Young Voters Respond to Trump Address to the Joint Session of Congress

NextGen America released the following statement:

“Last night’s address was yet another distraction orchestrated by Donald Trump aimed to deflect, deny, and defend his egregious attack on young, working-class people across the country. Trump entered office with a promise to make our lives better, but instead of focusing on actually helping us, Trump, Elon Musk, and Republicans in Congress are only helping themselves. So far, all they have done is make a plan to cut taxes for billionaires and large corporations and pay for it by defunding Medicaid, gutting food assistance programs, and laying off thousands of federal employees who work in essential offices like the FAA and FDA.

“Republicans don’t care about us, they only care about handing huge new tax breaks to big corporations and their billionaire donors. They are attacking our families and our futures and we are determined to continue our work to educate and organize America’s young people for change.”

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About NextGen America
NextGen America is the leading national organization for engaging young people through voter education, registration and mobilization. We invite 18-to-29 year olds — the largest and most diverse generation in American history — into our democracy to ensure our government works for them and to find new solutions to the dire challenges facing our society and the world. Since 2013, NextGen America has registered over 1.6 million young voters, empowering the next generation to lead and drive lasting change.