WATCH: DGA Chair Laura Kelly on MSNBC Talks How to Win 2025 Governor’s Races and Republican’s Deeply Unpopular Health Care Cuts

WATCH: DGA Chair Laura Kelly on MSNBC Talks How to Win 2025 Governor’s Races and Republican’s Deeply Unpopular Health Care Cuts

Last night, DGA Chair and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly went on MSNBC’s The Briefing with Jen Psaki to underscore how Republican’s deeply unpopular cuts to Medicaid and SNAP will be a major liability for GOP candidates in New Jersey and Virginia this fall:

“We know from polling that a lot of what’s happening right now is very unpopular, whether you look at issues like immigration or the tariffs, certainly Medicaid… snap cuts, all of the other kinds of things that are really being thrust upon the states are very unpopular. We just need to make sure that people continue to voice their protests, and then they carry that out in the ballot box this November.”

Governor Kelly went on to discuss how Democratic candidates Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey will win their races by focusing on the issues that matter most to their states:

“We’re really going to focus on the issues that matter the most… We’ve got some outstanding candidates this year in New Jersey and Virginia… I think it’s incumbent upon the people of the United States to stay tuned, stay engaged, keep these issues at the forefront, and then make their feelings known in the ballot box.”

Last week, the DGA released new polling from Virginia and New Jersey finding Donald Trump’s budget bill spells major trouble for GOP candidates Winsome Sears and Jack Ciattarelli, who both strongly supported it. Sears bragged about how Trump’s bill will do “so many great things” for Virginia — even though it’s set to take health care away from 320,000 Virginians. Meanwhile, Ciattarelli said “shame on any Republican across the country that doesn’t support this,” which could take health care away from 350,000 New Jerseyans.

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