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Politics: Republican Party Newsletter for Sunday March 31, 2024 ( 25 items )  

Arizona Democratic Party: Reminder - Kari Lake Would Repeal The ACA, Cut Over One Million Arizonans' Health Care
PHOENIX, Arizona, March 26 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: Following the fourteenth anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act and amidst record high enrollment, Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake would repeal the ACA and risk the health care coverage of over one million Arizonans. Kari Lake supports repealing the Affordable Care Act, saying just days after launching her campaign for U.S. Senate: * "So we had an opportunity under President Trum  more

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Case Against Michelle Steel
WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release: "In Washington, Michelle Steel has routinely put far-right partisan politics ahead of Orange County families - playing culture war games instead of supporting common-sense solutions to cut costs or grow the middle class. Look no further than Steel's repeated efforts to ban reproductive care without exceptions nationwide, overturn the will of Californians who voted to protect those rights,   more

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: Rep. Pat Ryan Secures $1 Million for Unhoused Vets in Orange County
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Pat Ryan, an Iraq War veteran, is continuing to build on his strong record of delivering for the Hudson Valley, recently securing $1 million in federal funding for Rumshock Veterans Foundation's unhoused vets tiny homes project in Orange County. Ryan's work will fund a "Victory Village" where unhoused veterans will have the opportunity to join a community and "live in sm  more

DFER CEO Jorge Elorza Releases Statement on Congressional FY24 Final Spending Package
NEW YORK, March 27 -- Democrats for Education Reform issued the following statement on March 25, 2024: * * * Today, DFER CEO Jorge Elorza released the following statement in response to the House passing the federal education spending bill. "The Congressional FY24 spending bill represents a significant win for students by averting the drastic cuts to crucial education programs initially proposed by Republicans. We applaud House and Senate Democrats' efforts to safeguard students' rights to a   more

Idaho Democratic Party: A Message From the Chair - This is No Time to Sweep Health Care Crisis Under the Rug
BOISE, Idaho, March 29 -- The Idaho Democratic Party issued the following news item in a blog entry on March 28, 2024: All Idahoans want to know their families can access health care when they need it. Yet we are living under a dangerous abortion ban that denies medical care even when health risks are present and threatens doctors with prison time. The criminalization of medical care has damaging consequences that continue to multiply while GOP lawmakers sit idly by. Idaho has lost 22% of its   more

IN THE STATES: Trump's Attacks on Health Care and Reproductive Freedoms, Abysmal Ground Game Take the Spotlight
WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: From reproductive freedom to the Affordable Care Act, health care was front and center over the past week across the country. In the face of Donald Trump's attacks on health care and plans to raise costs, Americans across the country celebrated the anniversary of the ACA, and President Biden and Vice President Harris visited Raleigh, North Carolina to lay out their plan to make health care more affordab  more

Media Tip Sheet: NBC News Hires Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel As On-Air Contributor
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- George Washington University issued the following news: Former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel is joining NBC News as an on-air contributor, the network announced Friday. Former President Donald Trump selected McDaniel to lead the Republican Party after she spearheaded his 2016 presidential campaign victory in Michigan. The announcement was met with some criticism, including from the hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" who said they will not ask McDaniel to  more

Mich. Democratic Party Weekly Roundup: While Michigan Dems Continue to Ramp Up for November Election, MIGOP's Racism Runs Rampant
LANSING, Michigan, March 30 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case seeking to ban the abortion pill, FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. These arguments highlighted how blatantly Republicans are pushing their extremist, unpopular, anti-abortion agenda and the threat Trump and his MAGA allies pose to our freedoms here in Michigan. Thankfully, Democrats are continuing to expand thei  more

