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September 11, 2024

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MIDDLETOWN — Last night President Donald Trump and Vice-President Kamala
Harris met for the first time to discuss the issues facing America,
Americans and the world. The debate, allegedly moderated by David Muir
and Lindsey Davis of ABC News, showed stark differences between the two
candidates.

“Last night we saw a Kamala Harris that seems to have been created out
of whole cloth” said Connecticut Republican Chairman Ben Proto. “She
acted as if she had nothing to do with the horrific

policies of the past 3+ years of the Biden-Harris administration. It’s
as if she was absent from an administration that created record
inflation, has seen an increase in crime, and a border policy, or lack

of one, that has allowed tens of millions of people to cross our border
in complete and total violation of our laws - including, murderers,
rapists, drug dealers, none of whom would be allowed to enter our
country legally if they sought to come to our country through our
immigration process” continued Proto.

“Under the Biden-Harris administration, food prices are up 21%, rent is
up 22%, energy costs have increased by more than 33% - at an even higher
rate in Connecticut, interest

rates have more than doubled, young families can’t afford to buy a
house, seniors can’t afford to retire, and the middle class is
shrinking. Unfortunately, the moderators choose not to fact check Vice
President Harris on any of those issues.”

“She often spewed lies about the Trump administration's accomplishments
while ignoring the failures of her own administration. In short, she
couldn’t provide an answer to a simple question, “are you better off
today than you were four years ago" because she knows, as do Americans,
that answer is a resounding NO. Her attempts to change her positions on
domestic policies like creating an energy independent America, her
support for the criminal acts that occurred across the country during
2020, her lack of a plan to bring down inflation and get spending under
control haven't fooled the American people. Her lack of assistance for
innocent hostages in Israel, her failure to broker negotiations which
led to the war in Ukraine, and her inaction to solve the border crisis
which has caused the deaths of countless Americans due to fentanyl
overdoses have all made America less safe. Her failed record should
leave the people of America very scared for what four years of a
Harris-Walz administration will do to them” continued Proto.



"I’m sure the pundits and the liberals will want to harp on Donald
Trump’s mannerism, which are well known to the American people. The
facts speak for themselves - under President Trump’s administration,
America was thriving. More Americans held good paying jobs; inflation
was under control; people could afford to pay every day expenses; home
ownership, particularly among African-Americans and Hispanics, was at an
all-time high; there were no wars; American military personnel were not
being led into death traps or left behind to die; there were historic
increases to funding at HBCUs; and the list can go on and on. That is
the country Americans need again and that is what Donald Trump presented
last night” concluded Proto.



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