{"id":1006111,"date":"2019-08-13T18:18:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T18:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1006111"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:03:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:03:51","slug":"as-trump-goes-to-pa-his-broken-promises-speak-volumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-goes-to-pa-his-broken-promises-speak-volumes\/","title":{"rendered":"As Trump Goes to PA, His Broken Promises Speak Volumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">As President Trump visits the Keystone State today, DNC Regional Press Secretary and Pennsylvania native Maddie McComb released the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cTrump will say anything to distract and confuse Pennsylvania, but his record speaks for itself. He promised he would provide \u2018great health care,\u2019 yet relentlessly attacks protections for preexisting conditions. He told hardworking families \u2018jobs will come back under a Trump administration\u2019 yet his tax scam incentivizes companies to move offshore. As health care costs skyrocket and real wages decline, Pennsylvanians see Trump for who he is: he can\u2019t follow through on his promises because he\u2019s too busy dividing Americans on Twitter. Pennsylvania voters will show him the door next November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump\u2019s record in Pennsylvania is one broken promise after another. See for yourself:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">PROMISES ON HEALTH CARE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump in Hershey, PA in November 2016: \u201cYou won&#8217;t have to bother. You&#8217;ll have great health care. Much less expense. Much lower price. You&#8217;ll be paying a fraction of what you&#8217;re paying and you&#8217;re going to get really good stuff, I can tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">REALITY ON HEALTH CARE<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/business\/healthcare-business\/2019\/07\/31\/Highmark-expand-ACA-offerings-2020-health-insurance-Obamacare-rates\/stories\/201907310216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/business\/healthcare-business\/2019\/07\/31\/Highmark-expand-ACA-offerings-2020-health-insurance-Obamacare-rates\/stories\/201907310216&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1565797249566000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHWeKC4vny0Pw3hj5YDxvJNn2lPcQ\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/a>: \u201cMs. Altman said that, statewide, insurers offering Affordable Care Act plans next year have proposed an average rate increase of 4.9% for individual coverage and 9.6% for small group plans\u2026. Specifically, she mentioned ongoing concern about low-cost, short-term non-ACA plans being offered which do not comply with the act\u2019s minimum coverage requirements. The worry, she said, is that those plans will draw younger, healthier enrollees from ACA plans, which would lead to a less-favorable ACA risk pool and higher rates for ACA plans.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">PROMISES ON JOBS AND WAGES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump in Newtown, PA in October 2016: \u201cYour jobs will come back under a Trump administration. Your incomes will go up under a Trump administration. Your taxes will go way down under a Trump administration. Your companies won&#8217;t be leaving Pennsylvania under a Trump administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">REALITY ON JOBS AND WAGES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/trump-promised-america-first-would-keep-jobs-here-but-the-tax-plan-might-not\/2017\/12\/15\/7b8ed60e-df93-11e7-bbd0-9dfb2e37492a_story.html?utm_term=.7a15ff1b193a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/trump-promised-america-first-would-keep-jobs-here-but-the-tax-plan-might-not\/2017\/12\/15\/7b8ed60e-df93-11e7-bbd0-9dfb2e37492a_story.html?utm_term%3D.7a15ff1b193a&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1565797249566000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH92afh9M2tJ0VZiErntpsx5aXQwA\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump Promised \u2018America First\u2019 Would Keep Jobs Here. But The Tax Plan Might Push Them Overseas.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/13\/business\/economy\/trump-economy-reshoring.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/13\/business\/economy\/trump-economy-reshoring.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1565797249566000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEeJNIYWbft4fRbNJQDYSR-Rz6QwQ\">New York Times<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s Push to Bring Back Jobs to U.S. Shows Limited Results\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/realer.nr0.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/realer.nr0.htm&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1565797249566000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFfLdbnIejJcOTOFauhJQde4LdgzQ\">Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>: \u201cReal average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees decreased 0.2 percent from June to July, seasonally adjusted\u2026 Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.5 percent over the month due to the decrease of 0.2 percent in real average hourly earnings combined with a decrease of 0.3 percent in average weekly hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburgh.cbslocal.com\/2019\/08\/09\/mansfield-plant-to-close-november\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/pittsburgh.cbslocal.com\/2019\/08\/09\/mansfield-plant-to-close-november\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1565797249566000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGPlXarz4TZk1J5u__0tO2KiqUpzQ\">CBS 2 Pittsburgh<\/a>: \u201cFirst Energy is closing its last coal-fired energy plant two years earlier than expected&#8230;President Trump previously said he wanted to keep coal-fired and nuclear power plants from closing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As President Trump visits the Keystone State today, DNC Regional Press Secretary and Pennsylvania native Maddie McComb released the following statement: &nbsp; \u201cTrump will say anything to distract and confuse Pennsylvania, but his record speaks for itself. He promised he would provide \u2018great health care,\u2019 yet relentlessly attacks protections for preexisting conditions. He told hardworking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1006111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>As Trump Goes to PA, His Broken Promises Speak Volumes - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-goes-to-pa-his-broken-promises-speak-volumes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-13T18:18:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:03:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-goes-to-pa-his-broken-promises-speak-volumes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/as-trump-goes-to-pa-his-broken-promises-speak-volumes\/\",\"name\":\"As Trump Goes to PA, His Broken Promises Speak Volumes - 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