Schumer And Jeffries Attack Republican Tax Plan

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) have delivered a press conference to "expose" a Republican plan proposed Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) to implement a 30% sales tax.

• Schumer: “Everyone thought that [Speaker Kevin] McCarthy [R-CA] would never go along with the MAGA Republicans... and now he is still committed to them. Don't underestimate the power over McCarthy of these extreme MAGA Republicans”
• Schumer: "Until Speaker McCarthy has a plan — and a plan that can pass in the House with his Republican support — he's going to the White House with no cards in his hand."
• Jeffries says Republican calls for "negotiations" are tantamount to "blackmail" and could send the US "spiraling towards recession, if not depression."
• Democrat control of the Senate and White House means Carter's plan has no chance of becoming law but Democrats will use the proposal to highlight what the White House calls an "extreme MAGA agenda."
• This strategy was used with success ahead of the midterms in November when Biden regularly attacked Senator Rick Scott's (R-FL) "12 Point Plan to Rescue America," as emblematic as an extreme GOP agenda.
• Biden is expected to continue the strategy tomorrow when he delivers remarks on the economy in Virginia.