Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: “The $500 million READI program – Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative – will anchor this pillar to build connectivity and community, [the Indiana Economic Development Corporation] said’
INGOP Chairman: “There’s room for more growth and we’re not taking our foot off the gas!”
ICYMI: President Biden’s American Rescue Plan delivers $500 million for Governor Holcomb’s READI program
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today thanked Indiana Republican Party Chairman Kyle Hupfer for his endorsement of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan. Hupfer promoted a Fort Wayne Journal Gazette report yesterday where the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) praised the $500 million provided to Governor Eric Holcomb’s READI program, calling it an “anchor” to Indiana’s economic future. The conundrum for the INGOP: the American Rescue Plan funded this entire program despite every single Indiana Republican – including Holcomb – opposing the relief package.
In fact, INGOP Chairman Hupfer and elected Republicans like Todd Young, Jim Banks, Jim Baird, and Jackie Walorski have all described the Democrats’ record as “socialism”. This includes Governor Holcomb’s READI program.
This is the Indiana Republican Party’s partisan move: Vote “NO”, call it “socialism”, but take the dough anyway. Two weeks ago, Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston bragged about how the Rescue Plan delivered a pay raise for educators and the READI program. Many times this year, Republicans like Governor Holcomb and Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch have celebrated the American Rescue Plan’s $250 million for broadband internet expansion across Indiana. And just weeks after voting “NO” on the Rescue Plan, Congressman Greg Pence touted the law’s Restaurant Revitalization Fund – a program to help Indiana’s food and restaurant industry during the pandemic.
In contrast, Indiana Democrats delivered on the American Rescue Plan and this better opportunity for Hoosier families. The Party and its leaders plan to campaign extensively on the Rescue Plan, the state’s READI program, and The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act through the 2022 state and midterm elections. Hoosiers have a brighter future on the horizon, and it’s because Democrats – not Republicans – got this done for them.
SHOT: INGOP Chairman Hupfer, Indiana Economic Development Corporation Praise the American Rescue Plan’s $500 Million for READI
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: “The $500 million READI program – Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative – will anchor this pillar to build connectivity and community, [the Indiana Economic Development Corporation] said”
INGOP Chairman: “There’s room for more growth and we’re not taking our foot off the gas!”
CHASER: Kyle Hupfer, INGOP Call Holcomb’s READI Program, American Rescue Plan “Socialism”
Indianapolis Business Journal: “‘I hope Mike and others like Jennifer McCormick listen more than they talk. If they do, it’s certain they will hear how these areas wholeheartedly reject the progressive and socialist policies being promoted by Biden, Pelosi, Schumer, the Squad and the Indiana Democrat Party,’ Hupfer said.”
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