IN THE STATES: Americans Unite Behind the Biden-Harris Agenda, Reject MAGA GOP’s Extreme Agenda
June 8, 2024
Former U.S. Capitol police officers Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell hit the campaign trail this week on behalf of President Biden to remind voters of the threat Trump poses to our democracy and our country. Dunn and Gonell delivered a clear, concise message to voters about the MAGA mob violence they experienced on January 6: Donald Trump incited this assault on our democracy, and Americans can’t afford to have him in office ever again.
- In Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Former Capitol police officers attacked on Jan. 6 campaign for Biden in Pittsburgh
- In Pennsylvania: TribLive: Jan. 6 cops stump for Biden in Pittsburgh, warn that Trump is ‘threat to democracy’
- In Pennsylvania: LehighValleyNews: ‘It’s not just Democrats stuck on January 6’: Capitol police officers campaign in Valley for Biden-Harris
- In Pennsylvania: Erie News Now: Jan 6 Capitol Police Officers Visit Harrisburg for Biden Campaign
First Lady Dr. Jill Biden also traveled to Pennsylvania to kick off Pride Month and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community at the Pittsburgh Pride Festival. The First Lady uplifted local members of the LGBTQ+ community in a joyful celebration of authenticity and love and highlighted the President’s consistent record of protecting LGBTQ+ Americans.
- In Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Jill Biden tells audience at Pittsburgh Pride event ‘your president loves you’
- In Pennsylvania: 90.5 WESA: First Lady Jill Biden appears at Pittsburgh Pride event, tells crowd ‘Your president loves you.’
- In Pennsylvania: TribLive: First lady Jill Biden assures Pittsburgh Pride revelers that president stands with them
- In Pennsylvania: WTAE: First Lady Jill Biden visits Pittsburgh Pride festival
- In Pennsylvania: KDKA News: Jill Biden stops by Pittsburgh for Pride festivities
On Monday, the DNC hosted a press call highlighting the dark realities too many American women face thanks to Trump and his MAGA extremists’ abortion bans. Texas mother Lauren Miller bravely shared her story of being denied life-saving reproductive care in her home state due to the extreme abortion ban Trump made possible in Texas.
- In Texas: Salon: “I wasn’t dead enough for an abortion”: Texas mom blames Trump for almost losing her life
- In Texas: Fox 7 Austin: Abortion is key issue heading into 2024 election, politicians say
- In Texas: CBS Austin: Texas Democrats are campaigning on abortion access. Will it work?
Trump and his MAGA minions across red states continue to strip women of their fundamental reproductive freedoms, and doctors are terrified of the punishments they could face for saving patients’ lives. MAGA Republicans’ extreme agenda on abortion is forcing doctors to flee states with radical abortion bans.
- In Missouri: Missouri Independent: After Missouri banned abortion, the state saw 25% drop in OB-GYN residency applicants
- In Idaho: Idaho Statesman: ‘I can’t practice like this.’ Another OBGYN leaves Idaho over state’s strict abortion laws
- In Utah: Salt Lake Tribune: Doctors are avoiding work in Utah, and researchers think this controversial policy is driving the trend
- In Louisiana: NOLA: Is Louisiana’s abortion ban costing the state future doctors? New data shed light.
The Biden-Harris administration continued to invest historic levels of resources in building a better and brighter America for the future.
- In California: Fox 5: San Diego airport’s new Terminal 1 gets additional $23.5M in federal funds
- In Idaho: Idaho Capital Sun: Federal ARPA funds to transform Ada County horse racetrack into urban park
- In New Hampshire: Seacoastonline: Biden adviser in Portsmouth touts infrastructure, takes shots at Trump
- In North Carolina: WCCB: Biden Administration Visits Corridors Of Opportunity To Champion Charlotte’s Affordable Housing Efforts
- In Utah: Salt Lake Tribune: Drought-prone southern Utah county lands $20.5 million grant to help build water-reuse system
- In Virginia: The Gazette-Virginian: Millions in federal funds flow for VIR water project