KDP Statement on Trump’s Second Government Shutdown and Worsening Health Care Crisis

FRANKFORT, Ky. – Moments after midnight, Kentucky Democratic Party (KDP) Chair Colmon Elridge released the following statement on the start of Trump’s second government shutdown, a crisis caused by Republicans’ refusal to work with Democrats to lower health care costs:

“Republicans chose to shut down the government because they do not care if your family can afford to see a doctor. After passing Trump’s hospital-closing federal budget, with cuts to health care that will kick 200,000 Kentuckians off of Medicaid, they spent weeks refusing to work with Democrats to prevent a triple-digit spike in health insurance premiums. The GOP would rather shut down the country than address the health care crisis they created.”