With President Trump in Las Vegas today, the DCCC released the following statement on Danny Tarkanian and Cresent Hardy’s eagerness to bring the Trump Administration’s harmful policies to Nevada:
“Danny Tarkanian and Cresent Hardy will do whatever their Party bosses tell him to, even if it means betraying the hardworking families of Nevada,” said DCCC spokesperson Drew Godinich. “Tarkanian and Hardy must defend their support of the GOP Tax Scam that benefits Washington special interests over Nevada’s middle class, and their Party’s sustained attacks on those with pre-existing conditions. Their eagerness to give Washington Republicans a free pass won’t cut it when Nevadans are paying the price for these harmful policies.”
Tarkanian and Hardy have praised the Republican tax scam that repealed a key provision of the Affordable Care Act that will result in Nevadans paying more for health care, and incentivizes corporations to ship jobs overseas. The GOP tax scam blew a $1.9 trillion hole in the deficit, and Speaker Paul Ryan and Washington Republicans have made clear that they are willing to cut Medicare and Social Security to offset their massive giveaway to corporations and the wealthy. Over 83% of the tax cuts go to the wealthiest 1% of Americans.
Tarkanian and Hardy have also embraced Republicans’ health care agenda, which would raise health care costs, impose an age tax on seniors, and gut protections for those with pre-existing conditions. Now, this agenda is slated to jack up premiums by 15% on Nevadans in 2019 alone.