michigan to Mississippi, New Hampshire to North Carolina, and everywhere in between - Democratic candidates, doctors, nurses, caregivers, and patients have been slamming Republicans for their votes to gut Medicaid, hike premiums, and spike prescription drug costs for seniors as voters reject their toxic agenda.
See for yourself:
IN ALASKA:
Alaska Democratic Party: On Medicaid Anniversary, Alaska Leaders & Healthcare Providers Call Out Dan Sullivan's Medicaid Cuts
* "When Johnson signed this bill he said that we should never be indifferent to despair. Right now in Alaska, 10,000 more of our poorest citizens who have gotten kicked off the Medicaid rolls are experiencing that," said Alaska Democratic Party Chair Eric Croft. "Dan Sullivan was the key vote to knock out a major peg of this system."
* "I did make three trips to DC three separate times to meet with Dan Sullivan, and each time I was turned away," said Betty Redd Mendez, a SEIU 775 Member who is a caregiver for her brother, son, and father. "Medicaid cuts are detrimental everywhere in Alaska, we don't have extra resources. The overhaul here in Alaska's health care, for our children and seniors and veterans is hurting health care professionals who care for our loved ones like I do. Even if you aren't on Medicaid, those cuts raise health care costs for all of us."
* "A veteran of the military, most of them have care through the V.A., but their spouses and children do not. When we talk about reduction in Medicaid coverage in Alaska, we are talking about some veterans' families, about 3.4 million children of veterans who are enrolled in Medicaid," said Alaska State Representative Andrew Gray, a veteran and health care provider. "Medicaid in Alaska is a lifesaver, and on the 61st anniversary of the creation of Medicaid, Senator Sullivan needs to answer for the toxic changes to Medicaid that he supported when he cast his deciding vote."
* "I've been a nurse for over 25 plus years. Hundreds of thousands of people here in our state rely on Medicaid to take care of them," said Shannon Davenport, nurse and President of the Alaska Nurses Association. "I don't think that Senator Sullivan understands what it's like to live on a daily basis here in Alaska, when we're paying $10 a gallon for gas, we're paying $16 in the rural areas for milk. My patients come to me and they're asking me, 'Do I eat? Do I pay my bills? Do I pay my rent? Do I keep a roof over my kids head? Or do I have health insurance?'"
Anchorage Daily News: I'm a caregiver. Sen. Dan Sullivan won't answer my questions about Medicaid cuts.
* I've been a caregiver for my family members for almost 28 years, and when I expressed concern about planned Medicaid cuts, Sen. Dan Sullivan refused to meet with me.
* My brother, son and dad all live with me and rely on me for care. When I first learned of Medicaid cuts coming to Alaska, I was immediately concerned.
* Attacking paid family caregiving could overwhelm a system that's already strained, with too few workers and long waiting lists for services.
* But when I went to Washington, D.C., to warn about the impact these cuts would have on Alaskans, Dan Sullivan didn't show up.
* This was just one of three trips I've made where Dan Sullivan has refused to meet with me -- a fellow Alaskan and one of his constituents.
* I'm still waiting on those answers, and he's still trying to take away more. As the senator for Alaska, his vote to gut Medicaid is simply unconscionable.
IN GEORGIA:
Georgia Democratic Party: In Lavonia, Health Care Advocates Address Mike Collins' Vote to Cut Funding for St. Mary's Hospital Ahead of Medicaid, Medicare Anniversary
* "When rural hospitals lose a maternity ward or an emergency department or shuts its doors entirely, the whole community suffers," said Protect our Care State Director Liz Ernst. "Mike Collins cast the vote that helped make these cuts a reality, despite representing communities like Lavonia that depend on rural hospitals to survive. Georgians deserve leaders who will fight to protect and strengthen our healthcare system, not vote to weaken it."
* "Our rural hospitals could be at risk of losing basically half a billion dollars, and Mike Collins supported that, even when it impacted a hospital in his own congressional district that he represents," said St. Mary's Sacred Heart Anesthesiology Nurse Joe Lawrence. "Mike Collins has proven that he doesn't care [...] about the rural hospitals. "
* "I am a registered Republican, actually, and I am a former nurse who worked at St. Mary's Labor and Delivery Unit [...] The last remaining standing labor and delivery unit was truly our hospital here at St. Mary's and Lavonia. Now that it's closed due to Donald Trump's Medicaid cuts, we were forced to shut down," said former St. Mary's Nurse Kara Holden. "Georgia mothers shouldn't be forced to have to make those options. I should not have to make a plan with my healthcare provider for what I do if I deliver on the side of the road. These Medicaid cuts that Mike Collins supports have made that a reality for me and other mothers in the area."
IN IOWA:
MS NOW: Iowa in Play as Democrats Look to Flip U.S. Senate
MS NOW's JEN PSAKI: You talked about the rising cost of living and health care. Those are the top two issues, of course, for Iowans, according to, I should note, a Fox News poll. And there's been some news this week about this, because yesterday the Trump administration announced it is ending Biden-era subsidies that helped keep costs down for medicare drug coverage.
Seniors who will see their premiums go up next year will be notified in the fall, right before the election, which seems like, frankly, insane politics to me. But more importantly, it's very bad policy. Iowa has an aging population. What is the impact of something like that going to be on the people of Iowa?
Iowa Democratic Senate Nominee JOSH TUREK: It's going to be dramatic because we're already in a health care crisis. I mean, we're already leading the nation in cancer rates. Because of the Big Beautiful Bill, we're looking at 110,000 Iowans losing their health care, losing ACA subsidies.
We're looking at 119,000 Iowans seeing their health care premiums double or triple. Just since Ashley Hinson has been elected, we've closed over 300 more health care clinics, and we've opened. It's decimating Iowans.
