{"id":1055658,"date":"2025-08-19T14:15:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T18:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055658"},"modified":"2025-08-19T14:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T18:15:39","slug":"trumps-billionaire-first-budget-bill-is-so-unpopular-that-republicans-are-trying-to-rebrand-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-billionaire-first-budget-bill-is-so-unpopular-that-republicans-are-trying-to-rebrand-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Billionaire-First Budget Bill is So Unpopular that Republicans are Trying to Rebrand It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/08\/06\/gop-town-halls-anger-backlash-00494925\">Americans<\/a> are seeing right through Donald Trump\u2019s billionaire-first budget, which is poised to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/trump-tax-law-mostly-benefit-rich-leaving-poorer-americans-less-cbo-rcna224449\">enrich<\/a> the ultra-wealthy while harming middle- and low-income families. Trump\u2019s budget is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gelliottmorris.com\/p\/one-big-unpopular-bill\">most unpopular budget<\/a> on record. In response, Republicans are now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/playbook\">rebranding<\/a> their disastrous budget bill as a \u201cworking families tax cut\u201d \u2014 in other words, they are lying to cover up their tracks as they throw Americans under the bus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response,<\/em><strong><em> DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRepublicans across the country are struggling so hard to sell Donald Trump\u2019s billionaire-first budget that they\u2019ve been forced to lie to the American people. From ripping health care away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/07\/01\/least-17-million-americans-would-lose-insurance-under-trump-plan\/\">17 million<\/a> Americans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluegreenalliance.org\/resources\/senate-budget-proposal-drastically-rolls-back-manufacturing-tax-credits-slashes-funding-for-clean-energy-and-jobs\/\">eliminating<\/a> millions of manufacturing jobs, working families will bear the brunt of this bill. Combined with the impact of Trump\u2019s trade war, Trump\u2019s reckless economic agenda is set to cost the median household around <a href=\"https:\/\/budgetlab.yale.edu\/research\/combined-distributional-effects-one-big-beautiful-bill-act-and-tariffs-0\">$1,300<\/a> per year. While Republicans desperately try to spin Trump\u2019s billionaire-first budget, the American people know the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Trump and Republicans lie to cover up the damage that they are doing to working families, here\u2019s what Americans face:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/economy\/american-job-housing-economic-dynamism-d56ef8fc?mod=hp_lead_pos7\">economic uncertainty<\/a> has stalled the American dream \u2014 leaving people hesitant to buy homes or switch jobs amid a lack of opportunity. Americans feel stuck, and the job market isn\u2019t helping, especially as more and more employees aren\u2019t satisfied with their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkfed.org\/microeconomics\/sce\/labor#\/experiences-transitions1\">wages<\/a> under Trump.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump is worsening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/07\/31\/fed-inflation-trump-tariffs\">inflation<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/08\/16\/nx-s1-5502671\/electricity-bill-high-inflation-ai\">electricity bills<\/a> are skyrocketing, forcing Americans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/economy\/consumers\/consumer-spending-stagnant-uncertainty-c4e3d043?mod=itp_wsj\">tighten<\/a> their wallets. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-08-15\/us-consumer-sentiment-falls-as-inflation-expectations-climb?srnd=phx-economics-v2\">majority of consumers<\/a> already plan to cut back on spending as they expect prices to rise on everyday items and unemployment to worsen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans are seeing right through Donald Trump\u2019s billionaire-first budget, which is poised to enrich the ultra-wealthy while harming middle- and low-income families. Trump\u2019s budget is the most unpopular budget on record. In response, Republicans are now rebranding their disastrous budget bill as a \u201cworking families tax cut\u201d \u2014 in other words, they are lying to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump\u2019s Billionaire-First Budget Bill is So Unpopular that Republicans are Trying to Rebrand It - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-billionaire-first-budget-bill-is-so-unpopular-that-republicans-are-trying-to-rebrand-it\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-19T18:15:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-19T18:15:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1101\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-billionaire-first-budget-bill-is-so-unpopular-that-republicans-are-trying-to-rebrand-it\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-billionaire-first-budget-bill-is-so-unpopular-that-republicans-are-trying-to-rebrand-it\/\",\"name\":\"Trump\u2019s Billionaire-First Budget Bill is So Unpopular that Republicans are Trying to Rebrand It - 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