New York Times editorial board issues rare call to action to oppose GOP tax bill

[DonViejo]

By CRISTIANO LIMA 11/29/2017 01:08 PM EST

The New York Times editorial board openly urged voters to contact their congressional representatives to express opposition to the Senate GOP tax reform bill on Wednesday, a rare move by one of the most prominent editorial boards in the country.

"This morning, The New York Times Editorial Board is tweeting here to urge the Senate to reject a tax bill that hurts the middle class & the nation's fiscal health," the board wrote on The New York Times opinion section's official Twitter account.

The @nytopinion account's Twitter bio was changed to say the editorial board was "temporarily taking over" the platform.

In a series of tweets, the account listed the phone numbers for the congressional offices of several key Republican senators in the ongoing debate over the GOP tax bill. They included Sens. Jeff Flake and John McCain of Arizona, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Bob Corker of Tennessee, James Lankford of Oklahoma and Jerry Moran of Kansas.

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[Achilleaze]

1. Stop the republican travesty against Americans

Action, Jackson. Don't just sit there. Act now.

Awaaaayyyy...

[Horizens]

2. Make the calls

Call the senators listed below. It doesn't mayor if they represent you state. I'm 66. This bill has devastating consequences for my children and grandchildren (yours too.) Don't be lazy ... pick up the phone and make the calls.

Sen. Bob Corker
(TN) [phone]

Sen. John McCain
(AZ) [phone]

Sen. Jeff Flake
(AZ) [phone]

Sen. Susan Collins
ME [phone]

Sen. Dean Heller
[phone]

Sen. Lisa Murkowski
(AK) [phone]

Sen. Jerry Moran )
[phone]

Sen. Ron Johnson
(WI) [phone]

Sen. Todd Young
(IN) [phone]

Take it from a Republican, not just any Republican but a domestic policy adviser to President Ronald Reagan and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the Treasury Department in the Bush 41 White House. The fix is in with this Republican tax bill that spikes the deficit.


Bruce Bartlett
@BruceBartlett

Literally the second the ink is dry on the tax cut, deficit hawks will emerge from their hibernation, where they have had nary a word of criticism about increasing the deficit by $1.5 trillion, to demand that SS & Medicare be slashed b/c the deficit has mysteriously increased.