Iowans recognize that the health care system is fundamentally broken, and they're ready to have somebody in the U.S. Senate, like myself, that is going to go out there and actually fight for them for affordable health care and affordable pharmaceuticals, a livable wage, and affordable housing.
KCAU: Democrats Mark 61st Anniversary of Medicaid
KCAU's NIK WILSON: Approximately 1 in 5 Iowa residents are now enrolled in Medicaid and receive free or low-cost health coverage. At the same time, many of those people argue that Iowa's privatized system and cutbacks are making it harder for them to receive care.
Yesterday marked the 61st anniversary of the signing of the Medicaid law, and local democrats are drawing attention to cutbacks in the Medicaid system that they say have left thousands of Iowans without health coverage.
Medicaid provides assistance for many children, elderly people, and handicapped Iowans, as well as those living in rural areas like Iowa's fourth Congressional district.
Former Iowa State Representative DAVE DAWSON: It's disproportionately represented in rural areas of Iowa, so people have less access to care from employer-based insurance, oftentimes because people are working in the farm economy or as farmers, and they don't have an employer-based health insurance program. So Medicaid is a primary provider.
WILSON: Additional federal Medicaid cuts are scheduled to take effect later this year. Dawson and those at the event called out Representative Ashley Hinson, who is running for U.S. Senate, for supporting these spending cuts, including reductions to Medicaid.
IN MAINE:
MS NOW: Troy Jackson Chosen as New Maine Senate Nominee
MS NOW's JOE SCARBOROUGH: Can you explain how slashing Medicaid impacts working class and middle class people all across Maine?
Maine Democratic Senate Nominee TROY JACKSON: Yeah. I mean, it's very clear. And that's what is happening here in Maine. There's an energy like I've never seen of people that are frustrated; they're fed up. They want a government that works for them. And, cutting Medicaid, we've lost birthing centers in Fort Kent, we've lost birthing centers in Houlton, out on Mount Desert Island, and right now, Lincoln County. And it's only getting worse. We lost the hospital in Waterville.
And the worst thing about this is they were quite evil about the fact that a lot of these cuts are going to happen after the midterm elections, so it's only going to get worse. And you can see it, how it's going to affect our economy. People are just not going to have access to health care. And Collins has done that time and time again. I mean, she helped overturn Roe v. Wade - made it hard for people in this country to have health care and abortion care. And now she's part of the reason why we're going to lose all access in rural Maine. And, like I said, people know it. I mean, we're not stupid. We know when billionaires are screwing us.
Fox 22 Bangor: Three Maine physicians raise concerns over Senator Collins' health care voting record
* Some physicians in Maine are raising concerns about Senator Susan Collins' record on health care.
* The Zoom press conference was hosted by the Committee to Protect Health Care on Wednesday, August 5.
* They, and three Maine physicians, are calling on the Senator to respond to her 2018 vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, which they say made way for Roe v. Wade being overturned, and her 2022 'no' vote on the Inflation Reduction Act.
* "It speaks volumes for seniors across our state," said Dr. Noah Nesin, a family physician in Glenburn who's also the former chair of Maine's Prescription Drug Affordability Board. "Many of whom rely on multiple prescriptions while on fixed incomes."
* Dr. Patty Hymanson, a York neurologist and former state rep., and Dr. Patrick Connolly, a family physician in Falmouth, was also a part of the Zoom press conference.
* Dr. Nesin also expressed praise for U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson, who he says championed Maine's Prescription Drug Affordability Board.
WGME: Maine Democrats say Collins failed to protect Mainers' healthcare
* Maine Democrats are highlighting what they say is a failure by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins to protect Mainers' healthcare.
* Democrats gathered in Lewiston on Thursday for the first stop of what they're calling their "Retire Susan Recess" tour, coinciding with the Senate's summer recess.
* They claim Collins cast a key vote allowing President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" to move forward. Democrats say the legislation cut Medicaid and Affordable Care Act tax credits, causing health care costs to increase for tens of thousands of Mainers.
* "This bill took funding away from health care and nutrition for everyday people to pay for massive tax giveaways to billionaires and corporate donors. Susan Collins had the seniority and the power to stop this. She could have stopped this. Instead, she locked arms with Donald Trump and her billionaire donors to harm Maine people so that they could all get richer," Democratic state Rep. Drew Gattine said.
* Democrats say their U.S. Senate candidate, Troy Jackson, has a stronger and proven record of protecting health care.
IN MICHIGAN
WLAJ: Demonstrators Hold "March for Medicaid" Rally
WLAJ's JORMA DURAN: Demonstrators marching outside the state capitol today calling on lawmakers to protect Medicaid [...] Today's "March for Medicaid" comes 61 years to the day since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the program into law.
19 News: Medicare, Medicaid Mark 61 Years Amid Cuts
19 News' SOPHIA MURPHY: A press call marking the anniversary turned into a warning about what's ahead for seniors on fixed incomes. Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell of Michigan says the human cost of recent Medicaid cuts is already showing up among families caring for aging loved ones.
Congresswoman DEBBIE DINGELL: A woman came into me; her husband was there as well, and she started sobbing. He was going to die soon, but she didn't know who is going to take care of her. She had taken care of him, but there was no money left, and she didn't know what was going to happen to her.
Former CMS Administrator CHIQUITA BROOKS-LASURE: We are already starting to see, across the nation, that hospitals are delaying their expansions; they are closing their labor and delivery care units because that is the least profitable part of the hospital and they can't afford to keep it open.
IN MISSISSIPPI:
MS NOW: Dems Look to Win First Mississippi Senate Seat Since 1982
Mississippi Democratic Senate Nominee SCOTT COLOM: I just had some doctors do a roundtable - I brought some doctors in Mississippi - to do a roundtable to talk about the health care crisis we're in. And what they told me was very concerning.
