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babylonsister

(171,065 posts)
Thu Dec 21, 2017, 07:54 PM Dec 2017

RNC launching multimillion-dollar effort to hit Dems on tax reform in 2018

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RNC launching multimillion-dollar effort to hit Dems on tax reform in 2018
By Lisa Hagen - 12/21/17 05:58 PM EST


The Republican National Committee (RNC) is gearing up to launch a multimillion-dollar effort at the start of 2018 aimed at vulnerable Democrats who voted against the GOP’s tax bill.

In January, the RNC will institute the second phase of its data-focused field program to reach voters about details of the tax overhaul. There will also be a major digital ad component targeting Democrats on the ballot over opposition to the bill.

President Trump and Republicans celebrated the Wednesday passage of the plan, a $1.5 trillion bill that cuts tax rates for individuals and corporations and, among other things, repeals ObamaCare’s individual mandate and permits drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

But it's unclear whether the tax bill, which has regularly recorded mixed or negative approval ratings in polls, can be a winning issue for Republicans in 2018. A Monmouth University poll released Monday found 47 percent of respondents opposed the bill, while only 26 percent said they approved of it.

The RNC will focus on the 10 Democratic senators up for reelection in states that Trump carried in 2016. Republicans have a slim 51-seat majority in the Senate and will be looking to unseat those red-state Democrats since the party is largely on offense next year.

“We’re going to remind every voter that Republicans gave the American people a historic pay raise while Democrats stood in the way,” RNC chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel said in a statement provided to The Hill.

“We have more resources deployed than any other political organization, and we’re going to use our assets to hold Democrats accountable,” she said.


The RNC’s efforts next year will lead up to its first National Day of Training on Jan. 20, when the committee will train thousands of staff, fellows and volunteers across the country in preparation for the midterm elections.

Meanwhile, Democrats argue that the tax overhaul favors businesses and the wealthy over middle-class families. No Democrats in the House or Senate joined Republicans in voting for the bill.

The party also believes they can frame it as a winning issue in 2018 and have already weaponized it in ad campaigns. Democrats believe the unpopularity of the bill, coupled with the current political climate and Trump’s low approval numbers, will buoy them in the midterms.
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RNC launching multimillion-dollar effort to hit Dems on tax reform in 2018 (Original Post) babylonsister Dec 2017 OP
As long as corporations go along with this and toss a few cookies to the peons The_Casual_Observer Dec 2017 #1
I hope not. Every corner I visit babylonsister Dec 2017 #3
I'm sort of gauging it based on the immediate reaction by the press and responses The_Casual_Observer Dec 2017 #5
I'm holding out hope that when people really see these crumbs and that it's hardly making Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #4
Well we know that the GOPers are gonna lie. Iliyah Dec 2017 #2
 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
1. As long as corporations go along with this and toss a few cookies to the peons
Thu Dec 21, 2017, 08:07 PM
Dec 2017

they might stand a chance with this scheme.

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
5. I'm sort of gauging it based on the immediate reaction by the press and responses
Thu Dec 21, 2017, 09:31 PM
Dec 2017

to social media feeds. The propaganda will be high flying for months, fueled by the GOP effort you posted.

 

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
4. I'm holding out hope that when people really see these crumbs and that it's hardly making
Thu Dec 21, 2017, 09:20 PM
Dec 2017

any kind of real difference in their lives they may just wise up to this heist. The tax scam verbage is out there and a circulatin' and it needs to stay that way.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
2. Well we know that the GOPers are gonna lie.
Thu Dec 21, 2017, 08:08 PM
Dec 2017

With Lying Ryan and the rest of the effed up GOPers, in 2018 they are going after "entitlements" although majority of Americans pay from their paychecks for these programs. Fucked them, they are ugly inside and out.

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