Democrats Bet Health Care Will Deliver 2020 Victories

Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos runs the House Democrats’ 2020 campaign operation.

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A coalition of Democratic committees representing governors, attorneys general, senators and members of Congress released a strategy memo Tuesday outlining that their collective strategy for the 2020 elections is to focus on health care.

“Democrats are betting that Americans will vote for the party of health care over the party of drinking bleach,” Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., told NPR in an interview. Bustos is running the House Democrats’ campaign operation this year.

“The COVID-19 epidemic underscores the urgency of our efforts to protect Americans’ access to affordable health care,” the memo states.