Michigan Democratic Party: ICYMI - MI GOP Electeds Call NCAA Team "Illegal Invaders," A New Low for Trump's Party of Extremism and Chaos
LANSING, Michigan, March 30 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: In case you missed it, this week Trump's GOP in Michigan are once again making national headlines spouting racist and xenophobic rhetoric instead of delivering for Michiganders - MAGA State Rep. Matt Maddock, in a blatantly racist tweet, sounded the false and incendiary alarm on "illegal invaders" arriving at the Detroit airport...invaders who were in fact the NCAA men's basketball   more

Michigan Democratic Party: Shot/Chaser - Mike Rogers Says Primary is Settled, Republicans Say Otherwise
LANSING, Michigan, March 28 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Mike Rogers continues to face trouble in the "crowded" and "unruly" GOP Senate primary. Even as he tries to dismiss his opponents, Republicans are getting louder and louder with their opposition to his candidacy. SHOT: Monday, Rogers declares the Senate primary is "done" following Trump's endorsement. CHASER: Today, 25 RNC delegates in the Michigan Republican Party have signed a r  more

N.C. Republican Party: Jason Simmons Elected NCGOP Chairman
RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 27 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news: The North Carolina Republican Party Executive Committee selected Jason Simmons as the new chairman in Selma on Tuesday, March 26. Simmons will fill the term of previous chairman Michael Whatley, who was elected Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) on March 7. Whatley formally resigned as NCGOP Chairman earlier in the evening. "I'm honored to be chosen by my fellow Republicans to   more

N.C. REPUBLICAN PARTY: NORTH STATE JOURNAL - PRESIDENTIAL VISIT WON'T CARRY NORTH CAROLINA'S LESSONS TO DC
RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 27 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news: NCGOP Communications Director Matt Mercer writes in North State Journal. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are mounting a full effort to put North Carolina in play in this year's election by making a grand visit to our state. While we appreciate the attention and the sight of Air Force One in our beautiful Carolina blue skies, it seems unlikely they will bring what they truly  more

PROGRESS MICHIGAN: MADDOCK TWEET & MIGOP LEADERSHIP SPREAD LIES ABOUT IMMIGRATION
LANSING, Michigan, March 29 -- Progress Michigan, an organization that says it holds public officials and government accountable and assist in the promotion of progressive ideas, issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: On Wednesday, Representative Matt Maddock posted a tweet asserting that several buses at the Detroit airport were transporting undocumented immigrants. The buses actually appear to have been for Gonzaga's men's basketball team, which landed in Detroit for March Madne  more

Rep. Ogles Introduces Resolution on Political Persecution of Ex-President Trump
WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., introduced a resolution on Feb. 16, 2024. The text of the resolution was released on March 28. H. Res. 1021. A resolution providing the sense of the House of Representatives that the political persecution of President Donald J. Trump is morally unjustifiable and has damaged institutional trust to an extraordinary degree; that the Biden administration's weaponization of the Federal Government against Donald Trump, the Republican Party's nominee f  more

Republicans' Ground Game in the States: Strapped, Sputtering, and Shuttered
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: It's been an awful week for Donald Trump and the GOP as headline after headline has come out revealing how Republicans' ground game across the country is skeletal, struggling for cash and shutting down offices. "Under Trump, MAGA Republicans' disorganization and chaos are leaving their infrastructure and ground game in the dust, but that's no surprise considering these are the same extremists that are   more

Riggleman, Kleeb to Speak at Dem-NPL Convention
FARGO, North Dakota, March 27 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Today, the North Dakota Democratic-NPL announced two speakers for its State Convention in Fargo on April 4-7 2024: Former Republican Congressman and Advisor to the January 6th Committee Denver Riggleman, and Nebraska Democratic State Party Chair Jane Kleeb. Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn remarked, "Jane Kleeb and the Nebraska Democratic Party have set a phenomenal prec  more

Statement: Michigan Dem Chair Slams MIGOP For Racist Tweets About NCAA Basketball Teams Visiting for Sweet-Sixteen
LANSING, Michigan, March 29 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following statement on March 28, 2024: * * * In response to MAGA extremist state Rep. Matt Maddock saying in social media posts, retweeted by MIGOP Chair Pete Hoekstra, that "illegal invaders" landed at Detroit airport, when in reality it was NCAA men's basketball teams touching down in our great state for March Madness, Chair of the Democratic Party Lavora Barnes released the following statement: "Is this how Donald Trum  more

