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56 Missouri Veterans Die at State Veterans Homes Since September 1, Gov. Mike Parson Calls Them The “Standard Nationwide”

Thirteen Veterans Died at the Mt. Vernon Veterans Home, Which Parson Visited One Day Before It First Reported a Positive Case Today, the St. Louis Post Dispatch is reporting 56 veterans died of COVID-19 in Missouri veterans homes between September 1st and October 12th. The second-deadliest outbreak occurred at the Mt. Vernon Veterans Home, which…

ICYMI: Kansas City Mayor Endorses Nicole Galloway For Governor, Rebuking Parson’s COVID-19 Response

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas endorsed Nicole Galloway for governor on Monday, citing Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s failed pandemic response as a stark point of contrast between the two candidates. Lucas has been working with Parson on the COVID-19 pandemic, but he said Galloway would follow facts and science when responding to the virus. In…

DGA-Backed Group Launches New Ad In Missouri

A Stronger Missouri, an independent organization backed by the Democratic Governors Association, released a new TV ad in Missouri, “Wrong Way.” Coronavirus cases in Missouri are heading the wrong way, and Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is taking the state the wrong way on health care. Under Parson, 100,000 children lost their health care coverage. Parson…

Nineteen Days After Testing Positive For COVID-19, Gov. Mike Parson Continues Maskless In-Person Campaigning and Lying to the Public

After testing positive for the virus and dealing with an outbreak in his office and his household, it doesn’t appear Mike Parson has learned his lesson – he returned to the campaign trail this weekend, attending an event in Buchanan County maskless. It’s been nineteen days since Parson tested positive for COVID-19, and he’s still…

Galloway Puts Parson on His Heels in Sole Missouri Gubernatorial Debate

State Auditor Nicole Galloway today dominated the only scheduled Missouri gubernatorial debate of the cycle, putting GOP Gov. Mike Parson on the defensive for his failed leadership. Throughout the debate, Nicole Galloway kept the focus on how Parson has repeatedly put partisan politics and Jefferson City insiders ahead of Missouri families. Galloway highlighted Parson’s attempts…

ICYMI: Keep Your Friends Close: Missouri Gov. Mike Parson Rents Campaign Offices From Lobbyists

Once again, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and his political allies are coming under fire for their cozy relationships with lobbyists and Jefferson City insiders. A report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed how Parson’s campaign is renting office space from lobbyists – ensuring that the rich and powerful have close access to the seat of…

ICYMI: Sunshine Request Reveals Missouri Gov. Mike Parson Used Taxpayer-Funded Airplane For Personal and Campaign Trips

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson claims the state can’t afford accessible, affordable health care and teacher pay raises, and yet, he has no problem spending hundreds of thousands of dollars jetting around the country on the state’s airplane. A Sunshine Request from St. Joseph’s News-Press Now revealed Parson spent over a quarter of a million dollars…

Following Mike Parson’s Refusal To Take COVID-19 Seriously Even After Contracting the Virus, DGA Re-Launches Digital Accountability Campaign

Missourians Can See An Updated Timeline of How Their Governor’s Failure To Lead On The Pandemic Put Them In Danger Since the DGA released its post-primary digital accountability campaign against Gov. Mike Parson, he’s continued to fail Missourians on the COVID-19 pandemic, and even became an asymptomatic spreader of the virus himself. Today, the DGA…

Twelve Days Since Gov. Mike Parson’s Positive COVID-19 Test, Public Still Left In Dark

Why Won’t Parson Say If His Staff Members Have Tested Positive? It’s been twelve days since Mike Parson was diagnosed with COVID-19, and the public is still in the dark. The Parson administration is refusing to disclose how many of the governor’s staff members have also tested positive for the virus. Even the Trump administration…

ICYMI: In Scathing Editorial, St. Louis Post Dispatch Endorses Nicole Galloway Over Gov. Mike Parson Due To His “Horrendous” Handling of Pandemic and Refusal to Lead

On Saturday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board endorsed Nicole Galloway for governor and came out swinging against incumbent Gov. Mike Parson. The ed board doesn’t waste any time calling Parson out for what he is – an “accident of history” and a reluctant leader who “continually falls short.” The Post-Dispatch gives Galloway a glowing…

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