NRSC Weekly Rundown: more tax ads, #NationalHighFiveDay, tax cut benefits keeping coming and more!
And here’s this week’s edition of the NRSC Weekly Rundown:
#TaxDay: The NRSC re-upped tax-focused digital ads, which have been a part of a five-figure digital campaign, currently running in the ten 2018 states won by President Trump with Democrat incumbents, as well as Arizona and Nevada. Folks at home deserve to know that Senate Democrats intend to repeal the tax cuts and raise taxes if given the opportunity.
National: Democrats doubled down on their tax hike messaging and held a rallyadvocating for the repeal of the successful GOP tax cuts. Red state Democrats across the map will face serious election consequences if their party runs on a platform of repealing the tax cuts that are putting more money in American families’ pockets.
#NationalHighFiveDay: In honor of Heidi Heitkamp’s favorite holiday, the NRSC reminded North Dakotans of Heidi’s famous high five with Chuck Schumer after voting against a five month abortion ban. Instead of representing folks at home, Heitkamp has been opposing the issues most important to them.
#WVSen: Joe Manchin’s campaign finance report revealed Mylan executives doled out over $50,000 to his campaign, coming as no surprise since Manchin’s own daughter rose in ranks to CEO of Mylan as he rose in political power. Just weeks after Manchin raked in their campaign cash, Mylan announced that it laid off 15% of the workers at its Morgantown plant. Manchin also took in over $80,000 in campaign cash at a glitzy Hollywood fundraiser. Seems Manchin’s more of a California Democrat after all.
#NVSen: Jacky Rosen sold out Nevada’s veterans when she chose to attend a California fundraiser with admitted traitor Jane Fonda. And if that weren’t bad enough, she also got called out for claiming she would never repeal middle-class tax cuts despite reports on local tv saying the exact opposite earlier this year.
#WISen: In her new ad, Tammy Baldwin claims to have a record of “eliminating regulations” and taking on “federal bureaucrats” in the cheese industry. But any Wisconsinite familiar with the far-left Senator’s record knows the ad is just a desperate attempt to appear more moderate in an increasingly difficult political landscape.
#INSen: In his first TV ad of the cycle, Mexico Joe Donnelly presents himself as a bipartisan problem-solver in DC. But Mexico Joe was ranked the least effective Democrat in the Senate and has yet to have a bill he sponsored signed into law. Mexico Joe can’t hide his nonexistent record of achievement from Hoosiers.
#TNSen: Tennessee-based McKee Foods announced employees would be receiving $1,000 bonuses thanks to the GOP tax cuts. But in a New York Times interview, Phil Bredesen joined with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi in calling bonuses and pay raises from the newly passed tax cuts “crumbs.” Bredesen’s moderate rhetoric won’t fool Tennesseans into believing he’s anything but another liberal Democrat dead-set on taking away their extra cash.
#OHSen: Kroger Foods gave Ohioans another reason to celebrate tax reform this week when they announced plans to hire 11,000 new employees and invest $500 million in wages and training for associates over the next three years. But despite the widespread success of the GOP tax relief, Sherrod Brown and his liberal colleagues want to repeal the tax cuts putting food on the tables of Ohio families.
NEWS AND NOTES:
NPR: Pushing Impeachment Would Backfire On Democrats, NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll Finds
The survey finds that 47 percent of registered voters would definitely vote against a candidate who wanted to remove Trump from office, while 42 percent would definitely vote for a candidate who would make such a promise. Forty-seven percent of independent voters — whose opinions could be decisive — also say they would vote against candidates favoring impeachment. READ
WV Metro News: Survey shows increasing challenge to Manchin’s re-election
Those numbers, if they are accurate, are deeply troubling for Manchin, who is seeking re-election this year. He’s already in a tough environment as the lone Democrat of the delegation from a state that has rapidly shifted from dark blue to deep red. READ
Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette: Donnelly unfit to serve pro-life Hoosiers
Indiana deserves to be represented by principled pro-life leaders in Congress who aren’t afraid to stand up for Hoosiers. Donnelly has broken his pro-life promises, and it’s time for him to go. READ
Cincinnati.com: Trump tax cuts: Kroger to use savings to expand tuition reimbursement to part-time workers
Kroger said Monday it will spend five times the previous amount on tuition reimbursement as it unveiled its plans for the Republican tax cuts signed into law by President Trump. READ
Townhall: Trump Prosperity: Economy Sets New Record on Jobless Claims, Manufacturing Optimism Approaches All-Time High
In our Thursday post, we noted how voters are now crediting President Trump, not President Obama, for the country’s economic health, with close to eight-in-ten Americans rating their personal financial conditions as ‘excellent’ or ‘good.’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth has been solid, small business owners are reporting unprecedented positive outlooks, and wages are improving amid a stable and strong employment picture. READ
WFB: Trump’s Tax Reform Law is Fueling a Positive Economic Outlook in the States
Less than six months old, the tax reform law championed by President Donald Trump is already fueling an increasingly positive economic outlook for state governments across the country. READ
Wall Street Journal: The Wages of Tax Reform Are Going to America’s Workers
When profits go up, capital investment goes up, and wages follow. That’s the reason we estimated, based on what has happened around the world, that households will get an average $4,000 wage increase from corporate tax reform, once its changes are fully implemented and swoosh through the nation’s economic engine. READ
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