Thread by @WayToWinAF

One of the challenges we run into occasionally in the messaging and research side of our work is that when we describe in plain language what Rs are doing, it sounds so cartoonishly evil that voters flat don't believe it. Quick 🧵on #RepublicanTaxHeist strategy.

So far, #MAGAMcCarthy has been pretty cagey about where he's headed. At least publicly. He's hemmed in by his tiny, wafer-thin majority, and has reportedly made all sorts of secret back room deals with the extremists he needs to keep on board to keep his ship (barely) afloat.

We know the basic outline of the scam -

1️⃣ Pass giveaways to the rich like the Trump tax cuts to blow holes in the budget
2️⃣Use “the deficit” to force cuts
3️⃣Blame Democrats, gay people, immigrants, and "woke" for the mess

But we do know some specifics, from three sources.

First, actual bills Rs passed this year that ...
💸Make it easier for billionaires to cheat on taxes
💸Repeal the parts of the IRA that lower drug costs
💸Extend the Trump tax cuts (avg $175k year to the top 0.1%)
💸Let corps go back to paying zero taxes
💸The flat 30% #MAGATax

Second, the last time the Rs were in power in 2018, they passed a budget. It was a doozy, and the good folks @CenterOnBudget summarized it here.
cbpp.org/research/feder…

Third, there's the even more wild proposed Republican Study Committee 2023 budget. This wasn't some kind of leaked thing. It's real, they made it public and are just apparently assuming no one will read it or care.
banks.house.gov/uploadedfiles/…

If you put their last budget and this draft together, these are their priorities:

✂️Raise the Social Secrurity and Medicare retirement ages
✂️Repeal the ACA (yes they are still on this!)
✂️Cut disability benefits
✂️Cut Pell education grants
✂️Cut nutrition assistance for kids

The cherry on top? Remember, there's 19 Rs that were elected from districts Biden carried in 2024. They must be pitching fits over this -- particularly all the screwing around with Social Security. That kind of thing will even cut through voter disbelief.

https://twitter.com/WayToWinAF/status/1611131964534448129?s=20&t=m4eHpqXG5FN-DTJfI6OawA

So apparently Rep McCarthy has made OTHER secret deals with THEM, to go after other parts of the budget. This would mean cuts to stuff like schools, police (srsly), research, and border security.

You almost feel bad for the guy.

axios.com/2023/01/25/mcc…

We're grateful for the guy in the White House and his team, who have shown a remarkable ability to cut through malarkey and GSD. The country will get a chance to hear about a positive alternative future at the #SOTU next week.

The extreme MAGA agenda, when voters hear about it -- and aren't distracted with the outrage and fear of the week that Fox and the right wing noise machine are pushing -- is deeply unpopular. With your help, we're going to keep telling these stories. Much appreciate you! 🇺🇸🗽🙏🏽