Washington D.C – Following Unrig Our Economy’s series of ads in North Carolina, Senator Thom Tillis publicly opposed the Republican Tax Scam and subsequently announced he will retire at the end of his term in office. Under the bill’s current construction, hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians are at risk of losing health insurance, rural hospitals could close, and children across the state may go hungry due to SNAP cuts. Despite Tillis’ opposition, his Republican colleagues passed the bill in the Senate today.
Unrig Our Economy’s ads ran in North Carolina, highlighting the danger of this bill on working families and calling on Senator Tillis to oppose it. Republican lawmakers, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, have acknowledged the ads are making an impact on their ability to effectively message in favor of the bill.
“Unrig Our Economy’s ads uplifting the voices of his own constituents helped force Senator Thom Tillis to acknowledge that hundreds of thousands of people across North Carolina could lose health care or even die if the Republican Tax Scam passes,” said Unrig Our Economy Campaign Director Leor Tal. “Senator Tillis chose to oppose the Republican Tax Scam and retire from the United States Senate rather than vote to harm North Carolinians through this bill. By Tillis’ own admission, every Republican Senator who voted for this bill decided to rob their constituents of lifesaving care to pad billionaires’ wallets.”
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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.