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COMING SOON!¶ How To Win Against John James
John James voted to cut services and raise costs on Michiganders. He voted to kick more than 424,000 Michiganders off their health insurance, slash Medicare by $500 billion, and make it harder for Michigan families to buy food. John James cast the deciding vote to protect Trump’s tariffs, crushing small businesses and raising grocery prices. John James stood by while Trump fired Michigan workers and gutted Social Security. John James voted to repeal clean energy tax credits that supported Michigan jobs and threatened reproductive freedoms with his extreme anti-abortion agenda. Even after voting against releasing the Epstein files, he only supported their release once Trump approved it. John James repeatedly faced ethics complaints for allegedly using official resources to benefit his campaign and hiding financial dealings.
¶ John James Voted For Devastating Health Care Cuts
- In 2025, John James voted for Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" that was estimated to kick 17 million Americans off their health insurance, including nearly 12 million Americans who rely on Medicaid. More than 424,000 Michiganders could lose their health insurance and hundreds of rural hospitals could close, including at least three hospitals in Michigan as a result of John James’ vote.
- John James called the Affordable Care Act a “monstrosity that hurts businesses and hurts the middle class.” More than 531,000 Michiganders were enrolled in Affordable Care Act Marketplace health insurance plans. By 2034, 237,708 Medicaid recipients in Michigan were expected to lose their coverage due to John James’ support for Trump’s tax bill.
Message: John James voted to rip away health care from thousands of Michiganders to fund tax cuts for the wealthy.
¶ John James Voted For Massive Cuts To Medicare
- In 2025, John James voted for a bill that the Congressional Budget Office estimated would trigger $500 billion in cuts to Medicare.
Message: John James voted to make massive cuts to health care services seniors rely on.
¶ John James WAS THE DECIDING VOTE TO PROTECT TRUMP’S TARIFFS
- In 2025, John James voted four times to protect Trump’s tariffs, including in April when he was the deciding vote to protect the tariffs from being repealed by Congress, dooming Michiganders who relied on him to a trade war and rising prices. Tariffs are contributing to higher food prices and are hurting Michigan small businesses, farmers, and families.
- John James said Trump’s tariffs “level the playing field,” even though the U.S. stock market crashed due to Trump’s escalating global trade war.
Message: John James was the deciding vote to crush Michigan small businesses and ensure Michiganders will pay more for groceries.
¶ John James Stripped SNAP Benefits From Michigan Families
In 2025, John James voted for a bill that made the largest cut to SNAP in history. In Michigan, nearly 575,000 households relied on SNAP to afford groceries.
Message: John James voted to make food more expensive for Michigan.
¶ John James stood by while trump attacked social security and fired hard-working Michiganders
- In 2025, John James supported Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” as DOGE-driven cuts and downsizing were affecting the federal government’s ability to deliver services to seniors. More than 2.3 million Michiganders relied on Social Security benefits.
- John James praised Elon Musk as a symbol of American innovation and promoted DOGE even though it resulted in massive federal funding cuts to Michigan programs and nonprofits. John James dismissed the layoffs while Trump’s DOGE initiative threatened the livelihoods of more than 76,000 federal workers across the state.
Message: While Social Security lines grew and Michigan workers were laid off, John James did nothing to help them.
¶ John James’ Votes Threatened Clean Energy Jobs In Michigan
- In 2025, John James voted to repeal clean energy tax credits and make them harder to access, threatening clean energy jobs in Michigan. Prior to voting for the passage of the Republicans’ reconciliation bill, John James signed a letter urging House Republican leaders not to repeal the clean energy tax credits.
- Since the beginning of the Trump administration, clean energy projects that were projected to create hundreds of jobs in Michigan were cancelled or stalled.
- In 2023, John James voted against protecting the ban on oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes.
Message: John James voted to kill job opportunities for Michigan to give tax cuts to billionaires.
¶ John James Was An Anti-Abortion Extremist
- John James was an anti-abortion extremist who declared he was “100% pro-life” and compared abortion to “genocide.”
- John James supported the overturning of Roe v. Wade, claimed “life begins at conception,” and opposed abortion exceptions for rape and incest. He pledged to only support judges who supported abortion restrictions. While in Congress, John James voted to ban the abortion drug Mifepristone.
- John James supported efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and eliminating federal funding for abortion providers.
- John James maintained deep ties with Right to Life of Michigan, which financially supported his campaigns and promoted their extreme anti-abortion movement.
Message: John James threatened the reproductive freedoms of Michiganders.
¶ John James Voted To Release The Epstein Files aFTER 11 mONTHS, Only Because Trump Finally Approved Of The Release
- It took John James 11 months to vote for the release of the Epstein files, only after Trump told House Republicans he approved of the release.
- John James touted his vote for the release of the Epstein files, claiming he supported transparency, but he never signed the discharge petition, never co-sponsored the legislation, and previously voted against the release of the files. In July and September 2025, John James cast the deciding votes against releasing the Epstein files, protecting the accused pedophiles named within them.
Message: Despite previously voting against releasing the Epstein files, John James ultimately voted for the release of the Epstein files only because Trump approved of the release.
¶ John James Was An Ethics Nightmare
- August 2025, John James received an ethics complaint of illegally using his congressional office and federal resources to promote his gubernatorial campaign.
- In 2024, John James faced an ethics complaint from End Citizens United for violating The STOCK Act and failing to disclose 145 stock trades.
Message: John James repeatedly faced ethics complaints for abusing his office and hiding financial dealings.
¶ Issue Back-Ups
¶ John James' Policies Have Hurt Everyday People
| John James Supported Efforts To Cut Medicaid And Threaten Michiganders' Access To Health Care
| John James Voted For Medicare Cuts
| John James Backed Trump's Tariffs, Endangering Michigan’s Economy
| John James Cast Votes To Cut SNAP Benefits From Michigan Families
| John James Won't Defend Michigan Jobs Or Social Security From Trump
| John James Voted Against Protecting Michigan’s Clean Energy Jobs
| John James Was An Anti-Abortion Extremist
¶ John James Used His Power To Benefit The Powerful And Himself
| It Took John James 11 Months To Vote To Release The Epstein Files, And He Did Only After Trump Signaled To House Republicans That He Approved
| John James Was An Ethics Nightmare
| John James' Key Votes As A Member Of Congress