¶ How To Win Against Rick Allen
Rick Allen has spent his time in Congress fighting to make Georgians’ lives harder. He voted to kick more than 40,000 Georgians off their health coverage by supporting the Big Ugly Bill, even though 45 health care facilities across Georgia, including a rural hospital in his district, were at risk of closure due to the bill’s cuts. In the same vote, he passed the biggest cuts to SNAP in history, ignoring that more than 49,000 households in his district relied on the program. Allen was also working to make life harder for seniors as a member of the Republican Study Committee. The group staunchly advocated for raising the retirement age, ignoring evidence that doing so would cost future retirees thousands of dollars every year. Allen was an early supporter of DOGE, joining the Congressional DOGE caucus and touting how excited he was to partner with the agency. When the agency came under fire for indiscriminately firing federal workers Allen flippantly told them to just go get another job, and when DOGE cut hundreds of millions of federal research grants for agencies and universities across Georgia, Allen was nowhere to be found.
Allen praised Trump’s tariffs despite them contributing to “mega-layoffs” across the country, causing unease for Georgia businesses, and imposing a $1,000 tax on Americans last year. He was rabidly anti-LGBTQ+, once reciting a Bible verse that said members of the community were “worthy of death.” Allen pushed extreme anti-choice views that endangered Georgia women. Allen was on the frontline pushing 2020 election conspiracy theories, even texting former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows about them. Last but not least, he failed to report up to $8.5 million worth of stock trades in the required timeframe in violation of a law that regulates stock trading by members of Congress.
¶ Allen Voted to take health coverage from georgians
- Allen voted for a bill that would kick 17 million Americans off their health insurance, including nearly 12 million Americans off of Medicaid. More than 40,000 Georgians could lose their health coverage as a result of his votes. 45 health care facilities across Georgia were at risk of closing or significantly reducing services due to the Medicaid cuts, including a rural hospital in Allen’s district.
- Allen had a long history of trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Since 2015, he has promised to fight to repeal the law that helped more than 1.5 million Georgians get health insurance. During his time in congress, he has voted time and time again to repeal the law and voiced staunch opposition to both expanding and extending premium tax credits that help Georgians afford health insurance. Most recently, he ardently opposed an extension of critical health care tax credits – voting three times against it – and Georgians saw their premiums spike as a result.
Message: Allen voted to take health coverage from Georgians to give billionaires tax breaks.
¶ Allen voted for Massive Cuts To Medicare And supported Raising The Social Security retirement Age
- Allen voted for Republicans’ reconciliation bill, which the Congressional Budget Office estimated would trigger more than $500 billion in cuts to Medicare absent future congressional action.
- Allen was a member of the Republican Study Committee, which staunchly advocated for raising the age at which seniors are eligible to collect Social Security. The Committee claimed the age increase was essential for keeping Social Security solvent, ignoring that a higher retirement age would cut the median-wage retiree’s benefits by thousands of dollars every year. The Committee also advocated for turning Medicare into a voucher system, which would raise health care costs for most beneficiaries.
Message: Allen worked to make health care more expensive and less accessible for Georgia seniors.
¶ Allen Voted To Cut Food Assistance His Constituents Rely On To Afford Groceries
- Allen voted for a bill that made the largest SNAP cut in history. More than 49,000 households, making up 17.2% of his district, relied on SNAP to afford groceries.
Message: Allen voted to cut food assistance his constituents relied on to afford groceries, all to give tax cuts to billionaires.
¶ Allen Was The Deciding Vote To Protect Trump’s Tariffs
- Allen praised Trump’s tariffs, suggesting they were part of a plan to create the “greatest economy in our lifetime.” Then, he voted six times to protect the tariffs, including in April 2025 when he was the deciding vote to protect them, dooming Georgia families who relied on him to a trade war and causing Georgia ports to worry about their bottom lines. Tariffs are contributing to higher food prices, “mega-layoffs” across the country, and amounted to a $1,000 tax increase on Americans.
Message: Allen thought that paying higher prices and dealing with “mega-layoffs” were how you create “the greatest economy in our lifetime.”
¶ Allen Supported An Agency That Laid Off Federal Workers And Hamstrung Social Security
- Allen was a vocal supporter of Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency.” As soon as Trump was elected Allen joined the Congressional “Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency (DOGE)” Caucus , and said he “looked forward to partnering” with DOGE. When DOGE came under fire for its indiscriminate layoff of federal employees, Allen suggested the impacted employees should simply go get one of the “7 million” open jobs in the U.S.