Right now, according to our Republican Insurance Commissioner, we've got 400,000 Mississippians without health care. Next year, because of the medicaid cuts, another at least 100,000 are going to lose health insurance. We only have 3 million people. That's a crisis.
And the doctors were telling me what that's going to mean for emergency room care. There's going to be delays. It's going to be people getting sicker and sicker, getting worse and worse care, doctors leaving, hospitals closing. And it's all because of the corruption we're seeing in DC that our junior senator is allowing.
Mississippi Today: Maryland Sen. Alsobrooks campaigns for Scott Colom in Jackson, focuses on healthcare
* U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat from Maryland, campaigned with Scott Colom, Mississippi's Democratic Senate nominee, in Jackson on Saturday, where she encouraged voters to support Colom because he will prioritize access to affordable healthcare.
* Around a dozen people shared stories about their struggles obtaining affordable health care and about family members who have died giving birth in Mississippi.
* Colom has made health care a central focus of his campaign and has pointed out that thousands of Mississippians have dropped health insurance plans they had through the Affordable Care Act.
* Active enrollment in the plans fell by about 70,000 people in Mississippi between February 2025 and February 2026, a nearly 25% drop, according to new federal data. People are dropping their plans because enhanced federal tax credits, which made health insurance more affordable for 22 million Americans, expired in December.
* Both Colom and Alsobrooks criticized Colom's opponent, Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, for backing the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill that slashed Medicaid benefits and largely gave tax breaks to higher-income earners.
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Granite Post: 'Insane': Pappas rips Trump move that could raise drug costs for 174,000 in NH
* The Trump administration is ending the federal subsidy that has held down premiums on stand-alone Medicare prescription drug plans, a decision with particular reach in New Hampshire, where about 174,000 people are enrolled in exactly that kind of coverage.
* In an interview with The Granite Post on July 30, Congressman Chris Pappas, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, called the decision "insane." "This decision to cancel a subsidy for premiums on Part D for seniors in New Hampshire and across the country, it's insane. It makes no sense, it's gonna raise prices for seniors," Pappas said, at a moment when, in his words, "we're living through a cost of living crisis."
* Drug costs kept coming up Monday when Pappas sat down for a roundtable on Social Security at the Bridge Cafe in Manchester with Granite State seniors and Max Richtman, president of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, whose political action committee endorsed him at the event.
* Pappas is pressing CMS to reverse course before then. This week he led 50 members of Congress in a letter to Oz urging the agency to reinstate the demonstration, citing enrollment growth from 22.8 million in 2024 to 24.9 million in 2026 and writing that "lower costs and a rise in covered individuals indicate that the demonstration is working." The letter demands answers on what analysis, if any, CMS ran on premium increases for people living on fixed incomes. "It's despicable, and the administration must reverse this decision immediately," Pappas said in a statement accompanying the letter.
* New Hampshire relies more heavily on stand-alone coverage than much of the country. A KFF analysis found the Granite State among those where stand-alone plans cover half or more of Part D enrollees across both its urban and rural areas, and CMS enrollment data show 173,885 New Hampshire residents in the plans as of February, out of roughly 351,000 total Medicare enrollees statewide. People who get drug coverage through Medicare Advantage are largely insulated: their average drug premium runs about $8 a month, and the expiring subsidy never applied to their plans.
* Pappas, speaking on the 61st anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid being signed into law, said the program is "as important as it has ever been to make sure people get access to care and access to medications." He argued the administration "continues to say that affordability is a hoax" even as costs rise. "They're clearly not listening to the American people," he said. "Whether it's this move, the effort to cut ACA premium subsidies, which has raised costs for tens of thousands of New Hampshire families, or the efforts to gut Medicaid, which are gonna deny coverage for thousands more people here in the Granite State," Pappas said. "This is a crisis for healthcare in New Hampshire."
* Pappas made clear he intends to carry the fight into the Senate race against likely Republican nominee John E. Sununu, pointing to the former senator's record on health care votes. Health care affordability has already become a dividing line in New Hampshire's 2026 races.
* "He stands with corporate special interests with big pharma and the insurance companies every step of the way. That's who he voted with when he was a U.S. senator representing New Hampshire," Pappas said, calling Sununu "the person that is the least equipped to be able to lower costs and fight for affordable healthcare."
* In Congress, Sununu voted for a tax holiday that resulted in an estimated $30 billion in tax savings for the pharmaceutical industry. Between 2003 and 2004, Sununu repeatedly voted for a tax holiday that would have allowed companies to reduce taxes from 35% to 5.25% on repatriated foreign-earned income.
* On the campaign trail, Sununu has consistently sided with the pharmaceutical industry on Medicare drug price negotiation and attacked legislation that allowed Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices as "reckless spending." "This is gonna be an issue that we talk a lot about in the coming weeks," Pappas said, "because it's personal to families all across the state."
IN NORTH CAROLINA:
North Carolina Democratic Party: Sen. Chaudhuri & Medicaid Patient Highlight Devastating Impact Of Michael Whatley's Medicaid Cuts
* "Michael Whatley may not have been in the Senate to vote for [Medicaid cuts], but he has been credited for getting it passed, even when people in his own party stood up against it," said Senator Jay Chaudhuri. "What he doesn't want you to know is that the bill, in addition to gutting Medicaid, raises prescription drug costs for seniors - which in turn, spikes the up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock that Whatley holds in Big Pharmaceutical companies. He fought for a bill that enriches himself and makes North Carolina seniors pay more for life saving medication."
