Trump Promises $100M for Kentucky Drug Plant If Republicans Win Midterms

Promise tied to Nov. 3 vote

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. President Donald Trump on Saturday tied a promised $100 million federal investment in a Kentucky pharmaceutical plant to Republican success in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, telling supporters the money would only flow if the GOP wins.

“If the Republicans win, the Department of War will be investing $100 million in the pharmaceutical company Antheia to revitalize a gigantic drug manufacturing facility in Winchester, Kentucky,” Trump said at a rally at Truist Arena on the Northern Kentucky University campus, according to USA Today.

Trump said Democrats could not get the project done. “They wouldn’t be able to do it, they wouldn’t even know what you’re talking about, they have no idea,” he said.

The Department of Defense and representatives for U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in the district that includes Winchester, did not immediately respond to requests for comment, according to the Louisville Courier Journal.

Other Kentucky investments

Trump also pointed to other industry investments in the state, including a $1 billion investment from GE Appliances and IUE-CWA that he said would make Louisville’s Appliance Park the largest home appliance manufacturing site in the country.

On stage with Trump were Barr and Ed Gallrein, the Republican nominee for Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District. Trump also repeated his promise to give all adult citizens a $5,000 dividend if voters elect a Republican Senate and House on Nov. 3. He has not said how the dividend would be paid for or what it would cost.

The Kentucky stop is part of a multi-state rally tour aimed at turning out Republican voters ahead of Election Day, with control of the House and Senate at stake.

Reporting based on coverage by USA Today and the Louisville Courier-Journal.