In case you missed it, this week Connecticut Democrats flew Vice President Kamala Harris into New Britain to try and save Rep. Jahana Hayes’s failing campaign. Although touted as a policy trip on abortion in Connecticut, even the Vice President herself admitted the event was political under a thin veil of policy, saying at the event “this is not a political event, but it is a fact that in 34 days there is a mid-term election.” “All the Vice President really talked about was voting Democrat this year” Said Connecticut Republican Chairman Ben Proto. “Democrats are desperately trying
Last week’s quarterly economic numbers for Connecticut were atrocious. Personal Income Growth in Connecticut trailed the national average by more than half. Our gross domestic product shrank 4.8%. Unfortunately, the problem doesn’t end there. Connecticut still has not recovered the jobs we lost in 2008. The sad fact is that Connecticut is the only state in the nation that has failed this badly. If that wasn’t bad enough, the early outlook on CT’s 2023 revenue figures is bleak: “Governor Ned Lamont is gaslighting voters when he claims to have turned around Connecticut’s economy. The numbers show his narrative to be completely false, but he has nothing
Today, Connecticut’s Republican State House leaders released their Contract with Connecticut. This plan will: Support Law Enforcement and punish criminals Ensure Parents are the Primary decision makers in their children’s lives Ensure that Connecticut government at all levels is Transparent, Accessible, and Accountable Respect Local Government Control In concert with House Republicans, Bob Stefanowski and Laura Devlin released their detailed economic plan titled CT First, which cuts two billion dollars in middle-class taxes, making Connecticut more affordable, which is a stark contrast with the two billion dollars in new taxes that Connecticut Democrats and Ned Lamont administration imposed upon Connecticut families.
On Monday, September 19th, the New York Times released an expansive report detailing that nearly a fifth of Congress showed possible conflicts of interest in their stock trades. Unsurprisingly, members of Connecticut’s Democrat delegation were implicated in the report, including U.S. Senator Dick Blumenthal and U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (CT-02). Blumenthal’s wife bought millions of dollars worth of shares in a wireless communications company while her husband sat on the Senate subcommittee that oversaw “communications, media, and broadband.” Investments into Radius Global Infrastructure and Pinterest represent two potential conflicts from the Blumenthal family. Courtney’s report is perhaps more
Today, Bob Stefanowski and Laura Devlin took a concrete stand in support of parental rights with their release of a “Parental Bill of Rights.” Their plan seeks to empower parents and deliver quality education through safe and healthy schools. Stefanowski and Devlin are determined to let families, not school districts, decide the time and place for conversations about sex education with young children. Given the COVID-19 mandates, their plan also includes plans to restore parental choice over healthcare decisions for children. Other hallmarks of the bill include more school choice, expanded access to charter and technical schools, more
“Ned Lamont and the Democrats now openly say what they once only said behind closed doors — that they believe in Socialism, they think our police officers are the enemy and that success should be beaten down and the government should control as much of our lives as possible” said Republican State Chairman Ben Proto. “Ned Lamont and the Democrats of yesteryear (for example, Ned Lamont who was defeated by reasonable, former Democrat- turned-Independent Joe Lieberman) would have publicly disavowed socialism while quietly accepting support behind the scenes, but the new and not so improved Ned Lamont and Democrats today
In a Fox61 interview on August 14th, Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT-05) was finally pressed on her decision to pay her children thousands of dollars while in office using campaign funds. Hayes was asked if she could explain what her children do for her campaign and if she was worried about the perception of nepotism by reporter Matt Caron. Here is what she had to say: “Well it’s not illegal and I’m not worried about the perception of nepotism.” “It’s not something that I’m worried about.” These responses should tell us all we need to know about her. Rep.
August 9, 2022 — In a Congressional news briefing on August 8th, Connecticut Senator Dick Blumenthal claimed that “every person in CT will see lower costs” with the “Inflation Reduction Act.” He celebrated the legislation and pretended that Democrats are working to reduce inflation. Does anyone really believe that the same party that brought us inflation intends to fix it all of a sudden? Democrats deceivingly dubbed it the “Inflation Reduction Act,” but that couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the bill would have a “negligible” effect on inflation.
From the Desk of Chairman Proto: Ned Lamont & CT Dems Fail to Help Actual Businesses Hurt by COVID, Instead Opt for Woke State-Run Venture Capital Firm with “Relief” Dollars This week, Governor Ned Lamont together with CT’s Federal Democrats, announced that the Biden administration approved Connecticut’s request to move ARPA money intended by Congress to help “socially and economically disadvantaged” businesses hit by the pandemic. Instead, Connecticut chose to place it in a venture capital hedge fund run by the state. These dollars were intended to aid businesses and employees who had to shudder doors during Lamont’s draconian
Today, the Connecticut Republican Party launched a new advertisement exposing Governor Lamont’s mishandling of Connecticut’s economy. “While Ned Lamont likes to say he’s cut taxes, he hasn’t cut a single tax. In fact, he’s raised all kinds of taxes, nearly two billion a year in new taxes. Ned is a phony,” said Chairman Proto, “and we’re calling him out on it.” In a scorching end, the ad closes by saying: “Democrats and Ned Lamont just don’t care about the economic pain they are causing. In Joe Biden’s America, Connecticut can’t afford New Lamont.” “Voters should take note, New Tax Ned
