{"id":1029974,"date":"2024-03-07T04:29:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T04:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1029974"},"modified":"2024-05-15T20:23:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T20:23:02","slug":"statement-from-senator-doug-jones-on-katie-britts-state-of-the-union-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-from-senator-doug-jones-on-katie-britts-state-of-the-union-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement From Senator Doug Jones on Katie Britt\u2019s State of the Union Response"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Former Alabama Senator Doug Jones released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is disappointing that following President Biden\u2019s State of the Union tonight,&nbsp; Katie Britt stuck to Donald Trump\u2019s losing MAGA playbook, trotting out the same dangerous and unpopular policies that attack our freedoms and would devastate our economy. What Senator Britt failed to mention is the state of our own state, where women and families have felt the harsh impact of Trump\u2019s legacy: abortion banned even in cases of rape and incest, doctors threatened with prosecution, and loving couples who are desperately trying to get pregnant lost access to fertility treatment. She didn\u2019t mention that MAGA Republicans\u2019 refusal to expand Medicaid is preventing over 170,000 people in Alabama from gaining health coverage while Trump threatens to take away health care from millions. And while crime rates have fallen nationwide under President Biden\u2019s leadership, Senator Britt didn\u2019t say a word about how under Trump\u2019s MAGA agenda that Alabama leaders blindly follow, violent crime rates in Alabama have defied national trends and remained higher than the rest of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump and his obedient followers have wreaked havoc on Alabama and our country as a whole, and their record shows just how high the stakes are in this election. The failed MAGA blueprint that Trump\u2019s allies have pushed in Alabama has been a disaster, and the American people cannot afford to let Trump take it nationwide. Under President Biden, the state of our union is strong \u2013 but all voters have to do is look at Republicans\u2019 record in Alabama to see just how badly Trump would fail them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Alabama Senator Doug Jones released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cIt is disappointing that following President Biden\u2019s State of the Union tonight,&nbsp; Katie Britt stuck to Donald Trump\u2019s losing MAGA playbook, trotting out the same dangerous and unpopular policies that attack our freedoms and would devastate our economy. What Senator Britt failed to mention is the [&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-1029974","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>Statement From Senator Doug Jones on Katie Britt\u2019s State of the Union Response - 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\/statement-from-senator-doug-jones-on-katie-britts-state-of-the-union-response\/\" \/>\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=\"2024-03-07T04:29:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-15T20:23:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\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\/statement-from-senator-doug-jones-on-katie-britts-state-of-the-union-response\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-from-senator-doug-jones-on-katie-britts-state-of-the-union-response\/\",\"name\":\"Statement From Senator Doug Jones on Katie Britt\u2019s State of the Union Response - 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