In case you missed it, headlines, editorials, and TV coverage across the country are capturing the fierce backlash vulnerable House Republicans are facing over their tax scam. The public outcry reflects the historic unpopularity of the Republican plan.
“Vulnerable House Republicans are facing an intensifying backlash to their Tax Scam that cuts taxes for the rich and big corporations while attacking the middle class,” said DCCC Spokesperson Tyler Law. “With polls showing that the GOP Tax Scam is widely and increasingly unpopular, this bill will be a huge political liability for Speaker Ryan and House Republicans in 2018.”
Take a look at some of the coverage:
- CA-All: LA Times: Rallies planned across California as activists pressure GOP House members on tax vote
- CA-All: Mercury News: EDITORIAL: GOP tax plan is cynical wealth redistribution
- CA-10: Modesto Bee: Those picketers on Sisk Road in Salida? Here’s what has them bothered
- CA-39: LA Times: Outside Rep. Ed Royce’s office, protesters don top hats, call GOP tax bill a tool for the rich
- CA-39: Daily Titan: Protestors gather outside Ed Royce’s office to oppose the Republican tax bill
- CA-39/45: KABC-TV: Tax Plan Protest
- CA-45: LA Times: Graduate students in Rep. Mimi Walters’ district air concerns over GOP tax bill with her Democratic challenger
- CA-45: WSJ: California House Republican Hears It at Home Over Tax Bill
- CA-48: KNX-AM: Seniors Rally at Rohrabacher’s Office Against Tax Plan
- CA-49: CBS 8: Downtown protests over DACA and the Republican tax bill
- CO-03/06: Aurora Sentinel: EDITORIAL: Lies and damned lies in GOP Senate and House tax reform bills target the middle class
- CO-06: Aurora Sentinel: EDITORIAL: Gardner, Coffman: Fix the GOP tax reforms that are toxic to the middle class
- FL-16: Sarasota Herald Tribune: Tax bill protest draws crowd to downtown Sarasota
- FL-26/27: ABC Miami: GOP Tax Plan Protest
- IA-01: Gazette: 1st District Democrats plan cardboard cutout of Blum for town hall meeting
- IL-06: Loyola Phoenix: Loyola Students Hold Rally in Response to GOP Tax Bill
- IL-13: WCIA: Grad students worry about “tuition tax”
- IL-13: Daily Illini: Tax bill raises alarm among graduate students
- IL-13: Pantagraph: Students rally against tax bill’s impact on education
- IL-13: Central Illinois Proud: ISU graduate students protest tax bill
- KS-All: KC Star: EDITORIAL: Tax cuts are only the start. Social Security and Medicare could be next on the chopping block
- MI-06: WIN 98.5: Anti-tax reform protest in Kalamazoo
- NC-All: Durham Herald-Sun: Protesters decry Trump, GOP tax reform efforts at downtown Durham rally
- MI-06: ABC57: Upton challengers talk GOP tax plan at protest
- MI-06: WBND: Berrien County Democrats Protest GOP Tax Bill
- MT-AL: KFBB: “Body slam the tax bill,” Protesters to Gianforte
- MT-AL: Billings Gazette: EDITORIAL: How will Montana pay for new tax plan?
- MT-AL: KFBB: Concerned Citizens Want Their Voices Heard
- NJ-02: Press of Atlantic City: Locals to rally in front of Rep. LoBiondo’s office to protest GOP tax bill
- NJ-03: Burlington County Times: Protesters demonstrate against GOP tax bill in Evesham
- NJ-03: Asbury Park Press: Tax bill: NJ groups try last-minute blitz to defeat it
- NJ-04/07: Asbury Park Press: Toms River protest attacks GOP tax reform
- NJ-11: Morristown Green: There in a flash: Activists, candidates denounce tax bill outside Frelinghuysen’s Morristown office
- NJ-07/11: MSNBC: Protesters Demonstrate Nationwide Against Republican Tax Plan
- NY-01/02/03: Long Island Herald: EDITORIAL: The great Republican tax scam
- NY-19: Times Herald-Record: EDITORIAL: Tax legislation is bad not only for New York
- NY-21: Post-Star: Small group protests tax bill
- NY-22: Oneida Dispatch: Protesters in Oneida denounce House, Senate tax bills
- NY-23: Observer Today: Protesters oppose Reed’s stance on tax reform
- NY-23: WRFA: Residents Gather in Downtown Rally to Voice Opposition to GOP Tax Plan
- NY-24: Daily Orange: Protesters rally outside Rep. Katko’s office, bringing along a giant chicken resembling President Donald Trump
- PA-06: Daily Local: Protesters to Costello: Vote against tax bill
- PA-07: Delaware County Times: Activists sing carols at Meehan’s office to protest GOP tax plan
- SC-05: Spartanburg Herald Journal: Student debt could worsen under SC congressman’s proposal, colleges worry
- VA-10: WRC [NBC]: Hundreds Protest GOP Tax Bill
Here’s a refresher on the most recent public polling:
USA Today/Suffolk University [Dec. 5-9, 2017]
- Just 32% of Americans support to GOP tax plan
- 53% of Americans predict their own families won’t pay lower tazes as a result of the measure
- 64% of those surveyed say the wealthy will get the most benefits
- The GOP tax plan has the lowest level of public support for any major piece of legislation enacted in the past three decades
Quinnipiac Poll [Nov. 29-Dec. 4, 2017]
- 64% of American voters say the Republican tax plan benefits the wealthy the most, compared to only 24% that say it benefits the middle class
- A plurality of voters (41%) say the plan will increase their taxes
- Voters ay 61%-34% that the tax plan favors the rich at the expense of the middle class
- Voters say by an 8-point margin that Democrats can do a better job handling taxes
Gallup [Dec.1-2, 2017]
- Only 29% of U.S. adults approve of the proposed changes to the federal tax code
- Majority of independents (56%) join 87% of Democrats in opposing tax plan
Reuters/Ipsos [Nov. 23-27, 2017]:
- Only 29% of participants support the Republican tax plan
- Only 6% think the middle class stands to benefit the most from the tax plan, only 14% think ‘”All Americans’ will
Politico/Morning Consult [Nov. 21-25, 2017]:
- Republican support of the House GOP Bill dropped from 66% to 59%
- Only 36% of registered voters support the House Bill
Quinnipiac Poll [Nov. 7-13, 2017]:
- Only 25% of respondents approve of the Republican tax plan
- 59% of Americans said the GOP effort favors the rich at the expense of the middle class, only 33% disagreed with this sentiment
- A majority of Americans, 52%, do not believe that the GOP effort will lead to more jobs and better growth
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll [Nov. 8-13, 2017] :
- 68% of the public oppose eliminating the tax deduction for individuals who have high health care costs
- More than four in ten (44%) think eliminating this tax deduction would affect them and their families
Politico/Morning Consult [Nov. 9-11, 2017]
- 56% of Americans believe that Trump will benefit personally from changes to the tax code, if enacted
- Only 29% of American think that they and their families will benefit from the plan