Justice, diversity and inclusion are central to the state of Connecticut, and Democrats will fight every day to preserve and protect those values. Yet, on issue after issue, Connecticut Republicans have fallen in line with Trump. Now more than ever we need our GOP colleagues to speak out not only in support of equality, but to hold the president to account for his words and actions. 

It's evident that J.R. Romano's Republican Party is more concerned with scoring political points with the alt-right than offering any constructive solutions.

It should not be difficult to condemn in unequivocal terms the white supremacists in Charlottesville and the violence they have perpetrated. Instead, Connecticut Republican leaders have either remained silent or been defensive about the political fallout on themselves.

Put simply, Len Fasano and Connecticut Republicans believe in an educational funding system that rewards students from wealthier, higher performing districts at the expense of poorer students from less wealthy districts. 

"As Connecticut’s first Asian American legislator, I am particularly offended that the Connecticut GOP has invited Ms. Malkin to speak because of her hateful views in defense of Japanese internment, as set forth in her book 'In Defense of Internment.'  I do not understand how the Connecticut Republican Party embraces and defends the imprisonment of American citizens in concentration camps on American soil, which, I will readily acknowledge, was perpetrated by Democrats in that age.  But at least most of us have the good sense and judgment to be ashamed of it. This is an obvious offense, not just to Asian Pacific Americans across our state, Republican or Democrat, but to all people."

.@realDonaldTrump's threat to halt federal health insurance payments will hurt CT 77,000 families.

“Lets be very clear: despite their misleading rhetoric, this Republican obstruction was a clear indication that they cared more about their own politics instead of the best interests of our state and our hard working state employees who stepped up to be part of the solution.”

"Either you want to destroy Medicaid in America, or you want to stand with people’s health care. Either you want to destroy Medicaid and other health programs so you can give a gigantic tax reduction to the wealthiest 0.2 percent of our population, or you care about health care and the citizens of your state.”

"This bill is a disaster, and it cannot be saved. In addition to the millions of people who will lose insurance nationwide and the billions of Medicaid dollars Connecticut will lose, this bill in effect allows states to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions."

In order make up for losses in Medicaid funding, Connecticut would have to cut 32% of its elementary and secondary education funding, 45% of its higher education funding, 166% of its corrections funding, or 58% of transportation funding.