WASHINGTON, DC – The Democratic Attorneys General Association (DAGA) released the following statement on far-right Trump ally and GOP Attorney General Kris Kobach announcing his re-election bid in Kansas.  

Statement from Sean Rankin, DAGA President: 

“Kris Kobach has built his platform over years on spewing hate and has taken Kansas backwards. He’s only seeking to serve himself and not the people of Kansas. Kobach refuses to take a stand against Trump’s recklessness, costing Kansas families hundreds of millions in critical funding that would have gone towards students and after-school programs, mental health services, health care research, support for veterans, and economic development. Kobach has put himself and his personal ambitions over people time and again, and there is no doubt that he will continue to do so if he is re-elected as Attorney General. Kansans deserve better than Kobach, and as our number one pick up opportunity in 2026, we will take this seat next year.”
 

Here’s a reminder of who Kobach really is:

• As attorney general, Kobach has never once stood up to Trump when Kansas faced cuts to its federal workforce, public health and education funds, and programs that help vulnerable communities.

• A federal judge found Kobach in contempt of court and ordered him to take continuing legal education for his behavior in the courtroom after the judge struck down his unconstitutional state law that would have disenfranchised voters.
  • He also cost the state $1.9 million from a settlement for authoring that law which blocked more than 35,000 eligible voters from participating in elections.
• Kobach has worked to suppress the right to vote and met with Trump in 2016 to discuss his own voter disenfranchisement plan.
  • Kobach then became vice-chair of Trump’s Presidential Commission on Election Integrity that falsely claimed illegal votes cost Trump the popular vote in 2016, and he supported Trump’s attempt to steal the 2020 presidential election.
• Kobach served on the board of directors at the scandal plagued We Build the Wall, an organization run by disgraced Trump advisor and convicted felon Steve Bannon that had to shut down due to its leaders committing fraud.

• He is an anti-abortion extremist who does not believe in exceptions for rape or incest and was a lead supporter of the Value Them Both amendment that would have ended the state’s constitutional protection for abortion rights.

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