Here\u2019s what folks saw on the airwaves: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n KTVN<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> \u201cWhat we heard today was a campaign speech. It was not the typical inauguration speech where we had an incoming president talking about their forward-looking vision for the American people and how they’re going to help them. What we had was, instead, a president who’s sitting alongside a cadre of tech billionaires.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n WKOW<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> \u201cWhat I know is that Donald Trump talks a lot about a mandate, and what this first week has shown me is that he got a different message from the voters than the rest of us did. And so I would say that he needs to look at his playbook too.\u201d<\/em> Queen City News<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> \u201cDNC Deputy Executive Director Roger Lau argued just the opposite, that Trump’s remarks and guests in attendance on Monday revealed his true allegiances. \u2018Sitting alongside him as he was taking that oath of office was not who you would normally think. He was sitting alongside billionaires, tech oligarchs, you know, people who are going to be coming into his administration.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s what folks are reading: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n NBC News<\/strong><\/a>: Democratic National Committee bashes ‘reckless executive orders’ by Trump<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Megan Lebowitz, 1\/20\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee slammed Trump’s slew of executive orders, arguing they would lead to \u2018higher prices and fewer American jobs in the clean energy economy.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Donald Trump\u2019s first day in office shows where his priorities lie: with the billionaire backers he put front row at his inauguration, while leaving his supporters out in the cold,\u2019 spokesperson Rosemary Boeglin said in a statement. \u2018As we heard today, Trump\u2019s more focused on renaming geographical landmarks than on the campaign promises he made to lower costs and grow the economy for the American people.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Queen City News<\/strong><\/a>: Political parties react to President Trump\u2019s inauguration speech, promises to unify the country<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Andy Weber, 1\/20\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDNC Deputy Executive Director Roger Lau argued just the opposite, that Trump\u2019s remarks and the guests in attendance on Monday revealed the president\u2019s true allegiances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Sitting alongside him as he was taking that oath of office was not who you would normally think, he was standing alongside billionaires, tech oligarchs, people who are going to be coming into his administration,\u2019 said Lau.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reuters<\/strong><\/a>: Trump says to unleash American fossil fuels, halt climate cooperation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Timothy Gardner, Valerie Volcovici and Jarrett Renshaw, 1\/21\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Democratic National Committee called Trump’s day one agenda a \u2018disaster for working families.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Killing manufacturing jobs and giving a free pass to polluters that make people sick is hardly putting \u201cAmerica first,\u201d\u2019 said Alex Floyd, DNC spokesperson.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Newsweek<\/strong><\/a>: Donald Trump’s Medicare Executive Order Explained <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Marni Rose McFall, 1\/21\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn response to Trump’s rolling back of the executive order, Democratic National Committee rapid response director Alex Floyd released the following statement: \u2018Donald Trump is already following through on his dangerous plans to jack up the costs of drugs to appease his billionaire backers after the Biden-Harris administration took on Big Pharma and won. Trump is again proving that he lied to the American people and doesn’t care about lowering costs\u2014only what’s best for himself and his ultra-rich friends.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cascadia Advocate<\/strong><\/a>: Democratic leaders in Washington State vow accountability after Trump’s wild, unprecedented Day One overreach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Andrew Villeneuve, 1\/20\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMeanwhile, the DNC\u2019s Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd slammed Trump for revoking a Biden-Harris administration initiative to lower drug costs for Americans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Donald Trump is already following through on his dangerous plans to jack up the costs of drugs to appease his billionaire backers after the Biden-Haris administration took on Big Pharma and won. Trump is again proving that he lied to the American people and doesn\u2019t care about lowering costs \u2013 only what\u2019s best for himself and his ultra-rich friends,\u2019 said Floyd.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Hill<\/strong><\/a>: DNC slams Trump\u2019s executive orders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Caroline Vakil, 1\/20\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) slammed President Trump\u2019s executive orders on Monday, saying that he was more interested in renaming landmarks than focusing on the issues he campaigned on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Donald Trump\u2019s first day in office shows where his priorities lie: with the billionaire backers he put front row at his inauguration, while leaving his supporters out in the cold,\u2019 DNC communications director Rosemary Boeglin said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Trump\u2019s reckless executive orders would mean higher prices and fewer American jobs in the clean energy economy,\u2019 she said. \u2018Killing manufacturing jobs and giving kickbacks to Big Oil and Big Gas executives that make people sick is hardly putting \u201cAmerica first.\u201d\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n WRAL<\/strong><\/a>: Trump’s proposals could boost health insurance costs for North Carolinians, critics say<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Laura Leslie, 1\/22\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018When you look at what Trump\u2019s allies have already said, they are actively looking for government programs to cut, right?\u2019 Democratic National Committee spokesperson Abhi Rahman told WRAL News. \u2018Donald Trump has repeatedly denigrated the ACA.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Florida Politics<\/strong><\/a>: DNC bashes Donald Trump \u2018plans to screw over\u2019 Florida seniors by \u2018gutting\u2019 Social Security, Medicare<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Janelle Irwin Taylor, 1\/23\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Trump has a long and shameful history of threatening hard-earned benefits like Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare \u2014 and with help from Project 2025 architect Russ Vought, he\u2019ll do it again,\u2019 DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Trump has already started screwing over Floridians, and he\u2019ll cut Social Security if he gets the chance \u2014 threatening Florida seniors\u2019 pocketbooks while he continues to protect billionaires\u2019 bottom lines.