The ads are part of a new, over $5 million campaign to put pressure on Senate Republicans as they consider the Republican Tax Scam that slashes Medicaid and SNAP to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Unrig Our Economy and Families Over Billionaires are launching a new, over $5 million campaign across 7 key states to stop the Republican Tax Scam as the fight begins in the Senate. These ads will run on TV, radio, digital, and streaming services in Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and South Carolina.
The first ads launching today urge Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) to reject the Republican Tax Scam that would gut health care and take food away from their constituents to give billionaires another massive tax break. Additional ads will be launching in the coming weeks targeting Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Senators Jon Husted (R-OH) and Bernie Moreno (R-OH).
Specifically, the ads point out that if these Senators vote for the Republican Tax Scam, they would be:
- Kicking 16 million people off their health insurance and raising health care costs
- Putting rural hospitals at risk of shutting down
- Leading to over 50,000 additional deaths per year
The ads follow Senator Ernst’s comments dismissing worries that the bill’s Medicaid cuts would take lifesaving health care away from her constituents and lead to more deaths.
“Republican Senators can try to minimize the effects of the Republican Tax Scam, but if they pass it, they would be putting hundreds of thousands of their constituents in danger,” said Unrig Our Economy spokesperson Kobie Christian. “Working families shouldn’t have to lose their health care – or their lives – so that billionaires can get another tax break. The Senate must reject this cruel tax scam and protect their constituents..”
“Republican Senators can’t escape how unpopular their Billionaire Tax Scam is with the American people. If they have their way, millions will lose their health care and basic food assistance, all so billionaires can get bigger tax breaks,” said Michael Linden, Campaign Director of Families Over Billionaires. “We know that when the American people learn more about this bill, they turn against it and anyone who supports it. These ads will deliver that message, and urge these Senators to put working families ahead of billionaires and corporations.”
Watch the North Carolina ad here
SCRIPT:
The truth about our economy? It’s rigged.
…And the Republicans’ tax bill rigs the system even more in favor of billionaires.
Senator Thom Tillis could vote to take away our health care and give tax breaks to billionaires.
Up to 580,000 North Carolinians would lose their insurance.
Many rural hospitals could close.
All to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
Sound rigged? It is.
Watch the Iowa ad here
SCRIPT:
[Jennifer] Congressman Zach Nunn and Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks just voted to make the biggest cut to Medicaid in history.
[Billy] So they can pay for more tax breaks for billionaires.
[Maria] That means taking away our health care that we rely on.
[Billy] When our Senator Joni Ernst heard about how damaging this bill would be,
[Jennifer] Her response was basically…well, we’re all gonna die sometime.
[Clip] “Well, we all are going to die.”
[Jennifer] She’s right. People here are going to die if that bill passes.
[Maria] Medicaid saved my life; without it, I would not be here.
[Jennifer] I rely on Medicaid, so I don’t die, Senator Ernst.
[Billy] People are going to lose their lives over these cuts.
[Maria] Senator Ernst, do we matter to you?
[Clip] “Well, we all are going to die.”
[Jennifer] Senator Ernst, you have an opportunity to protect health care for people like me.
[Billy] Please listen to people in Iowa who would be hurt by this.
[Jennifer] We need health care.
[Jennifer] More than billionaires need tax breaks.
Watch the Maine ad here
SCRIPT:
Life is getting more expensive for us Mainers by the day…
…And what’s Senator Susan Collins doing about it?
She’s considering a bill that would give big tax breaks to billionaires.
Take away health care from thousands of Mainers.
Raise our insurance costs.
And could shut down rural hospitals.
Just so billionaires can get a tax break.
They get richer.
Our costs go up.
Another way they rig the system against us…
Tell Senator Susan Collins to help working families not billionaires.
To learn more about the campaign, visit UnrigOurEconomy.com or contact press@unrigoureconomy.com
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About Unrig Our Economy
Unrig Our Economy is a national campaign to fix the rules of our economy to make it work for working people. We know that when the middle class does well, all of us do well — which is why we’re fighting on behalf of working Americans and holding corporations, their wealthy executives, and the politicians who enable them accountable.