VT Dems

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Official Bsky home of the Vermont Democratic Party and occasional site of anti-GOP sass. www.vtdemocrats.org

Congratulations to Molly Gray, our Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor! A champion for communities across our state, Molly is fighting for every Vermonter. See you at the polls on November 3. 🗳️

Congratulations to Tim Ashe, our Democratic nominee for State Auditor! Vermonters deserve excellence from state government and Tim is ready to deliver. See you at the polls on November 3. 🗳️

Congratulations to Sarah Copeland Hanzas, our Democratic nominee for Secretary of State! The fight to protect our democracy continues. See you at the polls on November 3. 🗳️

Congratulations to @charityclark.bsky.social, our Democratic nominee for Attorney General! Protecting Vermont means standing up for our rights, defending our communities, and refusing to let corporations put profit ahead of Vermonters. See you at the polls on November 3. 🗳️

The poll numbers are encouraging — but polls don't win elections, people do. We're building the infrastructure right now — staff, data, voter contact — so that the enthusiasm we're seeing becomes votes in November. We're organizing to win up and down the ballot.

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250 years ago, our country’s founders wrote that all people are created equal. We're still fighting to make that true. We honor the founding by working to uphold the ideas America represents. Let's celebrate what America is — and fight for what it can be.

Help us elect Democrats who will keep fighting for every Vermonter. Today, the Supreme Court said Donald Trump can strip legal status from hundreds of thousands of people. This is not the country we were promised, and not one we will accept. Vermont has to hold the line.

S.190 would have saved you money. Governor Scott vetoed it. Democrats spent two years — weekly working groups, public testimony, collaborative process — building a bill that would have lowered health insurance premiums for families and small businesses and cut costs driving your property taxes up.

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Governor Scott vetoed what would have been one of the strongest AI data center safeguard laws in the country. He sided with Big Tech and Koch-backed special interests over Vermonters.

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Vermont Republican State Senator Steven Heffernan stood on the Vermont Senate floor last week and compared transgender people to animals. Repeatedly. Even after being corrected on the law.

Every child in Vermont deserves a fair shot. Treasurer Mike Pieciak is launching a Baby Bonds pilot program in the Northeast Kingdom — helping kids start building wealth from the day they’re born.

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Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting mail-in voting — a direct attack on free and fair elections and the latest in a series of escalating efforts to restrict voting access ahead of the 2026 midterms. Vermont is fighting back.

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Yesterday, federal immigration agents terrorized a Vermont family based on faulty surveillance. When the community showed up, federal agents responded with force — using flash bangs and chemical irritants to disperse protesters.

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Senator Peter Welch delivered $1.4 million in federal funding to help build new pharmacies in Caledonia County, taking action to restore local access to prescriptions and essential health care in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom.

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The VDP strongly condemns Trump’s initiation of major combat operations against Iran without congressional authorization. It underscores a growing constitutional crisis around unlawful unilateral military escalation and raises urgent questions about oversight and accountability.

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The murders of Alex Pretti & Renée Good by federal agents is a tragedy that should trouble every American, regardless of party or ideology. No one should fear that their government’s response to exercising their First, Second or Fourth Amendment rights will end in violence.

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The detention of Steven Tendo by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is deeply troubling. Steven is a health care worker, a pastor, an asylum seeker, and a valued member of the community.

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The Vermont Democratic Party today announced the results of its statewide food drive, which mobilized Democrats across Vermont to support local food shelves. Through food and monetary donations, Vermonters provided nearly 5,000 pounds of food and essentials.

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Over the weekend, workers across Vermont reported to work in temperatures well below zero, with wind chills reaching -25 degrees Fahrenheit. For the many Vermonters who work in warehouse and manufacturing jobs, indoor conditions offered little relief from the cold.

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The Vermont Democratic Party is outraged by the murder of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, U.S. citizen, and Veterans Affairs medical professional, who was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis on January 24.

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"The video is horrifyingly clear: federal agents executed a man in broad daylight the morning after thousands of Minnesotans gathered for a day of peaceful protests," said DFL Party Chair Richard Carlbom.

DFL Press Release on the shooting in South Minneapolis. Read the full statement at dfl.org/press.

One year ago today, Donald Trump’s second term began. Instead of delivering on his promise to lower prices on “Day One,” hard-working Americans are paying more for groceries, more for health care, and more just to get by.

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