{"id":1055633,"date":"2025-08-15T19:29:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T23:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055633"},"modified":"2025-08-15T19:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T23:29:17","slug":"in-the-states-democrats-lead-fight-against-trump-and-republicans-extreme-gerrymandering-and-attacks-on-working-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/in-the-states-democrats-lead-fight-against-trump-and-republicans-extreme-gerrymandering-and-attacks-on-working-families\/","title":{"rendered":"IN THE STATES: Democrats Lead Fight Against Trump and Republicans\u2019 Extreme Gerrymandering and Attacks on Working Families\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Donald Trump is on a mission to get every Republican to help him rig congressional seats to save their razor-thin House majority \u2014 but Democrats will protect Americans\u2019 votes. We are fighting \u201cfire with fire\u201d to block Trump\u2019s takeover and protect Americans\u2019 constitutional rights. Tomorrow, the DNC, alongside Texas for All and other national and state partners, will host \u201cFight the Trump Takeover\u201d demonstrations across the nation. In every corner of the country, people will show up at their statehouses, city halls, and community spaces to stand up to Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Nationwide: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-election\/dnc-nationwide-protests-saturday-republican-redistricting-plans-rcna224365\">NBC News<\/a>: DNC to help lead nationwide protests against Republican redistricting plans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nationwide: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/5448118-fight-the-trump-takeover-protests\/\">The Hill<\/a>: Liberal groups, DNC planning redistricting protests in 20 states<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nationwide: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rollingout.com\/2025\/08\/12\/fight-trump-takeover-protests\/\">Rolling Out<\/a>: Protests hit 20 states Saturday over Trump redistricting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nationwide: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntd.com\/dnc-to-help-lead-protests-against-gop-redistricting-plans-nationwide_1084432.html\">NTD<\/a>: DNC to Help Lead Protests Against GOP Redistricting Plans Nationwide<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nationwide: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/fight-trump-takeover-protests-saturday-2113930\">Newsweek<\/a>: Nationwide &#8216;Fight the Trump Takeover&#8217; Protests on Saturday: What We Know<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nationwide: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/08\/14\/fight-the-trump-takeover-protests-texas-redistricting-vote-2025\">Axios<\/a>: What to know about Saturday protests against Trump&#8217;s redistricting effort<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nationwide: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/all-in\/watch\/-fight-the-trump-takeover-protests-set-to-rock-20-states-this-weekend-245027909669\">MSNBC<\/a>: \u2018Fight the Trump Takeover\u2019 protests set to rock 20 states this weekend<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nationwide: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/fight-the-trump-takeover-august-16\">Common Dreams<\/a>: &#8216;Fight the Trump Takeover&#8217; Protests Against GOP Election-Rigging Plot Planned for Saturday<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In Florida: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/floridaphoenix.com\/2025\/08\/12\/three-florida-cities-participate-in-fight-the-trump-takeover-national-rallies\/\">Florida Phoenix<\/a>: Three Florida cities participate in \u2018Fight The Trump Takeover\u2019 national rallies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In Texas: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/local\/politics\/article\/trump-protest-san-antonio-austin-texas-20815725.php\">MySA<\/a>: &#8216;Fight The Trump Takeover&#8217; protests planned in Texas amid gerrymandering push<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of \u201cOrganizing Summer,\u201d Democrats held town halls and tours in Missouri, Michigan, and Kentucky to hold Donald Trump and Republicans accountable for hurting working families with their Big Budget Betrayal and attempting to take power away from voters with their gerrymandering scheme. In Kentucky, Democrats made clear that rural hospitals will close thanks to Trump\u2019s budget. In Missouri, Senator Tammy Duckworth, alongside Missouri Democrats, slammed Republicans for allowing Missourians to lose health care and food assistance programs, all while threatening to undermine Missourians\u2019 votes. In Michigan, the chair of the Michigan Democratic Party, Curtis Hertel, highlighted how Trump\u2019s tax scam robs Michiganders of the money in their pocketbooks and their lifesaving health care \u2014 all to line the pockets of his billionaire donors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>In Kentucky: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wymt.com\/2025\/08\/14\/kdp-brings-medicaid-defense-tour-hazard\/\">WYMT<\/a>: KDP brings \u2018Medicaid Defense Tour\u2019 to Hazard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In Kentucky: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fox56news.com\/news\/kentucky\/kentucky-democrats-begin-medicaid-tour-in-hazard-spotlighting-addiction-recovery\/\">Fox 56<\/a>: Kentucky Democrats begin Medicaid tour in Hazard, spotlighting addiction recovery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In Missouri: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstalert4.com\/2025\/08\/14\/senator-duckworth-pays-visit-missouris-2nd-congressional-district-town-hall\/\">First Alert 4<\/a>: Senator Duckworth pays visit to Missouri\u2019s 2nd Congressional