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DCCC Memorandum: Speaker McCarthy Endangers Vulnerable House Republicans

To: Interested Parties
From: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Date: June 6, 2023
RE: Speaker McCarthy Endangers Vulnerable House Republicans

Just a week after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a bipartisan bill that averted a catastrophic default, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is putting his razor-thin majority at risk just to placate his far-right base as they threaten his weakening grip on the Speaker’s gavel.

As part of the fallout over McCarthy’s failure to deliver the Freedom Caucus-endorsed Default on America Act, extreme MAGA Republicans are demanding new promises from the Speaker.

To satisfy those radicals, McCarthy is advancing a far-right and wildly unpopular legislative agenda that not only fails to deliver for everyday families struggling to make ends meet, but endangers his most vulnerable members – particularly those in districts President Biden won in 2020.

What McCarthy and extreme MAGA Republicans are prioritizing:

What everyday families want Congress to prioritize:
  • Fast tracking the GOP Tax Scam 2.0 to give tax giveaways to the wealthy and well-connected while protecting tax cheats
  • Cutting taxes for middle-class Americans
  • Preparing to enact a nationwide abortion ban
  • Protecting reproductive freedom and making healthcare more affordable
  • Ensuring law enforcement agencies are properly funded to keep Americans safe
  • Wasting time on a baseless impeachment proceeding against the Homeland Security Secretary
  • Seeking bipartisan compromise for comprehensive immigration reform
  • Impeaching President Biden for overseeing the creation of 13.1 million jobs in 28 months
  • Building an economy that works for everyday Americans from the middle out and bottom up
 

Recent polling suggests vulnerable House Republicans – including those representing districts President Biden won – are prioritizing the wrong issues. Speaker McCarthy is forcing his members to take votes on deeply unpopular issues that don’t help everyday families and will cost them their seat in 2024.

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