* "North Carolina expanded Medicaid, thanks to Governor Roy Cooper who brought folks together from both sides of the aisle [...] and for the first time in months, I qualified for health insurance. Less than a month after my coverage began, my symptoms became unbearable, and I went to the emergency room [...] I had Stage IIIC colorectal cancer," said Carrie Klamut. "[Roy] has a plan to lower health care costs in the U.S. Senate, including reversing the Medicaid cuts signed into federal law last year, so more people can have a chance like I did. At a time when Washington politicians are attacking health care and ripping away Medicaid from hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians, we need leaders like Governor Cooper more than ever."
IN OHIO:
The Ironton Tribune: Brown talks health care in Ironton stop
* Health care was the focus of the discussion when former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, made a visit to Ironton on Tuesday.
* Brown, who is seeking a return to the Senate, made a stop at The Armory Smokehouse, where held a discussion on the topic with a table of health care professionals from across the southern part of the state.
* He questioned the group about their concerns in the field, including Medicaid cuts stemming from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed by the Republican Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2025. Brown said of the bill's moniker "it surely was not," and said his opponent, Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, has served as "the deciding vote" in its passage.
* "[Husted's] vote was the determining factor for more pressure on rural health care," Brown said. "It will lead to more rural hospitals closing it will lead to denial of care, whether it's dentists, emergency rooms or behavioral and mental health services."
* Those in the room said they were concerned about how hospitals will deal with cuts and said those in most vulnerable economic situations will be impacted.
* "Everyone around that table who does health care, they said they'd do it again, because they love these communities and they love taking care of people," Brown said. "But they just have less help from the state government and the federal government in how they can take care of people."
* Brown said the conversation he had in Ironton on health care echoed concerns he regularly hears in his discussions across the state.
* "Being here in this whole region, people feel betrayed," Brown said. "They know the system's rigged. They feel it's getting worse and they see corporations making bigger and bigger profits and executives taking more and more money."
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Democrats On Offense, Slam GOP Health Care Cuts Devastating Their States
Democrats in key Senate battleground states continue to go on offense, blanketing the airwaves and sounding the alarm at protests and local roundtables about the devastating impact of Republicans' health care cuts as rural hospitals shutter, labor and delivery units close, and hundreds of thousands of children, seniors, and veterans' families see their health care costs spike or lose their health ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release on Aug. 12, 2026: * * * Democrats On Offense, Slam GOP Health Care Cuts Devastating Their States Democrats in key Senate battleground states continue to go on offense, blanketing the airwaves and sounding the alarm at protests and local roundtables about the devastating impact of Republicans' health care cuts as rural hospitals shutter, labor and delivery units close, and hundreds of thousands of children, seniors, and veterans' families see their health care costs spike or lose their healthcare coverage altogether.
From Alaska to Georgia, Iowa to Maine, Michigan to Mississippi, New Hampshire to North Carolina, and everywhere in between - Democratic candidates, doctors, nurses, caregivers, and patients have been slamming Republicans for their votes to gut Medicaid, hike premiums, and spike prescription drug costs for seniors as voters reject their toxic agenda.
See for yourself:
IN ALASKA:
Alaska Democratic Party: On Medicaid Anniversary, Alaska Leaders & Healthcare Providers Call Out Dan Sullivan's Medicaid Cuts
* "When Johnson signed this bill he said that we should never be indifferent to despair. Right now in Alaska, 10,000 more of our poorest citizens who have gotten kicked off the Medicaid rolls are experiencing that," said Alaska Democratic Party Chair Eric Croft. "Dan Sullivan was the key vote to knock out a major peg of this system."
* "I did make three trips to DC three separate times to meet with Dan Sullivan, and each time I was turned away," said Betty Redd Mendez, a SEIU 775 Member who is a caregiver for her brother, son, and father. "Medicaid cuts are detrimental everywhere in Alaska, we don't have extra resources. The overhaul here in Alaska's health care, for our children and seniors and veterans is hurting health care professionals who care for our loved ones like I do. Even if you aren't on Medicaid, those cuts raise health care costs for all of us."
* "A veteran of the military, most of them have care through the V.A., but their spouses and children do not. When we talk about reduction in Medicaid coverage in Alaska, we are talking about some veterans' families, about 3.4 million children of veterans who are enrolled in Medicaid," said Alaska State Representative Andrew Gray, a veteran and health care provider. "Medicaid in Alaska is a lifesaver, and on the 61st anniversary of the creation of Medicaid, Senator Sullivan needs to answer for the toxic changes to Medicaid that he supported when he cast his deciding vote."
* "I've been a nurse for over 25 plus years. Hundreds of thousands of people here in our state rely on Medicaid to take care of them," said Shannon Davenport, nurse and President of the Alaska Nurses Association. "I don't think that Senator Sullivan understands what it's like to live on a daily basis here in Alaska, when we're paying $10 a gallon for gas, we're paying $16 in the rural areas for milk. My patients come to me and they're asking me, 'Do I eat? Do I pay my bills? Do I pay my rent? Do I keep a roof over my kids head? Or do I have health insurance?'"
Anchorage Daily News: I'm a caregiver. Sen. Dan Sullivan won't answer my questions about Medicaid cuts.
* I've been a caregiver for my family members for almost 28 years, and when I expressed concern about planned Medicaid cuts, Sen. Dan Sullivan refused to meet with me.
* My brother, son and dad all live with me and rely on me for care. When I first learned of Medicaid cuts coming to Alaska, I was immediately concerned.
* Attacking paid family caregiving could overwhelm a system that's already strained, with too few workers and long waiting lists for services.
* But when I went to Washington, D.C., to warn about the impact these cuts would have on Alaskans, Dan Sullivan didn't show up.
* This was just one of three trips I've made where Dan Sullivan has refused to meet with me -- a fellow Alaskan and one of his constituents.
* I'm still waiting on those answers, and he's still trying to take away more. As the senator for Alaska, his vote to gut Medicaid is simply unconscionable.