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018While Trump tries to scam Americans out of their hard-earned benefits, Democrats won\u2019t stop fighting to protect access to Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, and every critical program hardworking Floridians rely on,\u2019 Rahman said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n WisPolitics<\/strong><\/a>: DNC War Room: Trump\u2019s plans to screw over Wisconsin families\u2019 public education <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [WisPolitics Staff, 1\/23\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs Trump prepares to screw over Americans by doubling down on his Project 2025 agenda to attack the programs Wisconsin families rely on to access affordable, quality education, DNC Spokesperson Maddy Mundy released the following statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018If it were up to Donald Trump, public education in Wisconsin would be decimated. Through his Project 2025 agenda, Trump and his billionaire Secretary pick Linda McMahon intend to dismantle the Department of Education, end critical Title I funding that would jeopardize 36,188 students\u2019 education, and roll back life-changing loan relief efforts for Wisconsinites to fund tax cuts for the rich. Democrats will fight tooth and nail against Trump and his billionaire backers\u2019 plan to dismantle Wisconsin\u2019s public education.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Al Jazeera<\/strong><\/a>: Fact check: Can Trump really erase Biden\u2019s \u2018health legacy\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Julia Appleby and Stephanie Armour, 1\/24\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDemocrats criticised Trump\u2019s health actions. A spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, Alex Floyd, said in a statement that \u2018Trump is again proving that he lied to the American people and doesn\u2019t care about lowering costs \u2013 only what\u2019s best for himself and his ultra-rich friends.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Black Enterprise<\/strong><\/a>: Trump Rescinds Biden Executive Order On Drug Costs, Sparking Backlash From Democrats<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Black Enterprise Editors, 1\/24\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Donald Trump is already following through on his dangerous plans to jack up the costs of drugs to appease his billionaire backers,\u2019 said Alex Floyd, the Democratic National Committee\u2019s Rapid Response Director. \u2018Trump is proving once again that he lied to the American people and doesn\u2019t care about lowering costs \u2013 only what\u2019s best for himself and his ultra-rich friends.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meidas Touch News<\/strong><\/a>: Trump Heads to L.A. After Proposing to Shut Down FEMA, Cut off Federal Aid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Troy Matthews, 1\/24\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Donald Trump and his allies in Congress see the suffering of wildfire victims as nothing more than a bargaining chip in their quest to make billionaires even richer,\u2019 DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman said in a statement. \u2018Instead of providing help to the impacted families who need it most, Trump and Republicans want to play politics with disaster aid to appease their billionaire backers.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Politico<\/strong><\/a>: California Playbook: Trump keeps California guessing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Blake Jones, Nicole Norman, Dustin Gardiner and Melanie Mason, 1\/24\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDNC executive director Sam Cornale accused the president of \u2018treating families in need as a bargaining chip to force his tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy through Congress.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Trump is now even threatening to abandon states entirely, pulling all federal aid for disaster response,\u2019 he added. \u2018It\u2019s time for Trump to stop putting his billionaire donors ahead of the American people and do his job.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Channel 3000<\/strong><\/a>: Trump putting billionaires over everyday people as presidency begins, DNC chief of staff says<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Kyle Jones, 1\/24\/25] <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Democratic National Committee chief of staff criticized President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying he has prioritized billionaires over working families in the early days of his presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018He highlighted people who are looking out for their bottom lines,\u2019 Schneider said in reference to the row of billionaires seated in the Capitol Rotunda during the inauguration. \u2018I think that was a real missed opportunity to address the needs of the folks who voted for him and the Americans who didn’t too.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018You’ve got this powerful billionaire up there doing questionable activities, and it’s scary and it’s troubling,\u2019 Schneider said. \u2018What troubles me also is the fact that this billionaire is up there talking about his vision for America, which also does not include lowering costs or making folks’ day to day lives better in Wisconsin.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018We’re used to getting back to work. We have to get back to work,\u2019 Schneider said. \u2018We have to elect Democrats up and down the ballot. The best way to fight against Trump is to give him more foils who will actually stand up for working people and for Wisconsinites.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n KFF Health News<\/strong><\/a>: Trump\u2019s Early Health Moves Signal Intent To Erase Biden\u2019s Legacy. What\u2019s Next Is Unclear.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Julie Appleby and Stephanie Armour, 1\/23\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDemocrats criticized Trump\u2019s health actions. A spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, Alex Floyd, said in a statement that \u2018Trump is again proving that he lied to the American people and doesn\u2019t care about lowering costs \u2014 only what\u2019s best for himself and his ultra-rich friends.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Augusta Free Press<\/strong><\/a>: Trump ends directive aimed at lowering prescription drug costs for people on Medicare, Medicaid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Crystal Graham, 1\/21\/25]<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2018Donald Trump is already following through on his dangerous plans to jack up the costs of drugs to appease his billionaire backers after the Biden-Harris administration took on Big Pharma and won,\u2019 said Alex Floyd, DNC Rapid Response director.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXf_ZJ671VE7A76pVG2_wx9qcFKXy3B1UUqSqVUJ1ECrm7yiMpBhn6mJZ675ZHQZeO9fle9ChegyrgMDhxrvXgN4oXpRAegR-deK3AYHiIZjrFoNw7xxdPnS4Ffa-uqgerSfM4p7?key=05oQ4Kej3anWjEu1wLaluT2H\")
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