Today, Chris Carr qualified to run for governor, the first Republican to qualify in a GOP primary that has been defined by the candidates staking out extreme and unpopular cost-raising positions that are deeply out of touch with the needs of Georgia families.
In response, DPG spokesperson Jake Strickland issued the following statement:
“Chris Carr might be being drowned out by his opponents’ MAGA millions, but it doesn’t change the fact that he’s just as out-of-touch as his rivals. From opposing affordable health care for hundreds of thousands of Georgians to backing Trump and DC Republicans’ cost-raising agenda, Carr is dangerously wrong for hardworking Georgia families.”
As this far-right GOP primary battle gets underway, Carr has routinely staked out extreme and out-of-touch positions that jacked up costs and worsened Georgia’s health care crisis:
- Carr strongly supported Trump’s budget bill that has resulted in 1.4 million Georgians bracing for their premiums to skyrocket by more than $860 a month on average.
- Carr opposes Medicaid expansion, which has resulted in nine rural hospitals closing their doors across the state since 2009.
- Carr has staunchly defended Georgia’s extreme abortion ban every step of the way, even as it has created a maternal mortality crisis sweeping the state.
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