Democrats target Johnson, Rubio for votes against COVID-19 relief package

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DSCC’s first ads show aid measure’s importance to 2022

By Bridget Bowman

Posted March 8, 2021 at 6:00am

The campaign arm of Senate Democrats is launching its first ads of the 2022 cycle with new digital spots targeting two Republicans for voting against the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that passed the chamber Saturday along party lines.

The 30-second videos on YouTube, shared first with CQ Roll Call, knock Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Marco Rubio of Florida and are part of a “five-figure” digital effort by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

One ad features music playing as yellow and white text appears over video footage that includes health care workers and empty school hallways.

“While our communities are still suffering, Ron Johnson voted against: $1,400 direct relief checks for Wisconsinites, increasing access to vaccinations, local funding to safely reopen schools, aid for small businesses and restaurants,” the text on screen reads.

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https://www.rollcall.com/2021/03/08/democrats-target-johnson-rubio-for-votes-against-covid-relief-package/

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

1. Good! For those who voted for the massive 2017 tax giveaway to the wealthiest,

such videos should also point that out.

Oh, look at that:

https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/taxes/trumps-tax-cuts/republicans-profit-congress/

Not only did Johnson vote for it, but he benefited personally from it:

As part of the bill, Republicans approved tax breaks in 2017 for seven classes of assets many of the wealthier members of Congress

As part of the bill, Republicans approved tax breaks in 2017 for seven classes of assets many of the wealthier members of Congress held at the time, including partnerships, small corporations, real estate, and several esoteric investment vehicles. While they sold the bill as a package of business and middle-class tax cuts that would not help the wealthy, the cuts likely saved members of Congress hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes collectively, while the corporate tax cut hiked the value of their holdings.

“It feels to me like a kleptocracy,” said Jeff Hauser, director of the Revolving Door Project at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a left-leaning think tank in Washington, D.C.

See article for many interesting specifics:

https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/taxes/trumps-tax-cuts/republicans-profit-congress/