A group of "patriotic millionaires" thinks Democrats can run -- and win -- on taxes
By Emily Stewart at Vox
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/31/17634016/patriotic-millionaires-2018-tax-cuts
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A group of millionaires dedicated to decreasing the influence of money in politics is planning to endorse candidates for the first time, in the 2018 midterm elections.
The only requirements: The candidates it backs have to be running against an incumbent who voted for the Republican tax cuts, and they’ve got to be able to talk about taxes in a way that doesn’t put voters to sleep.
“It’s like situational narcolepsy; the minute you start talking about the tax code, you’ve lost your audience,” said Erica Payne, a progressive strategist and president of the Patriotic Millionaires, the group making the endorsements. “We’re looking for people who recognize the grand-scale theft that just happened and are looking to be aggressive fighters against that.”
The GOP thought the tax bill would be something they could run on, but it hasn’t really worked out that way. It’s not very popular with voters, and so far, it hasn’t gotten much attention in 2018 midterm campaigns.
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