District for town hall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In Missouri: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetelegraph.com\/news\/article\/tammy-duckworth-trump-funding-cuts-town-hall-20816775.php\">Alton Telegraph<\/a>: Sen. Tammy Duckworth slams Trump funding cuts at town hall in Missouri<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In Michigan: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wzmq19.com\/news\/351756\/democratic-party-holds-town-hall-meeting\/\">WZMQ<\/a>: Democratic Party holds town hall meeting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In Michigan: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnmufm.org\/politics\/2025-08-13\/head-of-mi-dems-holds-town-hall-in-marquette\">WNMU<\/a>: Head of MI Dems holds town hall in Marquette<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers are getting drowned out by boos and jeers at town hall events by their own constituents. Instead of protecting the people who sent them to Washington, Trump\u2019s congressional puppets like Reps. Doug LaMalfa and Harriet Hageman rubberstamped his disastrous budget scam that screws over working families at every turn to give tax giveaways to their billionaire donors. Now, Republicans are facing the wrath of angry constituents at town hall meetings \u2014 and soon, the ballot box.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>In California: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/republican-town-hall-anger-doug-lamalfa_n_689b4587e4b0dd7c3bf8409f?utm_source=cordial&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2025-08-13&amp;utm_term=us-morning-email&amp;email_hash=356568564c6ca73596e7578baae41b07df5934cb\">HuffPost<\/a>: \u2018Liar!\u2019: Another GOP Rep. Faces A Raucous Town Hall Angered By Trump&#8217;s Agenda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In California: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/doug-lamalfa-town-hall-epstein-trump-b2806285.html\">The Independent<\/a>: Republican\u2019s town hall descends into chaos as angry voters rage over Epstein files and Trump agenda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In California: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2025\/08\/12\/liar-republican-heckled-at-first-town-hall-in-8-years\/\">Salon<\/a>: \u201cLiar!\u201d: Republican heckled at first town hall in 8 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In California: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/congress\/doug-lamalfa-republican-town-hall-furious-constituents-shouting\">NOTUS<\/a>: Doug LaMalfa Just Became the Latest Republican to Face Furious Town Hall Constituents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In Wyoming:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wyofile.com\/wyoming-crowd-boos-hageman-retort-that-protections-against-greenhouse-gases-based-on-false-science\/\">WyoFile<\/a>: Wyoming crowd boos Hageman retort that protections against greenhouse gases based on \u2018false science\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In Wyoming: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/town-hall-republicans\/\">Alternet<\/a>: \u2018Lie! Lie!\u2019 Wyoming community blasts Republican at town hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, August 18, DNC Chair Ken Martin will join the Maryland Democratic Party to launch the state party\u2019s Talk-Back Tour. This summer, Democrats are meeting voters where they are and making sure they know the Democratic Party will always be in their corner, fighting to protect working families. Through the Talk-Back Tour, Democrats will mobilize and organize voters ready to reject Republicans\u2019 extreme agenda and gear up to win up and down the ballot in every corner of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>In Maryland: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/2025\/08\/14\/dnc-chair-ken-martin-to-co-host-md-dems-event-gop-chair-cites-moores-polling-dip\/\">Baltimore Sun<\/a>: DNC Chair Ken Martin to co-host MD Dems event\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Trump\u2019s Big Budget Betrayal, which includes the largest cut to Medicaid in American history, hospitals are being left with no choice but to scale back services or shutter their doors as working families struggle to access lifesaving care.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>In Colorado: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/medicaid-cuts-rural-colorado-trump-economic-ripple-effects\/\">KFF Health News<\/a>: Medicaid Cuts Could Have Vast Ripple Effects in This Rural Colorado Community<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In Massachusetts: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/08\/14\/business\/umass-memorial-psych-program-closure\/\">Boston Globe<\/a>: UMass Memorial Health slashes services as Medicaid cuts loom. It may be a sign of what\u2019s to come in Mass. health care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In Missouri: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/politics-government\/article311688964.html\">Kansas City Star<\/a>: Rural hospitals in Missouri struggle to turn a profit. Medicaid cuts could force closures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>In Tennessee: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nashvillebanner.com\/2025\/08\/12\/tennessee-rural-hospitals-medicaid-cuts\/\">Nashville Banner<\/a>: Still Playing; Still Sinking: This Rural Tennessee Healthcare Provider Feels Like the Titanic Orchestra Amid Medicaid Cuts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump is on a mission to get every Republican to help him rig congressional seats to save their razor-thin House majority \u2014 but Democrats will protect Americans\u2019 votes. We are fighting \u201cfire with fire\u201d to block Trump\u2019s takeover and protect Americans\u2019 constitutional rights. 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