Carr allowed millions in cuts to medical research to go into effect by refusing to join 22 states suing to block them. 

Neither Carr, nor Governor Kemp, have explained why this makes sense for Georgia

On Feb 10th, Georgia Republican Attorney General Chris Carr came under fire for refusing to join 22 other state attorneys general who sued to block Donald Trump’s devastating funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health, which funds millions in live-saving medical research at universities, businesses and hospitals across the state. Last night, a federal judge sided with the states who sued and blocked Trump’s cuts in those states only – meaning that Georgia’s hundreds of millions in NIH funding nearly 12,000 jobs are still on the chopping block because neither Carr, or Governor Brian Kemp, would stand up to Trump. 

Georgia universities received a collective $780 million in NIH support for critical health research last year, and the research funding for institutions, hospitals and businesses across the state generates an estimated $2 billion per year in economic impact.

“Chris Carr and Brian Kemp may cheer for the Dawgs, but Georgians need them to do a whole lot more than that in the face of Trump’s illegal funding cuts to their alma mater and other Georgia universities that put thousands of jobs and life-saving medical research at risk,” said DPG spokesman Dave Hoffman. “Georgians need leaders that will stand up to any president when they’re wrong, and slashing funds for our universities and hospitals and gutting a multi-billion dollar economic sector that employs thousands and generates life-saving medical research is wrong for Georgia.”