VA Dems Response to Trump's RNC speech

· We were promised a Donald Trump who would take the stage focused on unity and bringing people together, but just like his four years in office, he failed to deliver.

· Instead, we got a boring, low-energy rambling speech that was all about himself and his Project 2025 agenda with no real plans to help American families.

· Instead of offering unity, he resorted to the same Donald Trump that the American people fired four years ago. He attacked UAW President Shawn Fain, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, and once again denied the results of the 2020 election – which he lost by 7 million votes to Joe Biden.

· We know what Donald Trump wants to do in a second term. His Project 2025 Agenda is extreme, deeply unpopular, and out of step with the majority of the American people:

o Women can’t access reproductive health care

o Children are separated from their mothers, and families are torn apart by mass deportation programs

o Employers can stop paying their worker’s overtime

o The president has unchecked power to rule as a “dictator”

· It was a fitting capstone to a convention that featured floor placards calling for “mass deportations on day one,” “fight” chants on the floor, and attacks on the free press from primetime speakers. 

· Americans now face a choice between two starkly contrasting visions for our future: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are focused on uniting the country, creating opportunity for everyone, and lowering costs. Donald Trump and JD Vance’s Project 2025 agenda will take away Americans’ rights, threaten our democracy, and make life more expensive – all while benefiting the ultra-rich and greedy corporations.

Kelsey Carolan, Press Secretary @ Democratic Party of Virginia