IN GEORGIA:
Georgia Democratic Party: In Lavonia, Health Care Advocates Address Mike Collins' Vote to Cut Funding for St. Mary's Hospital Ahead of Medicaid, Medicare Anniversary
* "When rural hospitals lose a maternity ward or an emergency department or shuts its doors entirely, the whole community suffers," said Protect our Care State Director Liz Ernst. "Mike Collins cast the vote that helped make these cuts a reality, despite representing communities like Lavonia that depend on rural hospitals to survive. Georgians deserve leaders who will fight to protect and strengthen our healthcare system, not vote to weaken it."
* "Our rural hospitals could be at risk of losing basically half a billion dollars, and Mike Collins supported that, even when it impacted a hospital in his own congressional district that he represents," said St. Mary's Sacred Heart Anesthesiology Nurse Joe Lawrence. "Mike Collins has proven that he doesn't care [...] about the rural hospitals. "
* "I am a registered Republican, actually, and I am a former nurse who worked at St. Mary's Labor and Delivery Unit [...] The last remaining standing labor and delivery unit was truly our hospital here at St. Mary's and Lavonia. Now that it's closed due to Donald Trump's Medicaid cuts, we were forced to shut down," said former St. Mary's Nurse Kara Holden. "Georgia mothers shouldn't be forced to have to make those options. I should not have to make a plan with my healthcare provider for what I do if I deliver on the side of the road. These Medicaid cuts that Mike Collins supports have made that a reality for me and other mothers in the area."
IN IOWA:
MS NOW: Iowa in Play as Democrats Look to Flip U.S. Senate
MS NOW's JEN PSAKI: You talked about the rising cost of living and health care. Those are the top two issues, of course, for Iowans, according to, I should note, a Fox News poll. And there's been some news this week about this, because yesterday the Trump administration announced it is ending Biden-era subsidies that helped keep costs down for medicare drug coverage.
Seniors who will see their premiums go up next year will be notified in the fall, right before the election, which seems like, frankly, insane politics to me. But more importantly, it's very bad policy. Iowa has an aging population. What is the impact of something like that going to be on the people of Iowa?
Iowa Democratic Senate Nominee JOSH TUREK: It's going to be dramatic because we're already in a health care crisis. I mean, we're already leading the nation in cancer rates. Because of the Big Beautiful Bill, we're looking at 110,000 Iowans losing their health care, losing ACA subsidies.
We're looking at 119,000 Iowans seeing their health care premiums double or triple. Just since Ashley Hinson has been elected, we've closed over 300 more health care clinics, and we've opened. It's decimating Iowans.
Iowans recognize that the health care system is fundamentally broken, and they're ready to have somebody in the U.S. Senate, like myself, that is going to go out there and actually fight for them for affordable health care and affordable pharmaceuticals, a livable wage, and affordable housing.
KCAU: Democrats Mark 61st Anniversary of Medicaid
KCAU's NIK WILSON: Approximately 1 in 5 Iowa residents are now enrolled in Medicaid and receive free or low-cost health coverage. At the same time, many of those people argue that Iowa's privatized system and cutbacks are making it harder for them to receive care.
Yesterday marked the 61st anniversary of the signing of the Medicaid law, and local democrats are drawing attention to cutbacks in the Medicaid system that they say have left thousands of Iowans without health coverage.
Medicaid provides assistance for many children, elderly people, and handicapped Iowans, as well as those living in rural areas like Iowa's fourth Congressional district.
Former Iowa State Representative DAVE DAWSON: It's disproportionately represented in rural areas of Iowa, so people have less access to care from employer-based insurance, oftentimes because people are working in the farm economy or as farmers, and they don't have an employer-based health insurance program. So Medicaid is a primary provider.
WILSON: Additional federal Medicaid cuts are scheduled to take effect later this year. Dawson and those at the event called out Representative Ashley Hinson, who is running for U.S. Senate, for supporting these spending cuts, including reductions to Medicaid.
IN MAINE:
MS NOW: Troy Jackson Chosen as New Maine Senate Nominee
MS NOW's JOE SCARBOROUGH: Can you explain how slashing Medicaid impacts working class and middle class people all across Maine?
Maine Democratic Senate Nominee TROY JACKSON: Yeah. I mean, it's very clear. And that's what is happening here in Maine. There's an energy like I've never seen of people that are frustrated; they're fed up. They want a government that works for them. And, cutting Medicaid, we've lost birthing centers in Fort Kent, we've lost birthing centers in Houlton, out on Mount Desert Island, and right now, Lincoln County. And it's only getting worse. We lost the hospital in Waterville.
And the worst thing about this is they were quite evil about the fact that a lot of these cuts are going to happen after the midterm elections, so it's only going to get worse. And you can see it, how it's going to affect our economy. People are just not going to have access to health care. And Collins has done that time and time again. I mean, she helped overturn Roe v. Wade - made it hard for people in this country to have health care and abortion care. And now she's part of the reason why we're going to lose all access in rural Maine. And, like I said, people know it. I mean, we're not stupid. We know when billionaires are screwing us.
Fox 22 Bangor: Three Maine physicians raise concerns over Senator Collins' health care voting record
* Some physicians in Maine are raising concerns about Senator Susan Collins' record on health care.
* The Zoom press conference was hosted by the Committee to Protect Health Care on Wednesday, August 5.
* They, and three Maine physicians, are calling on the Senator to respond to her 2018 vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, which they say made way for Roe v. Wade being overturned, and her 2022 'no' vote on the Inflation Reduction Act.
* "It speaks volumes for seniors across our state," said Dr. Noah Nesin, a family physician in Glenburn who's also the former chair of Maine's Prescription Drug Affordability Board. "Many of whom rely on multiple prescriptions while on fixed incomes."
* Dr. Patty Hymanson, a York neurologist and former state rep., and Dr. Patrick Connolly, a family physician in Falmouth, was also a part of the Zoom press conference.
