Democratic heavyweights held a press conference Wednesday to discuss healthcare and why they believe Terry McAuliffe should be elected in November. They also took every opportunity to knock the Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin for his comments about healthcare.
“But Glenn Youngkin is opposed to this progress. Amidst the worst public health crisis in any of our lives, Youngkin said these measures in the American Rescue Plan were unnecessary,” said Susan Swecker, the chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia. “He described Medicaid expansion – which has given over half a million Virginians affordable insurance – as a sad thing…And he has attacked the Affordable Care Act.”
State Senator Jennifer McClellan also spoke in support of McAuliffe after losing in a primary race for the nomination earlier this month. “We know that a governor Terry McAuliffe with a Democratic-controlled General Assembly will continue expanding access to health care so that no Virginian will be one illness or accident away from economic devastation, and they know they can get quality care when and where they need it,” McClellan said at the press conference.
The Speaker of the House Eileen Filler-Corn also spoke in favor of Terry McAuliffe. The Speaker has been been a supporter of McAuliffe since the beginning when she endorsed him in the primary race over a member of her caucus, Jennifer Carroll Foy. “Virginians cannot afford a Youngkin Administration working in tandem with a Republican House and that is why Democrats all across the Commonwealth are fired up about this election,” Filler-Corn said at the press conference. “They’re fired up and ready to fight to ensure and keep Virginians healthy and make sure that our Commonwealth is on a road to recovery.”
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