| Vulnerable House Republicans have failed to deliver on their core campaign promise to lower the high cost of living. Instead, they are preparing to give Donald Trump $1 billion of taxpayer dollars for a ballroom that no one but Trump asked for.
Echoing the public’s anger at House Republicans, MS NOW reports that Democratic candidates in swing districts see the “$1 billion proposal as just another data point they can invoke to accuse the president and Republican Party writ large of being out of step with the needs of the American public.”
Here is what these candidates told MS NOW:
- Marlene Galán-Woods (AZ-01): “While D.C. is dreaming up floor plans for a gala hall, Arizonans here are staring at $6 gallon of gas and wondering how to cover rent, how to pay for groceries, how to buy their kids shoes.”
- Brian Poindexter (OH-07): “We know what the ballroom is for; it’s for an audience of one. It’s for Trump, it’s for himself, and it’s at the expense of everybody else.”
- Bob Harvie (PA-01): Voters would “much rather have affordable health care. I think they’d much rather have fully funded schools. I think they’d much rather have job training programs.”
A dismally low 28% of voters approve of Trump’s new ballroom – yet House Republicans want to use taxpayers dollars to give the White House $1 billion for construction.
DCCC Spokesperson Justin Chermol:
“Extreme House Republicans in some of the most competitive races in the nation are poised to rubber stamp a billion dollars in taxpayer money for a ballroom when everyday Americans can’t afford to put gas in their car or get health care for their families. Shameful.”
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