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October 19, 2020

CAP Action Memo: Trump’s Reckless Pandemic Response Puts Arizona Health, Jobs, and Social Security at Risk

297,000 Arizonans would lose health coverage if the ACA is repealed. 2.8 million Arizonans with preexisting conditions would have their protections stripped away. Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump will travel to Prescott and then Tucson, Arizona, to hold two rallies in airplane hangars at Prescott Regional Airport and Tucson International Airport. The events...

October 17, 2020

CAP Action Memo: President Trump’s Chaotic Pandemic Response Puts Wisconsin Health, Jobs, and Social Security at Risk

Wisconsin unemployment when President Trump took office: 3.6 percent Wisconsin Unemployment Now: 6.2 percent Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump will travel to Janesville, Wisconsin, to hold a rally despite a report from his very own coronavirus task force telling state officials that the public should avoid “crowds in public and social gatherings.” Wisconsin broke its coronavirus case...

October 16, 2020

CAP Action Memo: Trump’s Reckless Pandemic Response Puts Georgia Health, Jobs, and Social Security at Risk

461,000 Georgians would lose health coverage if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is repealed. 4.4 million Georgians with preexisting conditions would have their protections stripped away. Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump will travel to Macon, Georgia, to hold a rally in an airplane hangar at the Middle Georgia Regional Airport. His event will...

October 16, 2020

CAP Action Memo: Trump’s Reckless Pandemic Response Puts Florida Health, Jobs, and Social Security at Risk

Florida unemployment when Trump took office: 4.6 percent Florida unemployment now: 7.4 percent Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump will travel to Ocala, Florida, to hold a rally in an airplane hangar at Ocala International Airport. The event will be the sixth of twelve scheduled in-person rallies, and his second in Florida this week, following the revelation...

October 15, 2020

STATEMENT: Senate GOP Turns Supreme Court Into a Tool for Their Political Agenda on ACA and Roe, CAPAF’s Neera Tanden Says

Washington, D.C. — After the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s meeting today to advance the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court, Neera Tanden, CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, issued the following statement: This illegitimate process has only confirmed that the purpose is to advance President Donald Trump’s political agenda,...

October 15, 2020

CAP Action Memo: Trump’s Reckless Pandemic Response Puts North Carolina Health, Jobs, and Social Security at Risk

North Carolina unemployment when Trump took office: 4.9 percent North Carolina unemployment now: 6.5 percent Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump will arrive near Greenville, North Carolina, to hold a rally in an airplane hangar at Pitt-Greenville Airport. His event will be the fifth of nine scheduled in-person rallies following the revelation of his...

October 14, 2020

CAP Action Memo: Trump’s Reckless Pandemic Response Puts Iowa Health, Jobs, and Social Security at Risk

Iowa unemployment when Trump took office: 3.4 percent Iowa unemployment now: 6 percent Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump will arrive near Des Moines, Iowa, to hold a rally in an airplane hanger at Des Moines International Airport. His event will be the fourth of seven scheduled in-person rallies following the revelation of his...

October 13, 2020

CAP Action Memo: Trump’s Reckless Pandemic Response Puts Pennsylvania Health, Jobs, and Social Security at Risk

Pennsylvania unemployment when Trump took office: 5.2 percent Pennsylvania unemployment now: 10.3 percent Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump will hold a rally near Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in an airplane hanger at John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria Airport. His event will be the third of five scheduled in-person rallies following the revelation of his COVID-19 diagnosis on...

October 7, 2020

STATEMENT: New Report Highlights That the Horror of Family Separation Knows No Bounds, and Should Be on The Minds of Every American, CAP Action’s Philip E. Wolgin Says

Washington, D.C. — Last night, a new report from The New York Times confirmed that the Trump administration’s former Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy, Rod J. Rosenstein, were a “driving force” behind the president’s child separation policy, arguing that they “need[ed] to take away the children” regardless of their age or the traumatic consequences of these...

October 1, 2020

STATEMENT: Senate Republicans Just Greenlighted Trump’s Health Care Arson, Says CAP Action’s Maura Calsyn

Washington, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Senate blocked a procedural motion to defund the Trump administration's lawsuit to terminate the Affordable Care Act, including protections for preexisting conditions. Maura Calsyn, managing director of Health Policy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, released the following statement: Senate Republicans made clear that they are accomplices...