IN THE STATES: Democrats Tout Biden’s Presidential Success, Warn Americans of Consequences of MAGA Republicans’ Project 2025 Agenda
July 26, 2024
As Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance hit the campaign trail, the DNC reminded voters with billboards – in every city Trump and Vance campaigned in since the Republican National Convention ended – of their real plans for a potential second term: banning abortion nationwide, implementing their Project 2025 agenda, and giving tax breaks to their billionaire buddies while ignoring hardworking, middle-class Americans.
- In Michigan: FOX17: “Democratic party buys billboards in Grand Rapids area as Trump holds rally”
- In North Carolina: Charlotte Observer: “Democrats put up billboards, focus on Project 2025 as Donald Trump visits Charlotte”
- In Virginia: The Hill: “DNC places billboard targeting JD Vance at VA rally”
The DNC also launched billboards in Scranton, Pennsylvania and Wilmington, Delaware, honoring President Biden’s transformational legacy of cutting costs for middle-class Americans, leading the charge against gun violence, and improving our nation’s infrastructure.
- In Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Inquirer: “DNC unveiling ‘Thank You’ Biden billboards in Scranton, Wilmington following his address”
- In Pennsylvania: Times Tribune: “DNC thanks Biden with billboards in Scranton, Wilmington”
In Texas, the Texas Democratic Party made a historic announcement to launch the first Democratic coordinated campaign in Texas, also known as the “Texas Offense,” in over 20 years to help elect Democratic candidates up and down the ballot.
- In Texas: The Texas Tribune: “Allred and Texas Dems bundle resources across the ballot”
- In Texas: Austin-American Statesman: “Why Colin Allred, Texas Democrats are launching first coordinated campaign in decades”
Meanwhile, the Biden-Harris administration continues to champion infrastructure projects across the country, helping to combat climate change and create a sustainable future for all Americans.
- In Colorado: KDVR: “Denver Water gets the lead out of 25K service lines as part of 15-year project”
- In Michigan: WWMT: “Sen. Peters ‘optimistic’ on continued investment under infrastructure law in Michigan”
- In Nevada: Nevada Current: “Horsford credits Biden for $800 million to help tribal communities in NV deal with climate impacts”
- In North Carolina: WSOC: “Charlotte Douglas International Airport receives $27M grant for improvements”
- Nationwide: New York Times: “E.P.A. Announces $4.3 Billion in Funding for 25 Climate Projects”
- Nationwide: E&E News: “Biden admin spends $20M to better see wildfire outbreaks”
On the flip side, Trump’s MAGA minions across the country furthered his mission of taking away one of our most fundamental rights and responsibilities: the right to vote.
- In Alabama: Alabama Reflector: “Lawsuit: Alabama law to protect election workers could cost people their right to vote”
- In Arizona: Votebeat: “In Arizona, a court ruling narrows the path for registering to vote without proof of citizenship”
- In Georgia: Associated Press: “Trump-friendly panel shapes Georgia’s election rules at long, often chaotic meetings”
- In Louisiana: NOLA.com: “New Louisiana laws could make it tougher to vote absentee, following trends in Republican states”
- In Mississippi: Mississippi Free Press: “Mississippi’s Jim Crow Felony Voting Ban Upheld at 5th Circuit By Mostly Republican-Appointed Majority”
- In Ohio: Ohio Capital Journal: “Ohio’s voter purge ‘disproportionately targets voters of color’, civil rights organizations say
And finally, American women continue to feel the consequences of Trump’s hand-picked Supreme Court justices overturning Roe v. Wade, while anti-abortion MAGA extremists continue to plot further assaults on reproductive freedom in states all across the country.
- In Arizona: AZPM: “Republicans advocate to keep ‘unborn human being’ in AZ abortion ballot description”
- In Arizona: AZ Mirror: “GOP lawmakers defend use of ‘unborn human being’ in description of abortion rights ballot measure”
- In Arkansas: Arkansas Advocate: “Arkansas Supreme Court orders count of abortion amendment signatures”
- In Florida: Slate: “Something Funny Is Going On With the Campaign Against Florida’s Abortion Initiative”
- In Florida: WESH: “Organizations see changes after 6-week abortion ban in Florida”
- In Georgia: WABE: “Two years into Georgia’s abortion ban, OB-GYNs say it’s also interfering with pregnancy care”
- In Georgia: Georgia Recorder: “Doctors at Ossoff Decatur hearing say Georgia’s six-week abortion ban endangers patients”
- In Iowa: Iowa Capital Dispatch: “Iowa six-week abortion ban to take effect Monday, judge orders”
- In Louisiana: Louisiana Illuminator: “OB-GYN questions Louisiana’s ‘dangerous’ classification of abortion, miscarriage drugs”
- In Minnesota: Bring Me the News: “Minnesota clinics prepare for Iowa’s near-total abortion ban”
- In North Dakota: Inforum: “Attorney for North Dakota asks judge to dismiss lawsuit over state’s abortion ban”