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Washington, D.C. — After the Senate voted to confirm the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, Neera Tanden, CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, issued the following statement: President Donald Trump and the Republican Senate believe they can use the Supreme Court as a political tool...
Pennsylvania unemployment when Trump took office: 5.2 percent Pennsylvania unemployment now: 8.1 percent Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump will travel to Pennsylvania to hold three rallies in the middle of a pandemic that has taken more than 224,000 American lives. Due to the president's failed pandemic response, coronavirus cases have reached a record...
Washington, D.C. — After the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines 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 rushed and illegitimate process is an insult to the American people and fundamentally changes...
North Carolina unemployment when Trump took office: 4.9 percent North Carolina unemployment now: 7.3 percent Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump will arrive near Gastonia, North Carolina, to hold a rally in an airplane hanger at Gastonia Municipal Airport. His event will be the 14th in-person rally and second in North Carolina following the revelation...
Pennsylvania unemployment when Trump took office: 5.2 percent Pennsylvania unemployment now: 8.1 percent Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump will arrive in Erie, Pennsylvania, to hold a rally in an airplane hanger at Erie International Airport. The event will be the 13th of 14 scheduled in-person rallies and his second event in Pennsylvania following the revelation of his COVID-19...
297,000 Arizonans would lose health coverage if the ACA is repealed. 2.8 million Arizonans with preexisting conditions would have their protections stripped away.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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...