- Despite all the time Allen spent hyping up DOGE’s importance, Georgians suffered thanks to the agency’s actions. DOGE’s downsizing efforts affected the federal government’s ability to deliver services to seniors, and the mass layoff of federal workers crippled the CDC’s research divisions. More than 164,000 Georgians in Allen’s district relied on Social Security benefits and more than 15,000 were employed by the federal government.
Message: Allen “looked forward” to eliminating his constituents’ jobs and causing seniors to wait longer for services.
¶ Allen’s Vehement Opposition To LGBTQ+ Rights Could Put Georgians At Risk
- Allen vehemently opposed LGBTQ+ right, to the point of threatening their safety. During a closed-door meeting of Republican House members, Allen recited a Bible verse that called homosexuality “worthy of death.”
- He then told Republicans that they were “going to Hell” if they voted in favor of a spending bill that barred discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Several Republicans even expressed that they were uncomfortable and upset by Allen’s comments.
- He also cosponsored a House resolution disagreeing with the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize same-sex marriage, and opposed the Respect for Marriage Act. Allen even opposed elected Tom Emmer as House Speaker because of his support for same-sex marriage.
Message: Allen doesn’t think all Georgians have the right to live freely and safely in their communities.
¶ Allen’s Extreme Anti-Choice Views Endangered Georgia Women And Families
- Allen expressed extreme anti-choice views that put Georgia women’s lives at risk. In 2023, he co-sponsored the Life at Conception Act, a near-total abortion ban that provided no protection for IVF. He praised the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which led to Georgia instituting a six-week abortion ban, which has been linked to the preventable deaths of two Georgia women.
Message: Allen’s extreme anti-choice views endangered Georgia women.
¶ It Took Allen 11 Months To Vote To Release The Epstein Files
- Allen voted twice to protect the accused pedophiles named in the Epstein files, and never cosponsored legislation or signed Rep. Thomas Massie’s discharge petition that called for the Epstein files to be released. Only after Trump signaled it was okay did Allen vote to release the files.
Message: Allen voted to protect the accused pedophiles named in the Epstein files until Trump signaled it was okay to vote to release the files.
¶ Allen Went So Deep Into 2020 Election Conspiracy Theories He Texted Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows About Them
- Allen was on the frontlines of baseless 2020 election conspiracy theories. He objected to certifying the electoral college’s vote, claiming that Dominion voting machines in Georgia had “glitches.”
- He signed letters and an amicus brief calling for investigations into “irregularities” around the election. Then in 2022, he was identified as one of the Republicans who texted with former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to push wild conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election.
- After the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol, Allen came to Trump’s defense. He claimed Trump had no idea the riots would break out and that Trump was “innocent until proven guilty.” He later voted against forming a House Commission to investigate the January 6th insurrection, even though months earlier he had voiced support for such a commission.
Message: Allen was on the frontlines pushing baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, he can’t be trusted to protect free and fair elections in Georgia.
¶ Allen Was Accused Of Violating The STOCK Act Multiple Times
- Allen was found to have violated the STOCK Act at least three times since taking office. In 2021 he failed to disclose stock trades up to $200,000, and then in June 2023 failed to disclose a trade his wife made worth up to $250,000.
- In August 2023, it was exposed that Allen had failed to report trades dating back to 2017 and worth up to $8.56 million
Message: Allen is just another out-of-touch swamp creature.
¶ Issue Briefs
¶ Rick Allen Supported Policies That Hurt Everyday Georgians
Allen Voted To Take Health Care From Georgians
Allen Supported Policies That Threatened Services Seniors Relied On
Allen Voted To Cut Food Assistance Georgians Relied On To Afford Groceries
Allen Voted To Protect Tariffs That Raised Prices On Georgians
Allen Supported An Agency That Laid Off Federal Workers And Hamstrung Social Security
Allen's Extreme Anti-Choice Views Endangered Georgia Women
Allen's Vehement Opposition To LGBTQ+ Rights Could Put Georgians At Risk
¶ Rick Allen Used His Power To Protect The Powerful And Himself
- It Took Allen 11 Months To Vote To Release The Epstein Files
Allen's 2020 Election Conspiracies Went So Deep He Texted Mark Meadows About Them
Allen Was Accused Of Violating The STOCK Act Multiple Times
Allen's Key Votes In Congress