Texas Democratic Party: Leaked Video - Texas Republicans Attended Meeting With Group That Suggested Violence and Jail For Women Who Have Abortions and Use IVF
AUSTIN, Texas, March 29 -- The Texas Democratic Party issued the following news: Leaked video (https://x.com/mrsamartini/status/1773160427981070620?s=46&t=sk_wYDuPHwg89Q4WqTwnlA) shows Hood County Constable Scott London, Hood County GOP Chair Steve Biggers and Hood County GOP Chair candidate Greg Harrell attending a meeting held by Abolish Abortion Texas (AATX) where they supported the death penalty for women who seek abortions or use IVF, including pregnant minors. London and Harrel have also   more

Trump's Crooks, Cranks, and Convicts: Ronna McDaniel Put Our Democracy at Risk With Her Lies and Whitewashing Trump's Attacks on the 2020 Election
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: This week, we're highlighting some of the crooks, cranks, and convicts that make up Donald Trump's MAGA GOP. Kicking off today with former RNC chair and full-time liar Ronna McDaniel, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: "Ronna McDaniel can't whitewash her record like she's tried to whitewash history after spending years conspiring with Donald Trump to threaten our   more

Trump's Crooks, Cranks, and Convicts: Trump's Handpicked RNC Chair Michael Whatley Is an Election Denying MAGA Extremist
WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: This week, we're highlighting some of the crooks, cranks, and convicts that make up Donald Trump's MAGA GOP. As Trump-installed RNC chair Michael Whatley makes election denial a litmus test in the Republican Party, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: "Donald Trump hand picked Michael Whatley to take over the RNC because he parroted Trump's baseless lies about the 2  more

Trump-Backed Michigan Politician's Unhinged Racist Tweet About... A Men's Basketball Team?
WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: In response to Donald Trump-backed Michigan State Rep. Matt Maddock spewing racist rhetoric about the Gonzaga men's basketball team, DNC Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: "Matt Maddock decided to spew disgusting, racist conspiracy theories about a college basketball team rather than take two seconds to realize what was going on -- unsurprising from a Republican who Donald Trump   more

Warren on the Supreme Court Mifepristone Case
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Boston, MA -- Today, in response to the conclusion of oral arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the first abortion case the Supreme Court has taken up since the reversal of Roe v. Wade, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the following statement: "FDA has already made clear that mifepristone is safe and effective, and Americans have been safely using this m  more

Wis. Republican Party Invests in Local Candidates
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 30 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: With municipal elections only four days away, the Republican Party of Wisconsin has made it a top priority to prepare and support local candidates for public office. Since September of last year, the RPW has hosted 29 Farm Team Trainings for prospective local candidates to learn the ins and outs of campaigning from campaign managers, strategists, and organizers. "Since 2021, RPW has offered crucial resour  more

WisGOP Launches Bracket Featuring Sen. Baldwin's 'Unsweet 16' Big Donors
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 29 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: On the day the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 tips off, the Republican Party of Wisconsin launched a digital series highlighting Sen. Baldwin's "UnSweet 16" donors. The 16 donors are divided into the Big Donor, Special Interests, DC Lobbyists, and Out-of-Touch Leftists regions -- each representative of constituencies Sen. Baldwin has catered to throughout her nearly 40 years as a career politician. The first b  more

Your Guide to an RNC Job Interview
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Donald Trump's handpicked RNC leadership team has made election denial a litmus test for getting hired - so if you are one of the lucky losers interviewing for a job at the RNC, (a) why are you doing this to yourself and (b) here are some questions to be ready to answer: 1. Was the 2020 election stolen, or will you admit that Donald Trump lost to President Biden by over 7 million votes in 2020? 2. Are  more