Time and time again, Donald Trump and the GOP have shown they do not care about addressing the affordability crisis families across the country are facing. In fact, Trump doesn’t even think affordability is a problem!
Today, we’re rounding up just a few moments when GOP Senate candidates have shown they are not focused on fixing the affordability crisis of their making. We won’t let the GOP hide from their records, and come November, we will defeat them to take back the Senate.
The Gilded Ballroom: A multi-million-dollar, taxpayer-funded vanity project
The Trump administration is spending more than $300 million of taxpayer money to construct Trump’s gilded ballroom while working families are struggling to afford gas, groceries, and health care. The administration even tried to get access to another 1 billion in taxpayer dollars in order to pay for his vanity project before Democrats banded together and blocked the funding. But Republican Senate candidates across the map supported this useless project.
Alaska GOP Senate Candidate DAN SULLIVAN downplayed the project as just a “renovation” and said a briefing for the funding totaling $1 billion was “compelling.”
Florida GOP Senate Candidate ASHLEY MOODY voted against an effort to block funding for the ballroom without congressional approval.
Georgia GOP Senate Candidate MIKE COLLINS is “100%” on board with spending taxpayer dollars for Trump’s ballroom.
Michigan GOP Senate Candidate MIKE ROGERS falsely claimed that the ballroom “didn’t cost taxpayers money” and said that people opposed to it were “all hot and bothered about all the wrong things.”
New Hampshire GOP Senate Candidate JOHN SUNUNU said “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with including public funding” for Trump’s ballroom vanity project.
And it’s not just the ballroom that Trump is using taxpayer dollars as a slush fund on. There was the taxpayer-funded multi-million-dollar ‘beautification’ project to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue, only for it to become algae-infested and turn GREEN. And Trump wants to waste taxpayer money on his ‘Arc de Trump.’
While voters are struggling with skyrocketing costs and inflation, Trump is more focused on personal vanity projects than addressing the financial struggles of American families.
The One Big Ugly Bill that was ‘beautiful’ for none of us
It’s been over a year since Republicans passed Trump’s toxic bill that guts health care, is closing down rural hospitals, and raising costs for hard-working Americans across the country… all to fund tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. The GOP might be hoping you’ve forgotten about it, but no one remembers better than the American families who are suffering from its consequences.
In Alaska, DAN SULLIVAN voted to take health care away from 28,000 Alaskans, rip away $2 billion in Medicaid funding from Alaska, and threaten food assistance for tens of thousands of Alaskans.
In Florida, ASHLEY MOODY voted to take away health care from 2.2 million Floridians and rip away over $14 billion in Medicaid funding from Florida, and threaten food assistance for tens of thousands of Floridians.
In Georgia, MIKE COLLINS “helped whip votes” and voted to take health care away from 721,000 Georgians and rip away $6 billion in Medicaid funding from Georgia, and threaten food assistance for tens of thousands of Georgians.
In Iowa, ASHLEY HINSON voted to take health care away from roughly 110,000 Iowans and rip away over $9 billion in Medicaid funding from Iowa, and threaten food assistance for tens of thousands of Iowans.
In Maine, SUSAN COLLINS provided a “key” and “pivotal” vote to advance the bill that takes away health care from roughly 49,000 Mainers and rips away $3 billion in Medicaid funding from Maine, and threatens food assistance for tens of thousands of Mainers.
In Michigan, MIKE ROGERS supported the bill that takes away health care from roughly 390,000 Michiganders and rips away over $32 billion in Medicaid funding from Michigan, and threaten food assistance for tens of thousands of Michiganders.
In North Carolina, MICHAEL WHATLEY pushed to pass Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill, which will cause roughly 515,000 North Carolinians to lose health insurance, threaten food assistance for tens of thousands of North Carolinians, and cause North Carolina to lose over $23 billion in Medicaid funding.
In Ohio, JON HUSTED voted to take health care away from roughly 460,000 Ohioans and rip away over $33 billion in Medicaid funding from Ohio, and threaten food assistance for tens of thousands of Ohioans.
In Texas, KEN PAXTON praised the bill that takes away health care from roughly 1.4 million Texans and rips away over $31 billion in Medicaid funding from Texas, and threatens food assistance for tens of thousands of Texans.
Democrats sounded the alarm last year, and Democrats will keep sounding the alarm to fight back. Trump’s agenda, backed by Senate Republicans, does nothing to help hard-working Americans. In fact, it is making it harder for American families to afford the essentials, all while Trump enriches himself and Republicans’ billionaire-backers get tax breaks. That’s why, in November, voters will turn out and voice their dissatisfaction at the polls by electing Democrats to the Senate who will fight to lower costs and make life affordable again.
Affordability is top of mind for Democrats… the same cannot be said for the GOP
While Democrats prioritize easing the economic burdens Americans face, Trump and his Senate allies are making life less affordable. Trump isn’t even thinking about “Americans’ financial situations!”
And Trump’s allies in Congress and Republican candidates across the country either deny that an affordability crisis exists or blame everyday people for challenges they face!
Across the map, our Democratic candidates are fighting for a more affordable future, so families don’t have to make impossible decisions and hardworking Americans don’t have to suffer from the burdens of exploding bills. Democrats are committed to lowering costs, expanding health care, and ensuring our financial security.
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