{"id":1052620,"date":"2025-04-29T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T00:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1052620"},"modified":"2025-04-30T09:11:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:11:50","slug":"statement-from-dnc-chair-ken-martin-following-trumps-100-day-michigan-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/statement-from-dnc-chair-ken-martin-following-trumps-100-day-michigan-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from DNC Chair Ken Martin Following Trump\u2019s \u2018100 Day\u2019 Michigan Rally\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to Donald Trump\u2019s Michigan rally capping off his disastrous first 100 days,<\/em> <strong><em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile Donald Trump lives in his delusions, Michigan families \u2013 along with millions of working families across this country \u2013 are forced to live with the consequences of his dangerous, chaotic, and economy-destroying agenda. Trump promised to keep auto plants open. They closed. Trump promised to bring down prices. They\u2019re spiking. Trump promised a \u2018golden age.\u2019 Instead we got the Dark Ages. Thanks to Trump, Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security are on the chopping block so his billionaire friends can get a tax break. Trump\u2019s pathetic display tonight will do nothing to help the families he started screwing over 100 days ago. Michiganders and the rest of the country see right through Trump, and as a result, he has the lowest 100-day approval rating in generations. If he\u2019s not already terrified of what the ballot box will bring between now and the midterm elections, he should be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Donald Trump claimed \u201cthe most successful first 100 days of any administration,\u201d but here\u2019s the truth:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In just 100 days, Trump steered the U.S. economy toward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/28\/politics\/tariffs-economy-100-days-trump\/index.html\">recession<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump\u2019s job performance has tanked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/04\/27\/trump-poll-approval-rating-100-days\/\">39%<\/a> \u2014 lower than previous presidents at this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/04\/27\/trump-approval-ratings-historic-low\/83310942007\/\">point<\/a> in their term.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/659630\/americans-economic-financial-expectations-sink-april.aspx?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">3 in 4<\/a> Americans believe the economy is faltering and are preparing for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/curiosity\/cnbc-your-money-2025\/\">recession<\/a>, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/official-polls\/fox-news-poll-first-100-days-president-trumps-second-term\">majority<\/a> believing Trump is to blame.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Working families face nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/budgetlab.yale.edu\/research\/state-us-tariffs-april-15-2025\">$5,000<\/a> in lost purchasing power, and seniors are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/business-news\/retirees-stunned-market-turmoil-tariffs-shrinks-401ks-rcna199753\">delaying<\/a> their retirement plans as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/business-news\/retirees-stunned-market-turmoil-tariffs-shrinks-401ks-rcna199753\">401(k)s tank<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The stock market\u2019s first three months under Trump was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/finance\/investing\/dow-jones-stocks-worst-april-1932-74fe82ac?reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink\">\u201cthe worst for any president\u201d<\/a> since the Great Depression.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/economy\/consumers-call-lifeline-trumps-tariff-liberation-day-nears-rcna197495\">Even Republicans<\/a> are concerned about inflation and unemployment thanks to Trump\u2019s trillion-dollar <a href=\"https:\/\/budgetlab.yale.edu\/research\/state-us-tariffs-april-15-2025\">extra tax<\/a> on working families.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thanks to Donald Trump, Michigan families, like families across the U.S., are struggling under his disastrous agenda.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Donald Trump and Elon Musk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/education\/2025\/04\/11\/trump-cuts-head-start-jobs-leaving-local-michigan-programs-uncertain-of-future-closures\/83009348007\/\">cuts<\/a> to Head Start have left providers and families in Michigan spiraling.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michigan veterans have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/dozens-fired-michigan-veteran-care-facilities-trump-cuts-continue\">lost their jobs<\/a> as a consequence of Trump and Musk\u2019s federal layoffs, while jeopardizing timely health care for others.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Trump administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicarerights.org\/medicare-watch\/2025\/03\/13\/trump-administration-and-elon-musks-doge-closing-social-security-offices-harming-access-to-services\">targeted<\/a> Social Security field offices in Michigan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump doesn\u2019t give a damn about U.S. manufacturing. Under his leadership, the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2020-10-22\/supply-chains-latest-the-hard-data-on-trump-s-offshoring-record\">shipped more jobs overseas<\/a> and shuttered factories. During Trump\u2019s first term, Michigan\u2019s auto industry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/2020\/09\/trumps-false-auto-industry-claims\/\">bled<\/a> jobs and a GM plant in Warren <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/07\/29\/business\/gm-warren-manufacturing-plant\/index.html\">closed<\/a> under his watch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are pushing budget proposals that would take the current reality working families face from bad to worse \u2013 all to give billionaires trillions of dollars worth of tax cuts.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Through their disastrous budget proposals, Trump and congressional Republicans are planning to:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Put<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/affordable-care-act\/state-indicator\/total-monthly-medicaid-and-chip-enrollment\/?currentTimeframe=0&amp;sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D\"><strong>2.3 million<\/strong><\/a> Michiganders\u2019 access to affordable health care on the chopping block.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slash Americans\u2019 hard-earned Social Security benefits by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/finance\/white-house-wants-defund-independent-social-security-board-sources-say-2025-04-25\/\"> defunding<\/a> the independent Social Security Board. Some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssa.gov\/policy\/docs\/statcomps\/oasdi_sc\/2023\/mi.html\"><strong>2.3 million<\/strong><\/a> Michiganders receive Social Security benefits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/education\/2025\/04\/11\/trump-proposal-eliminating-head-start\/83045346007\/\">Eliminate Head Start<\/a> \u2014 costing working families an extra $12,000 a year for child care and ripping away kids\u2019 health care. <a href=\"https:\/\/headstart.gov\/program-data\/article\/head-start-investments-state\"><strong>27,078<\/strong><\/a> kids living in Michigan rely on Head Start funding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gut affordable housing and make energy more expensive for<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/04\/26\/trump-liheap-cuts-heating-assistance\/\"> <strong>millions<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>of working families.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All to give tax breaks to billionaires and mega-corporations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Donald Trump\u2019s Michigan rally capping off his disastrous first 100 days, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: \u201cWhile Donald Trump lives in his delusions, Michigan families \u2013 along with millions of working families across this country \u2013 are forced to live with the consequences of his dangerous, chaotic, and economy-destroying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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-1052620","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 - 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