INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Democratic Party Chair Karen Tallian released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address:

“The illusion of normal is now unsustainable. One year into Trump’s second term, the country is a mess and everything is expensive. Donald Trump’s lies included a promise to lower costs on day one. Instead, we have unaffordable healthcare, reduced medical facilities and illegal tariffs that cost the average household an extra $2,100 last year, all while Trump’s family and friends have managed to enrich themselves by $2.5 billion dollars in a single year through his self-dealing and crypto-schemes.

“His promise of immigration reform has turned into murder on the streets by masked ICE agents with poor training but multi-billion dollar budgets all while Americans continue to struggle to make ends meet.

“Tonight the president said, ‘we will never go back to where we were just a very short time ago,’ and he is surely correct. Just a short time ago, Americans could afford their bills and had access to quality healthcare. Thanks to Trump’s disastrous leadership, we may never go back to that again.

“We have come to the brink of disaster. This is not normal. In November, Hoosiers can put a stop to this by electing new leadership here in Indiana and in Washington, D.C.” 

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