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The New York Times told readers to contact their senators and lobby against the Republican tax bill in a series of tweets from its opinion account Wednesday.
“This morning, the Times editorial board is tweeting here to urge the
Senate to reject a tax bill that hurts the middle class & the nation’s
fiscal health. #thetaxbillhurts,”
the NYT opinion account tweeted.
This morning, the Times editorial board is tweeting here to urge the Senate to reject a tax bill that hurts the middle class & the nation’s fiscal health. #thetaxbillhurts
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
The paper called out Republican senators by name and requested people contact their offices to call for a vote against the bill, which is expected in the Senate as early as this week.
“Senator Susan Collins of Maine has correctly noted that any temporary tax cuts for the middle class would be more than offset by the higher cost of health insurance — a good reason for her to vote against the bill.” https://t.co/bHYJcMTMjU pic.twitter.com/NgfvgnOypL
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
Call Kansas Senator @JerryMoran at (202) 224-6521 and remind him that the Senate tax bill would add more than $1.4 trillion to the deficit over 10 years without helping the middle class. #thetaxbillhurts pic.twitter.com/2UNbX9LUQE
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
Contact @SenJohnMcCain and @JeffFlake, particularly if you live in Arizona, and tell them to oppose the tax bill: It would add more than $1.4 trillion to the deficit over 10 years without helping the middle class. #thetaxbillhurts
Flake: (202) 224-4521
McCain: (202) 224-2235 pic.twitter.com/PvXI1b3Xd4— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
Contact @LisaMurkowski, (202) 224-6665, particularly if you live in Alaska, to say she should oppose the Senate tax bill because it would drive up the cost of health insurance by repealing Obamacare’s individual mandate. #thetaxbillhurts pic.twitter.com/vL9y3zAaF6
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
The Editorial Board is urging @SenBobCorker to vote against the Senate tax bill because it would increase the federal deficit by more than $1.4 trillion. He’s said he would vote against the bill if it added “one penny to the deficit.” Contact him and tell him #thetaxbillhurts pic.twitter.com/JamVGLnvVO
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Wednesday that the tweets should make people “stop pretending that the NYT isn’t a political organization.”
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