| INDIANAPOLIS, IN – By Joe Donnelly voting ‘no’ on President Trump’s tax cuts, he has not only failed Hoosier taxpayers, but he has also opened up a new issue that will haunt him for the entirety of the 2018 midterms.
There are three important takeaways following Donnelly voting against President Trump’s tax cuts for Hoosiers:
- Joe Donnelly’s no vote on tax cuts will hurt him in 2018
- Joe Donnelly chose to side with Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer instead of Hoosiers
- Even Joe Donnelly admitted these tax cuts will help middle-class families
1. ABC’s Rick Klein: “It will be used as a weapon against Senator Donnelly over the next 11 months.”
Summing up how his ‘no’ vote on tax cuts could hurt Joe Donnelly in the 2018 midterms, ABC News Political Correspondent Rick Klein told South Bend’s ABC 57: “I think it will be used as a weapon against Senator Donnelly over the next 11 months. People are going to say, ‘look, he had an opportunity to say he wanted to cut taxes for the American people and he decided to take a pass on that.'”
2. WIBC’s Tony Katz:Â “In Indiana, Sen. Joe Donnelly threw in with Bernie Sanders, and threw out Hoosiers.”
In a scathing op-ed, WIBC‘s Tony Katz put Donnelly’s political calculation in simple terms:Â “And when the moment came to be courageous, and to put Hoosiers before the party on taxes, Donnelly failed again. He threw in with Sens. Sanders and Schumer, and Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand and the most hard-core leftists. … He chose party over people and the Hill over Hoosiers. He chose Harris over Hammond, Schumer over South Bend and Warren over Washington Township. The tax bill passed. Sen. Joe Donnelly failed, and the mask has been ripped off for good. Joe Donnelly: Moderate No More.”
3. Donnelly: “we may see a little for our middle-class families around the edges here or there.”
Even Joe Donnelly admitted this bill will help middle-class families, telling WLBC on Wednesday: “It is going to take immediate effect. So we may see a little for our middle-class families around the edges here or there.”
Joe Donnelly continues to be one of the most vulnerable 2018 Democrats, and with each time he sides with Democrat leaders and socialists instead of hardworking Hoosiers and President Trump’s agenda, he continues to prove why he is out-of-touch with Hoosier values.
“Joe Donnelly will be haunted for all of 2018 for choosing to side with Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer instead of Hoosiers and President Trump,” said Hoosiers for Rokita spokesman Nathan Brand. “Even Donnelly admits these tax cuts will help middle-class Hoosiers, but he failed, again, to put Indiana ahead of his liberal special interest allies in Washington.” |
