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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Mon May 7, 2018, 09:15 AM May 2018

Republicans in key election races turn down volume on Trump's tax cuts

MAY 7, 2018 / 6:12 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

David Morgan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Right after Republicans in the U.S. Senate passed their income tax overhaul in December, delivering tax cuts to businesses and most American taxpayers, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was buoyant.

Surrounded by jubilant fellow Republicans, he told reporters, “If we can’t sell this to the American people, we ought to go into another line of work.” Four months later, McConnell’s attempt at levity could prove prophetic.

The most vulnerable Republican incumbents in the tightest congressional races in the November elections are talking less and less about the tax cuts on Twitter and Facebook, on their campaign and congressional websites and in digital ads, the vital tools of a modern election campaign, a Reuters analysis of their online utterances shows.

All told, the number of tax messages has fallen by 44 percent since January. For several congressmen in tough reelection fights, Steve Knight in California, Jason Lewis in Minnesota, and Don Bacon in Nebraska, messaging is down much more - as much as 72 percent.

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Republicans in key election races turn down volume on Trump's tax cuts (Original Post) DonViejo May 2018 OP

It's going to be difficult to tune these unfair tax cuts out...since the tax cuts were ... SWBTATTReg May 2018 #1

By fall, Republicans won't be talking about them at all. bearsfootball516 May 2018 #2

Sell them $3/gallon gas while they're at it dalton99a May 2018 #3

The Dems need to focus on two key issues as a party... BigmanPigman May 2018 #4

Comstock (VA) is running radio ads suggesting we thank spooky3 May 2018 #5

Trump signed the bill Proud Liberal Dem May 2018 #6

...and dems need to turn the volume up ooky May 2018 #7

SWBTATTReg

(22,156 posts)

1. It's going to be difficult to tune these unfair tax cuts out...since the tax cuts were ...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon May 7, 2018, 09:17 AM

May 2018

skewed so much as to be unfair to lots of people who didn't see anything or much in their paychecks, vs. the 1%ers, who already have the tables turned so much in their favor.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)

2. By fall, Republicans won't be talking about them at all.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon May 7, 2018, 09:20 AM

May 2018

I read a story a couple months ago during the heat of the PA-18 race. It said that initially, the Rick Saccone campaign poured tons of money into TV ads pushing the tax bill...but they were abruptly cut off when internal polling showed the tax cut issue wasn't moving the needle at all on Republican voters.

dalton99a

(81,566 posts)

3. Sell them $3/gallon gas while they're at it

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon May 7, 2018, 09:26 AM

May 2018

BigmanPigman

(51,623 posts)

4. The Dems need to focus on two key issues as a party...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon May 7, 2018, 09:33 AM

May 2018

Affordable healthcare and a real tax cut for everyone. Voters in both parties want these. Stay away from abortion and the 2nd Amend. Also stick to local issues and DO NOT bring up impeachment (a GOP trap).

spooky3

(34,466 posts)

5. Comstock (VA) is running radio ads suggesting we thank

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon May 7, 2018, 09:49 AM

May 2018

her for the tax cuts that have raised our take home pay.

But she is in a district where people pay high state income and real estate taxes (and the new law reduces their deductions) and they have incomes in the range where they likely pay MORE in tax, or little difference.

I hope her voters will thank her by voting her out.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,429 posts)

6. Trump signed the bill

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon May 7, 2018, 09:53 AM

May 2018

Republicans in Congress gave him. They're hardly "Trump tax cuts".

ooky

(8,926 posts)

7. ...and dems need to turn the volume up

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon May 7, 2018, 10:43 AM

May 2018

with the "how has it changed YOUR life (?)" message and how we propose to reverse it so that the people who need the tax relief will get it by voting for democrats. Emphasis on how Republicans LIED to get their votes and then gave all the money to their richest campaign contributors. There needs to be a big democrat emphasis on this SCAM.

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