* Dr. Nesin also expressed praise for U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson, who he says championed Maine's Prescription Drug Affordability Board.
WGME: Maine Democrats say Collins failed to protect Mainers' healthcare
* Maine Democrats are highlighting what they say is a failure by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins to protect Mainers' healthcare.
* Democrats gathered in Lewiston on Thursday for the first stop of what they're calling their "Retire Susan Recess" tour, coinciding with the Senate's summer recess.
* They claim Collins cast a key vote allowing President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" to move forward. Democrats say the legislation cut Medicaid and Affordable Care Act tax credits, causing health care costs to increase for tens of thousands of Mainers.
* "This bill took funding away from health care and nutrition for everyday people to pay for massive tax giveaways to billionaires and corporate donors. Susan Collins had the seniority and the power to stop this. She could have stopped this. Instead, she locked arms with Donald Trump and her billionaire donors to harm Maine people so that they could all get richer," Democratic state Rep. Drew Gattine said.
* Democrats say their U.S. Senate candidate, Troy Jackson, has a stronger and proven record of protecting health care.
IN MICHIGAN
WLAJ: Demonstrators Hold "March for Medicaid" Rally
WLAJ's JORMA DURAN: Demonstrators marching outside the state capitol today calling on lawmakers to protect Medicaid [...] Today's "March for Medicaid" comes 61 years to the day since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the program into law.
19 News: Medicare, Medicaid Mark 61 Years Amid Cuts
19 News' SOPHIA MURPHY: A press call marking the anniversary turned into a warning about what's ahead for seniors on fixed incomes. Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell of Michigan says the human cost of recent Medicaid cuts is already showing up among families caring for aging loved ones.
Congresswoman DEBBIE DINGELL: A woman came into me; her husband was there as well, and she started sobbing. He was going to die soon, but she didn't know who is going to take care of her. She had taken care of him, but there was no money left, and she didn't know what was going to happen to her.
Former CMS Administrator CHIQUITA BROOKS-LASURE: We are already starting to see, across the nation, that hospitals are delaying their expansions; they are closing their labor and delivery care units because that is the least profitable part of the hospital and they can't afford to keep it open.
IN MISSISSIPPI:
MS NOW: Dems Look to Win First Mississippi Senate Seat Since 1982
Mississippi Democratic Senate Nominee SCOTT COLOM: I just had some doctors do a roundtable - I brought some doctors in Mississippi - to do a roundtable to talk about the health care crisis we're in. And what they told me was very concerning.
Right now, according to our Republican Insurance Commissioner, we've got 400,000 Mississippians without health care. Next year, because of the medicaid cuts, another at least 100,000 are going to lose health insurance. We only have 3 million people. That's a crisis.
And the doctors were telling me what that's going to mean for emergency room care. There's going to be delays. It's going to be people getting sicker and sicker, getting worse and worse care, doctors leaving, hospitals closing. And it's all because of the corruption we're seeing in DC that our junior senator is allowing.
Mississippi Today: Maryland Sen. Alsobrooks campaigns for Scott Colom in Jackson, focuses on healthcare
* U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat from Maryland, campaigned with Scott Colom, Mississippi's Democratic Senate nominee, in Jackson on Saturday, where she encouraged voters to support Colom because he will prioritize access to affordable healthcare.
* Around a dozen people shared stories about their struggles obtaining affordable health care and about family members who have died giving birth in Mississippi.
* Colom has made health care a central focus of his campaign and has pointed out that thousands of Mississippians have dropped health insurance plans they had through the Affordable Care Act.
* Active enrollment in the plans fell by about 70,000 people in Mississippi between February 2025 and February 2026, a nearly 25% drop, according to new federal data. People are dropping their plans because enhanced federal tax credits, which made health insurance more affordable for 22 million Americans, expired in December.
* Both Colom and Alsobrooks criticized Colom's opponent, Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, for backing the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill that slashed Medicaid benefits and largely gave tax breaks to higher-income earners.
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Granite Post: 'Insane': Pappas rips Trump move that could raise drug costs for 174,000 in NH
* The Trump administration is ending the federal subsidy that has held down premiums on stand-alone Medicare prescription drug plans, a decision with particular reach in New Hampshire, where about 174,000 people are enrolled in exactly that kind of coverage.
* In an interview with The Granite Post on July 30, Congressman Chris Pappas, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate, called the decision "insane." "This decision to cancel a subsidy for premiums on Part D for seniors in New Hampshire and across the country, it's insane. It makes no sense, it's gonna raise prices for seniors," Pappas said, at a moment when, in his words, "we're living through a cost of living crisis."
* Drug costs kept coming up Monday when Pappas sat down for a roundtable on Social Security at the Bridge Cafe in Manchester with Granite State seniors and Max Richtman, president of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, whose political action committee endorsed him at the event.
* Pappas is pressing CMS to reverse course before then. This week he led 50 members of Congress in a letter to Oz urging the agency to reinstate the demonstration, citing enrollment growth from 22.8 million in 2024 to 24.9 million in 2026 and writing that "lower costs and a rise in covered individuals indicate that the demonstration is working." The letter demands answers on what analysis, if any, CMS ran on premium increases for people living on fixed incomes. "It's despicable, and the administration must reverse this decision immediately," Pappas said in a statement accompanying the letter.
* New Hampshire relies more heavily on stand-alone coverage than much of the country. A KFF analysis found the Granite State among those where stand-alone plans cover half or more of Part D enrollees across both its urban and rural areas, and CMS enrollment data show 173,885 New Hampshire residents in the plans as of February, out of roughly 351,000 total Medicare enrollees statewide. People who get drug coverage through Medicare Advantage are largely insulated: their average drug premium runs about $8 a month, and the expiring subsidy never applied to their plans.
