Carroll County Maryland Democrats

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They are stealing taxpayer dollars from blue states because Democrats in Congress refuse to give Trump a blank check for his authoritarianism.

Corruption. Coercion. Blackmail. Lawlessness. 

I won’t bend the knee to a wannabe dictator and his cronies. We will prevail.

We’re urgently taking action to protect Marylanders from the immediate consequences of the government shutdown. We’re:

I'm still here in Washington — like I've been all week — ready to work with my colleagues to fund our government. Throughout this Republican shutdown, my office will be open, and I'm committed to supporting all of #MD03 with resources, including our virtual town hall tonight!

No lie detected.

The government is shut down, and with full Republican control, the blame lies where it belongs. Democrats are fighting hard to reopen it without cutting healthcare for millions.

It’s not just that this is puerile and lawless. It’s that it is completely out of touch with the issues relevant to contemporary warfare. Russia fights like this. It makes Russians criminals. But it doesn’t make them winners.

YouTube video by Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth Town Hall on Day One of Government Shutdown

My team and I have heard from many of you with questions during this uncertain time. That’s why we’re hosting a virtual town hall TONIGHT to help you navigate a government shutdown from day one.

Van Hollen, Maryland delegation call for end to Republican shutdown YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen

Like a Mad King, Trump shut down the government because we refused to give him a blank check for his lawlessness.

Tune in as we fight to end the Trump Shutdown, hold him accountable, stand with federal workers and protect health care for millions:

Republicans have caused the government to shutdown and Democrats are the one's dealing with it.

YouTube video by Governor Wes Moore Addressing the Federal Government Shutdown

President Trump failed to make a deal.

Now families across our state and country are left with the fallout.

Republicans control the White House, and they have majorities in the Senate and House.

And now, after Republicans wrecked our economy, they have to shut down the government.

It's cruel. It's callous. And it's incompetent.

Graphic featuring the following text: Header: 2026 health care premiums would more than double under GOP budget Subhead: If ACA enhanced premium tax credits expire, your health care payments could double. Below is a graph with a bar set at $888 2025 and another bar set at $1,904 2026. Source: KFF

Republicans want to price you out of your health care

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen I won't cave to Trump's blackmail

Republicans may be willing to hand over their constitutional duties to a lawless president, but I won’t cave to his blackmail.

We’re ready to keep the government open, protect health care for Americans, and stop Trump from getting a blank check. Republicans? They serve only Trump.

This shutdown will severely harm Maryland’s farmers and small business owners.

It will disrupt funding for crucial benefits like WIC – which supports 183,000 Marylanders.

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers and government contractors could miss paychecks — or see their jobs eliminated.

Republicans have the keys to the kingdom.

The White House. The Senate. The House.

Tonight, they have used their power to shut down the government.

The American people, including our patriotic federal workers, will pay the price for Republicans' callousness and incompetence.

I’ve been in Washington with my fellow House Democrats fighting tooth and nail to keep the government open, protect federal workers, & protect the health care of the American people. See my full statement below.

After Republicans in the White House and both chambers of Congress failed to act, we are now in a government shutdown.

Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social: What are we asking for? Just don't increase people's premiums by 75% this fall. We're not asking to fix every problem in a broken health care system. We're just saying, don't make it worse.

Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting. USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

Everyone should read this devastating report: Trump’s sabotage of USAID stranded lifesaving medicines — fueling chaos and leaving children to die.

His policies are destroying our reputation and influence overseas and literally killing kids. No words.

No Kings!!!

MAHA it's definitely not thinking of the children… Or women!

Democrats argue in court for unannounced visits to immigration detention facilities - Maryland Matters Attorneys for a dozen House Democrats pushed a federal judge to force the Trump administration to comply with a law that lets members of Congress make unannounced oversight visits at DHS facilities th...

Attorneys for a dozen House Democrats pushed a federal judge to force the Trump administration to comply with a law that lets members of Congress make unannounced oversight visits at DHS facilities that detain immigrants.
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Today is National POW/MIA Recognition Day, a time to honor those who were held captive and those who are still missing in service of our country – many of whom were not given a proper chance to be laid to rest.

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure

Trump and his cronies are using blatant government coercion to suppress speech they don’t like — a gross violation of the 1st Amendment. Shame on ABC for caving to political blackmail.

We must stand with those who resist the bullies and call out those who appease them. NO KINGS.

US justice department removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far more’ violence Report finding rightwing extremists have killed more Americans than other domestic terrorist groups vanished from DoJ website

We must condemn all political violence, regardless of its source.

Sadly, Trump has decided to weaponize the horrific murder of Charlie Kirk for his own political purposes and to go after his critics — while deleting the facts from the DOJ website. Shameful.

The prognosis is bleak for rural healthcare under the current administration. 🚑

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Johnson Releases Spending Bill, Daring Democrats to Oppose It

Trump literally said "don't even bother dealing with" Democrats to keep the government open, and now he has us barreling towards a government shutdown.

I sure as hell won't be voting to give a blank check to his lawlessness. That's not how this works.

Watching all these centrist pundits stress the “civility” of Charlie Kirk’s style without addressing the ugliness of his substance is giving me a renewed appreciation of how the civil, polite White Citizens’ Councils conned the same crowd into thinking they were distinct from the cruder Klan.