AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes hosts town hall meeting in Downtown Yuma
Manoah Tuiasosopo
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – A town hall meeting was held in Yuma to discuss federal firings and DOGE funding cuts.
Dozens came out to the Historic Yuma Theatre in Downtown, many of them in favor of the work being done by Arizona’s Attorney General. Items discussed include Medicaid cuts, social security, tariffs, and education.
Brian De La Hoya, a teacher in San Luis, says he supports Mayes’s resistance to cuts on public education.
De La Hoya, also the Chair of LD23 Democrats of Arizona, says, “I don’t think public school districts should be defunded at all. If anything, we should fund them more.”
Attorney General Mayes, along with several Attorney Generals from other states, have filed 18 lawsuits against the Trump Administration.
One of those lawsuits is in regards to the administration’s sweeping tariffs.
Attorney General Mayes says, “I’m very worried about the tariff impacts on Yuma, especially the farmers that export their goods to other countries and I’m worried about the small businesses in Yuma that imports their goods from China.”
Another focal point of the town hall was the cuts to Medicaid.
Mayes says these cuts, if successful, would be catastrophic to rural communities throughout the state.
“The Medicaid cuts carry the biggest potential for catastrophe, not even to speak on the impact that’s going to have on Yumans themselves, who may not have a hospital to go to if these Medicaid cuts go through,” Mayes explains.
But not everyone in attendance was in favor, one local applauding the President for keeping his promises and saying he doesn’t agree with the bombardment of lawsuits.
Mayes adds, “I love that I was challenged by a couple of folks that didn’t share my views. This is about letting people sound off, tell me how they’re feeling, and gathering evidence.”
This is Mayes’s 11th town hall she’s hosted in the state on the topic of federal firings and DOGE funding cuts.
She’ll host her 12th in Apache County on Monday.