Georgia leads all states amid the largest national layoff numbers since the 2009 recession
Today, Challenger, Gray & Christmas released a new report finding that Georgia saw the highest number of layoff announcements in the entire country in the month of January, with a staggering 31,415 job cuts announced. Nationwide, as Trump and Republicans continue to inflict economic chaos, job cuts surged to their highest January levels since the 2009 recession.
As Donald Trump has thrown our state’s economy into chaos and uncertainty, GOP U.S. Senate candidates Rep. Buddy Carter, Rep. Mike Collins, and Derek Dooley and gubernatorial candidates Burt Jones, Rick Jackson, Chris Carr, and Brad Raffensperger have supported his agenda of hiking prices and cutting jobs every step of the way, pledging to enable his attacks on Georgia’s economy if elected.
In response, DPG Chair Charlie Bailey released the following statement:
“Under failed GOP leadership, Georgia was the number one state for layoffs in January. Republicans running for Senate like Buddy Carter, Mike Collins, and Derek Dooley, and those running for governor like Burt Jones, Rick Jackson, Brad Raffensperger, and Chris Carr have proudly supported Donald Trump’s devastating economic decisions – from reckless tariffs to drastic health care cuts – that now have Georgia leading the nation with the highest national January layoffs in 17 years. These job cuts reflect a staggering, damning failure of leadership by Republicans as they continue to throw working families under the bus to give even bigger and bigger handouts to their billionaire friends. Georgians literally cannot afford more failed Republican leadership in the Governor’s office or the U.S. Senate in 2026.”
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