* Pappas, speaking on the 61st anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid being signed into law, said the program is "as important as it has ever been to make sure people get access to care and access to medications." He argued the administration "continues to say that affordability is a hoax" even as costs rise. "They're clearly not listening to the American people," he said. "Whether it's this move, the effort to cut ACA premium subsidies, which has raised costs for tens of thousands of New Hampshire families, or the efforts to gut Medicaid, which are gonna deny coverage for thousands more people here in the Granite State," Pappas said. "This is a crisis for healthcare in New Hampshire."
* Pappas made clear he intends to carry the fight into the Senate race against likely Republican nominee John E. Sununu, pointing to the former senator's record on health care votes. Health care affordability has already become a dividing line in New Hampshire's 2026 races.
* "He stands with corporate special interests with big pharma and the insurance companies every step of the way. That's who he voted with when he was a U.S. senator representing New Hampshire," Pappas said, calling Sununu "the person that is the least equipped to be able to lower costs and fight for affordable healthcare."
* In Congress, Sununu voted for a tax holiday that resulted in an estimated $30 billion in tax savings for the pharmaceutical industry. Between 2003 and 2004, Sununu repeatedly voted for a tax holiday that would have allowed companies to reduce taxes from 35% to 5.25% on repatriated foreign-earned income.
* On the campaign trail, Sununu has consistently sided with the pharmaceutical industry on Medicare drug price negotiation and attacked legislation that allowed Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices as "reckless spending." "This is gonna be an issue that we talk a lot about in the coming weeks," Pappas said, "because it's personal to families all across the state."
IN NORTH CAROLINA:
North Carolina Democratic Party: Sen. Chaudhuri & Medicaid Patient Highlight Devastating Impact Of Michael Whatley's Medicaid Cuts
* "Michael Whatley may not have been in the Senate to vote for [Medicaid cuts], but he has been credited for getting it passed, even when people in his own party stood up against it," said Senator Jay Chaudhuri. "What he doesn't want you to know is that the bill, in addition to gutting Medicaid, raises prescription drug costs for seniors - which in turn, spikes the up to hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock that Whatley holds in Big Pharmaceutical companies. He fought for a bill that enriches himself and makes North Carolina seniors pay more for life saving medication."
* "North Carolina expanded Medicaid, thanks to Governor Roy Cooper who brought folks together from both sides of the aisle [...] and for the first time in months, I qualified for health insurance. Less than a month after my coverage began, my symptoms became unbearable, and I went to the emergency room [...] I had Stage IIIC colorectal cancer," said Carrie Klamut. "[Roy] has a plan to lower health care costs in the U.S. Senate, including reversing the Medicaid cuts signed into federal law last year, so more people can have a chance like I did. At a time when Washington politicians are attacking health care and ripping away Medicaid from hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians, we need leaders like Governor Cooper more than ever."
IN OHIO:
The Ironton Tribune: Brown talks health care in Ironton stop
* Health care was the focus of the discussion when former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, made a visit to Ironton on Tuesday.
* Brown, who is seeking a return to the Senate, made a stop at The Armory Smokehouse, where held a discussion on the topic with a table of health care professionals from across the southern part of the state.
* He questioned the group about their concerns in the field, including Medicaid cuts stemming from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed by the Republican Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2025. Brown said of the bill's moniker "it surely was not," and said his opponent, Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Jon Husted, has served as "the deciding vote" in its passage.
* "[Husted's] vote was the determining factor for more pressure on rural health care," Brown said. "It will lead to more rural hospitals closing it will lead to denial of care, whether it's dentists, emergency rooms or behavioral and mental health services."
* Those in the room said they were concerned about how hospitals will deal with cuts and said those in most vulnerable economic situations will be impacted.
* "Everyone around that table who does health care, they said they'd do it again, because they love these communities and they love taking care of people," Brown said. "But they just have less help from the state government and the federal government in how they can take care of people."
* Brown said the conversation he had in Ironton on health care echoed concerns he regularly hears in his discussions across the state.
* "Being here in this whole region, people feel betrayed," Brown said. "They know the system's rigged. They feel it's getting worse and they see corporations making bigger and bigger profits and executives taking more and more money."
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Original text here: https://www.dscc.org/article/democrats-on-offense-slam-gop-health-care-cuts-devastating-their-states/
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Monica De La Cruz Endorses Corrupt, Indicted Fraudster Ken Paxton
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Monica De La Cruz Endorses Corrupt, Indicted Fraudster Ken Paxton
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"Party over People" is the name of the game for Monica De La Cruz, and nowhere is that more apparent than in her endorsement of scandal-plagued extremist Ken Paxton.
De La Cruz effectively endorsed Paxton's past: from fraud charges, to allegations of infidelity, to impeachment from the Texas House.
And in throwing her support behind Paxton, De La Cruz is whole-heartedly embracing Paxton's fealty to his party, including ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Monica De La Cruz Endorses Corrupt, Indicted Fraudster Ken Paxton * "Party over People" is the name of the game for Monica De La Cruz, and nowhere is that more apparent than in her endorsement of scandal-plagued extremist Ken Paxton. De La Cruz effectively endorsed Paxton's past: from fraud charges, to allegations of infidelity, to impeachment from the Texas House. And in throwing her support behind Paxton, De La Cruz is whole-heartedly embracing Paxton's fealty to his party, includingPaxton boasting online about his excitement for "championing [Trump's] America First agenda in the Senate" -the same agenda that gutted health care, ripped away food assistance, and jacked up costs for South Texas families.
