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“Many African Americans cringed as they watched Donald Trump single out a black person among a crowd of white supporters and yell, ‘Look at my African American.’ This is just the latest of what is a seemingly never-ending barrage of racially insensitive remarks coming from the leader of the Republican Party. By continuing to stand […]

DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján released the following statement to congratulate Jim Mowrer in his primary victory in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District: “I’m excited to congratulate Jim Mowrer on securing the Democratic nomination and setting us on our way to winning back this important seat,” said DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján. “Jim is a combat […]

DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján released the following statement to congratulate Monica Vernon on her primary victory in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District: “It’s been exciting to watch how many Northeastern Iowans came together to elect Monica Vernon as their nominee,” said DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Lujan. “Monica is a real leader with a strong commitment […]

TO: Interested Parties FR: Meredith Kelly, DCCC National Press Secretary DT: June 6, 2016 RE: Speaker Ryan’s Agenda – Not Worth The White Paper It’s Printed On Paul Ryan has “staked his success” on a number of objectives since becoming Speaker, promising a new era of policymaking and legislating. Unfortunately for him, his weakness in […]

Please consider the statement below regarding Donald Trump’s continued, and now expanding, view that a person might be less capable or qualified to do their job based on their heritage, race or religion: “When questioned today whether his statements and attitudes towards Judge Curiel were racist, Donald Trump doubled down. He even went a step […]

“Paul Ryan wants to be talking about his ‘policy agenda’ rollout next week, and instead, he’s answering for divisive, explosive, and offensive behavior by Donald Trump. Paul Ryan and House Republicans’ life will follow this pattern every day until the election. House Republicans can run away all they want, but at the end of the […]

Why Donald Trump, Not Paul Ryan, Is Setting the G.O.P. Agenda By Jennifer Steinhauer June 3, 2016 Key Highlights […]Speaker Paul D. Ryan delivered his party’s weekly address on Friday — a rarity — giving a peek at the House Republican agenda that he and his colleagues will begin to roll out next week. That […]

“Congresswoman McSally should be embarrassed that she couldn’t answer basic questions about Donald Trump’s – and therefore the Republican Party’s – dangerous stances on foreign policy,” said DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law. “She displayed a shocking lack of conviction yesterday when asked about leaving the NATO alliance. Frankly, her ‘bury your head in the sand’ routine […]

MEDIA ADVISORY 10am: Curbelo Gets Desperate, Calls in Rubio for Damage Control After Taddeo Takes Him to Task on Zika  Curbelo Holds hastily-arranged press conference on Zika after going on recess without fully funding Zika response Opportunity for Media to ask Curbelo why he only asked for emergency Zika funding after it became politically expedient   […]

**Similar releases are being sent to: AZ-02 (McSally), CA-10 (Denham), CA-21 (Valadao), CA-25 (Knight), ME-02 (Poliquin), NY-21 (Stefanik), NY-24 (Katko), TX-23 (Hurd), VA-10 (Comstock), WA-03 (Herrera Beutler) and WA-08 (Reichert). Today, Paul Ryan admitted the obvious and confirmed the inevitable by officially endorsing Donald Trump. Over the last few weeks, while Ryan has dragged out […]