With Vance in GA, Burt Jones Touts His Support for Deeply Unpopular Budget Law That Takes Away Health Care and Raises Costs

With Vance in GA, Burt Jones Touts His Support for Deeply Unpopular Budget Law That Takes Away Health Care and Raises Costs

Chris Carr also backed law that is threatening to close rural hospitals in Georgia

As JD Vance travels to Georgia today to tout the extreme budget bill that D.C. Republicans passed in July, Burt Jones doubled down on his support for this deeply unpopular bill that rips away health care, threatens rural hospitals, and jeopardizes manufacturing jobs.

Jones tweeted a picture with Vance and once again bragged about his support for the extreme budget law. Jones has been outspoken in favor of the law — and in a sign of how extreme this primary has become, so has his opponent Chris Carr.

“Today’s appearance leaves no doubt that Burt Jones is running for governor to bring D.C. Republicans’ extreme and deeply unpopular agenda of taking away health care, cutting jobs, and jacking up costs to Georgia,” said DGA spokesperson Kevin Donohoe. “Jones and Chris Carr will shamelessly put loyalty to a dangerous, partisan agenda over what’s right for Georgia — and this nasty primary race to the extremes is just getting started.”

The extreme budget law that Jones and Carr backed will devastate Georgia by:

• Ripping away health care from hundreds of thousands of Georgians,

• Jeopardizing food assistance for 730,000 Georgia families,

• Raising electricity costs by $110 a year,

• Costing rural Georgia hospitals $540 million,

• Risking the closure of four hospitals and 37 nursing homes, and

• Threatening manufacturing jobs across the state.

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