DCCC Spokesperson Madison Andrus:
"As she loses ground with voters, Monica De La Cruz is running straight into the arms of her party bosses. Texas families deserve better than a Congresswoman who's willing to turn a blind eye to corruption and misconduct at the expense of her constituents. De La Cruz is letting her extremist flag fly as she gets increasingly desperate while Bobby Pulido continues to pick up steam to win in November."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/new-monica-de-la-cruz-endorses-corrupt-indicted-fraudster-ken-paxton/
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Monica De La Cruz Endorses Corrupt, Indicted Fraudster Ken Paxton
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"Party over People" is the name of the game for Monica De La Cruz, and nowhere is that more apparent than in her endorsement of scandal-plagued extremist Ken Paxton.
De La Cruz effectively endorsed Paxton's past: from fraud charges, to allegations of infidelity, to impeachment from the Texas House.
And in throwing her support behind Paxton, De La Cruz is whole-heartedly embracing Paxton's fealty to his party, including ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Monica De La Cruz Endorses Corrupt, Indicted Fraudster Ken Paxton * "Party over People" is the name of the game for Monica De La Cruz, and nowhere is that more apparent than in her endorsement of scandal-plagued extremist Ken Paxton. De La Cruz effectively endorsed Paxton's past: from fraud charges, to allegations of infidelity, to impeachment from the Texas House. And in throwing her support behind Paxton, De La Cruz is whole-heartedly embracing Paxton's fealty to his party, includingPaxton boasting online about his excitement for "championing [Trump's] America First agenda in the Senate" -the same agenda that gutted health care, ripped away food assistance, and jacked up costs for South Texas families.
DCCC Spokesperson Madison Andrus:
"As she loses ground with voters, Monica De La Cruz is running straight into the arms of her party bosses. Texas families deserve better than a Congresswoman who's willing to turn a blind eye to corruption and misconduct at the expense of her constituents. De La Cruz is letting her extremist flag fly as she gets increasingly desperate while Bobby Pulido continues to pick up steam to win in November."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/new-monica-de-la-cruz-endorses-corrupt-indicted-fraudster-ken-paxton/
DCCC Launches New Digital Ad in NY-17 Calling Out Mike Lawler's Record of Voting With Trump 100% of The Time
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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DCCC Launches New Digital Ad in NY-17 Calling Out Mike Lawler's Record of Voting With Trump 100% of The Time
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Today, the DCCC launched a new digital ad targeting vulnerable Republican Mike Lawler for his perfect record of caving to his MAGA party bosses in Washington, voting in lockstep with Donald Trump 100% of the time and rubber-stamping every single extreme policy the White House has pushed.
The digital ad will reach NY-17 voters on Meta, is backed by an initial five-figure ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Launches New Digital Ad in NY-17 Calling Out Mike Lawler's Record of Voting With Trump 100% of The Time * Today, the DCCC launched a new digital ad targeting vulnerable Republican Mike Lawler for his perfect record of caving to his MAGA party bosses in Washington, voting in lockstep with Donald Trump 100% of the time and rubber-stamping every single extreme policy the White House has pushed. The digital ad will reach NY-17 voters on Meta, is backed by an initial five-figureinvestment, and will run for two full weeks. This marks the DCCC's second digital ad campaign targeting Lawler for leaving New Yorkers behind.
SEE THE AD FOR YOURSELF: [View ad in the link at bottom]
From the Big, Ugly Bill that enacted the largest cuts to Medicaid in history and slashed critical food assistance, to the Rescissions Act that slashed billions for critical foreign aid and public broadcasting, and his countless votes to protect Trump's cost-spiking tariffs, Lawler has betrayed his own constituents to advance Trump's disastrous agenda time and time again.
DCCC Spokesperson Riya Vashi:
"Mike Lawler can slap the word 'moderate' on anything he wants, but he can't rewrite his voting record. Lawler has chosen Donald Trump and his extreme policies over Hudson Valley families 100% of the time, and voters will hold him accountable for it."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/dccc-launches-new-digital-ad-in-ny-17-calling-out-mike-lawlers-record-of-voting-with-trump-100-of-the-time/
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DCCC Launches New Digital Ad in NY-17 Calling Out Mike Lawler's Record of Voting With Trump 100% of The Time
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Today, the DCCC launched a new digital ad targeting vulnerable Republican Mike Lawler for his perfect record of caving to his MAGA party bosses in Washington, voting in lockstep with Donald Trump 100% of the time and rubber-stamping every single extreme policy the White House has pushed.
The digital ad will reach NY-17 voters on Meta, is backed by an initial five-figure ... Show Full Article WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Launches New Digital Ad in NY-17 Calling Out Mike Lawler's Record of Voting With Trump 100% of The Time * Today, the DCCC launched a new digital ad targeting vulnerable Republican Mike Lawler for his perfect record of caving to his MAGA party bosses in Washington, voting in lockstep with Donald Trump 100% of the time and rubber-stamping every single extreme policy the White House has pushed. The digital ad will reach NY-17 voters on Meta, is backed by an initial five-figureinvestment, and will run for two full weeks. This marks the DCCC's second digital ad campaign targeting Lawler for leaving New Yorkers behind.
SEE THE AD FOR YOURSELF: [View ad in the link at bottom]
From the Big, Ugly Bill that enacted the largest cuts to Medicaid in history and slashed critical food assistance, to the Rescissions Act that slashed billions for critical foreign aid and public broadcasting, and his countless votes to protect Trump's cost-spiking tariffs, Lawler has betrayed his own constituents to advance Trump's disastrous agenda time and time again.
DCCC Spokesperson Riya Vashi:
"Mike Lawler can slap the word 'moderate' on anything he wants, but he can't rewrite his voting record. Lawler has chosen Donald Trump and his extreme policies over Hudson Valley families 100% of the time, and voters will hold him accountable for it."
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/dccc-launches-new-digital-ad-in-ny-17-calling-out-mike-lawlers-record-of-voting-with-trump-100-of-the-time/