Donald Trump is on a mission to get every Republican to help him rig congressional seats to save their razor-thin House majority — but Democrats will protect Americans’ votes. We are fighting “fire with fire” to block Trump’s takeover and protect Americans’ constitutional rights. Tomorrow, the DNC, alongside Texas for All and other national and state partners, will host “Fight the Trump Takeover” demonstrations across the nation. In every corner of the country, people will show up at their statehouses, city halls, and community spaces to stand up to Trump. 

• Nationwide: NBC News: DNC to help lead nationwide protests against Republican redistricting plans
• Nationwide: The Hill: Liberal groups, DNC planning redistricting protests in 20 states
• Nationwide: Rolling Out: Protests hit 20 states Saturday over Trump redistricting
• Nationwide: NTD: DNC to Help Lead Protests Against GOP Redistricting Plans Nationwide
• Nationwide: Newsweek: Nationwide ‘Fight the Trump Takeover’ Protests on Saturday: What We Know
• Nationwide: Axios: What to know about Saturday protests against Trump’s redistricting effort
• Nationwide: MSNBC: ‘Fight the Trump Takeover’ protests set to rock 20 states this weekend
• Nationwide: Common Dreams: ‘Fight the Trump Takeover’ Protests Against GOP Election-Rigging Plot Planned for Saturday
• In Florida: Florida Phoenix: Three Florida cities participate in ‘Fight The Trump Takeover’ national rallies
• In Texas: MySA: ‘Fight The Trump Takeover’ protests planned in Texas amid gerrymandering push

As part of “Organizing Summer,” Democrats held town halls and tours in Missouri, Michigan, and Kentucky to hold Donald Trump and Republicans accountable for hurting working families with their Big Budget Betrayal and attempting to take power away from voters with their gerrymandering scheme. In Kentucky, Democrats made clear that rural hospitals will close thanks to Trump’s budget. In Missouri, Senator Tammy Duckworth, alongside Missouri Democrats, slammed Republicans for allowing Missourians to lose health care and food assistance programs, all while threatening to undermine Missourians’ votes. In Michigan, the chair of the Michigan Democratic Party, Curtis Hertel, highlighted how Trump’s tax scam robs Michiganders of the money in their pocketbooks and their lifesaving health care — all to line the pockets of his billionaire donors. 

• In Kentucky: WYMT: KDP brings ‘Medicaid Defense Tour’ to Hazard
• In Kentucky: Fox 56: Kentucky Democrats begin Medicaid tour in Hazard, spotlighting addiction recovery
• In Missouri: First Alert 4: Senator Duckworth pays visit to Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District for town hall
• In Missouri: Alton Telegraph: Sen. Tammy Duckworth slams Trump funding cuts at town hall in Missouri
• In Michigan: WZMQ: Democratic Party holds town hall meeting
• In Michigan: WNMU: Head of MI Dems holds town hall in Marquette

Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers are getting drowned out by boos and jeers at town hall events by their own constituents. Instead of protecting the people who sent them to Washington, Trump’s congressional puppets like Reps. Doug LaMalfa and Harriet Hageman rubberstamped his disastrous budget scam that screws over working families at every turn to give tax giveaways to their billionaire donors. Now, Republicans are facing the wrath of angry constituents at town hall meetings — and soon, the ballot box. 

• In California: HuffPost: ‘Liar!’: Another GOP Rep. Faces A Raucous Town Hall Angered By Trump’s Agenda
• In California: The Independent: Republican’s town hall descends into chaos as angry voters rage over Epstein files and Trump agenda
• In California: Salon: “Liar!”: Republican heckled at first town hall in 8 years
• In California: NOTUS: Doug LaMalfa Just Became the Latest Republican to Face Furious Town Hall Constituents
• In Wyoming: WyoFile: Wyoming crowd boos Hageman retort that protections against greenhouse gases based on ‘false science’
• In Wyoming: Alternet: ‘Lie! Lie!’ Wyoming community blasts Republican at town hall

On Monday, August 18, DNC Chair Ken Martin will join the Maryland Democratic Party to launch the state party’s Talk-Back Tour. This summer, Democrats are meeting voters where they are and making sure they know the Democratic Party will always be in their corner, fighting to protect working families. Through the Talk-Back Tour, Democrats will mobilize and organize voters ready to reject Republicans’ extreme agenda and gear up to win up and down the ballot in every corner of the state.

• In Maryland: Baltimore Sun: DNC Chair Ken Martin to co-host MD Dems event…

Thanks to Trump’s Big Budget Betrayal, which includes the largest cut to Medicaid in American history, hospitals are being left with no choice but to scale back services or shutter their doors as working families struggle to access lifesaving care. 

• In Colorado: KFF Health News: Medicaid Cuts Could Have Vast Ripple Effects in This Rural Colorado Community
• In Massachusetts: Boston Globe: UMass Memorial Health slashes services as Medicaid cuts loom. It may be a sign of what’s to come in Mass. health care.
• In Missouri: Kansas City Star: Rural hospitals in Missouri struggle to turn a profit. Medicaid cuts could force closures
• In Tennessee: Nashville Banner: Still Playing; Still Sinking: This Rural Tennessee Healthcare Provider Feels Like the Titanic Orchestra Amid Medicaid Cuts

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