DCCC Spokesperson Riya Vashi issued the following statement on lifelong Mainer Matt Dunlap’s victory in tonight’s ME-02 debate against extremist Paul LePage:
“No matter how hard he tries, Paul LePage can’t debate his way out of his own record. Mainers know LePage vetoed Medicaid expansion six times, called Social Security and Medicare ‘welfare,’ and moved to Florida the day he left office because he didn’t want to pay Maine taxes. Tonight, as ME-02 families were reminded exactly why they can’t trust LePage in Washington, Matt Dunlap showed them why he’s the Maine-first leader the Second District needs: a lifelong Mainer who has spent his career standing up to powerful interests and rooting out government waste as State Auditor. While LePage cheers on a tax scam gutting health care and putting rural hospitals at risk to hand billionaires another giveaway, Matt is fighting to lower costs, protect Social Security and Medicare, and make the ultrawealthy pay their fair share. This November, Mainers will choose the candidate who never left their side and send Matt Dunlap to Congress.”
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