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Collins repeatedly pushed to put Medicare and Social Security on the chopping block, saying it was “never meant to be a retirement plan”

ATLANTA — Today, the Democratic Party of Georgia is rolling out the latest addition to DCDoug.com focused on Collins’ reckless record of trying to undermine Georgians’ hard-earned Social Security and Medicare.

In addition to voting to raise the retirement age for Social Security while also supporting the GOP tax handout that “trimmed a year of solvency from the primary Medicare trust fund and had a negative effect on the Social Security trust fund,” Collins has directly attacked these vital programs. Collins claimed that Social Security was “never meant to be a retirement plan” and called for “getting at the real costs” by “go[ing] to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid.” He even pushed to “just redo the system” for these critical programs, putting them at risk for future Georgia retirees.

“Georgia seniors are relying on critical programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid more than ever amid this pandemic, but Congressman Doug Collins is not backing down from his toxic agenda to put Georgians’ hard-earned benefits programs on the chopping block,” said Alex Floyd, spokesman for the Democratic Party of Georgia. “Instead of trying to protect these vital earned benefits programs that Georgians have paid into, Collins is ready to ‘redo’ these programs while voting to raise retirement ages and for a tax giveaway that trimmed solvency from their funding.”

Visit DCDoug.com and see Collins’ full record of attacking earned benefits programs here.

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From multiple ethics complaints from members of both parties to his freewheeling spending of taxpayer money, Collins has a long history of sidestepping ethics

ATLANTA — Today, the Democratic Party of Georgia is rolling out the latest addition to DCDoug.com focused on Congressman Doug Collins’ track record of skirting ethics rules when it suits him as he’s tried to climb the political ladder to higher office.

Collins has faced multiple ethics complaints from members of both parties over improper use of House floor footage in campaign ads. And the so-called fiscal conservative has also spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on travel and his longtime political consultant’s firm while his Senate campaign committed an “ethics no-no” when it “directly copied” language from his official congressional website.

“Throughout his many years in the DC swamp, Congressman Doug Collins has amassed a long list of ethical red flags,” said Alex Floyd, spokesman for the Democratic Party of Georgia. “His history of improperly using taxpayer-funded resources for political purposes is exactly what Georgians can’t stand about Washington politicians like himself.”

Visit DCDoug.com and see Collins’ full record of ethical red flags here.

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Collins has fallen out of step with Georgia voters, continuously standing against reproductive freedom for Georgians

ATLANTA — Today, on the anniversary of Congressman Doug Collins’ vote to chip away at reproductive freedom, the Democratic Party of Georgia is rolling out a new addition to DCDoug.com focused on Congressman Doug Collins’ history of standing against Georgia women — and Georgia voters who support critical issues like reproductive freedom.

Throughout his long political career, Collins has repeatedly pushed his political agenda onto Georgia women. Collins is far out of step with Georgia voters, fighting against reproductive freedom and opposing the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act in Congress. And he’s repeatedly attacked the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade, which he “would like to see” overturned.

“Rather than listening to Georgia women and the millions of voters who support reproductive freedom, Congressman Doug Collins has sided with right-wing special interests in Washington again and again on these critical issues,” said Alex Floyd, spokesman for the Democratic Party of Georgia. “Now more than ever, with crucial decisions for Georgia women like Roe v. Wade on the line, the last thing Georgia women need is a politician like Collins pushing his agenda on them from Washington.”

Visit DCDoug.com and see Collins’ full history standing against Georgia women here.

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From working to gut protections for people with pre-existing conditions to pushing to undermine earned benefits programs, Collins always stands with his Washington Republican backers — not Georgia families.

ATLANTA — Today, the Democratic Party of Georgia is launching DCDoug.com to uncover DC politician Congressman Doug Collins’ out of touch record of putting Washington Republicans and right-wing special interests first  — not Georgians. 

The first issue on Collins’ special interest-backed agenda? Dismantling critical health care protections in the middle of a pandemic.

Collins has said he wants “to repeal [the health care law] outright” and rip apart its critical protections “from start to bottom.” In addition to the disastrous consequences for 1.8 million Georgians with pre-existing conditions who rely on the health care law’s protections, Collins has also attacked provisions of the law allowing Georgians to stay on their parents’ health coverage until they’re 26 and the Medicaid expansion that could provide health care to nearly 500,000 Georgians.

Watch Collins attack the health care law and its vital protections himself below:

“After spending so much time working for Washington Republicans and right-wing special interests in DC, Congressman Doug Collins has been in the swamp so long that he’s lost touch with hardworking Georgians’ priorities,” said Alex Floyd, spokesman for the Democratic Party of Georgia. “DCDoug.com will hold Collins accountable for his reckless special interest-backed record — including his attempts to rip apart critical health care protections ‘from start to bottom’ when Georgians need them more than ever.”

Visit DCDoug.com and see Collins’ full record attacking health care here.

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