Vance’s visit came the same week Evans Memorial Hospital in Claxton, GA announced it may have to cut its ICU as a result of Trump’s budget law
Yesterday, ahead of JD Vance’s descent on Georgia as Republicans are increasingly on defense in the state navigating backlash from Trump’s budget law, impacted Georgians held a press conference slamming GOP U.S. Senate candidates “MAGA warrior” Rep. Buddy Carter, MAGA extremist Rep. Mike Collins, and failed and fired former Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley’s support of the devastating law, calling it “deceiving” for serving “billionaires” over “working families and the middle class.”
Recent polling revealed that the budget law is largely unpopular with Georgia voters, as 52% of Georgians say they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who supported the law.
See below for what Georgians are watching on Vance’s visit:
11Alive: Georgia Democrats gather to discuss harms of ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
- Just before the Vice President’s visit, Georgia Democrats gathered to speak out against the Big Beautiful Bill […]
- [Charlie Bailey, the chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia] says the Trump Administration is deceiving Georgians by telling them the bill does more for working families and the middle class than it does for billionaires.
- “I’m from Harris County, Georgia and in Harris County, what we call that is a lie.”
- “So what does this bill do? On top of giving a million dollars a year to billionaires in this country for the next ten years, it’s cutting a trillion dollars from Medicaid across the country. A trillion dollars.”
WSB-TV: Affordable Health Care Rally
- […] An affordable healthcare rally this morning [denounced] President Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill, calling out U.S. Senate candidates Buddy Carter, Mike Collins, and former Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley for supporting the bill.
- […] More than 2 million Georgians rely on affordable health care programs.
- “Trump’s budget law could jeopardize the future of these programs, which is a nightmare for seniors like me,” said Gloria Jenkins, a senior on Social Security and Medicare.
- […] The bill takes affordable healthcare away for some 750,000 Georgians