{"id":2737,"date":"2018-06-15T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/15\/dnc-on-mike-pences-visit-to-michigan\/"},"modified":"2018-06-15T16:21:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T16:21:00","slug":"dnc-on-mike-pences-visit-to-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-mike-pences-visit-to-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Mike Pence\u2019s Visit to Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-8439261496273904425gmail-m_412998029405095398m_8651568911359844367gmail-docs-internal-guid-358e325a-0425-5965-3160-04552a1ffb24\">DNC Midwest Press Secretary Mandy McClure released the following statement on Mike Pence&rsquo;s visit to Michigan today:<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-8439261496273904425gmail-m_412998029405095398m_8651568911359844367gmail-docs-internal-guid-358e325a-0425-5965-3160-04552a1ffb24\">&ldquo;Today Mike Pence descends on Michigan to tout the Republican tax law that is causing&nbsp;health care premiums to skyrocket for working families while giving corporations and the wealthiest 1% massive tax breaks. Mike Pence has proven time and again that he cannot be trusted to tell Michigan voters the truth about his administration&rsquo;s scam of a law. Pence ha<\/span>s continued to claim that the Trump tax cut will benefit American workers, even though the bill is already <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/392096-insurance-experts-say-obamacare-mandate-repeal-driving-premium-increases%23.WyFr3NjvFKQ.twitter&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1529165094666000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHjTQKvaVQVQwBGqblltyhAUMFYaA\" href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/392096-insurance-experts-say-obamacare-mandate-repeal-driving-premium-increases#.WyFr3NjvFKQ.twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">causing<\/a> health care costs to rise, <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/10\/business\/corporate-tax-cut.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1529165094666000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFS_q-nSckfH7RT_spP_Yg-7PtFhg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/10\/business\/corporate-tax-cut.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unlikely to create jobs<\/a>, and <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/politics\/wp\/2018\/06\/14\/the-republican-tax-bills-promises-of-higher-wages-and-more-jobs-havent-materialized\/?utm_term%3D.21fcc238ac9d&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1529165094666000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHoLv2WhTlBEd19Z5KT2RYnIGcKag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/politics\/wp\/2018\/06\/14\/the-republican-tax-bills-promises-of-higher-wages-and-more-jobs-havent-materialized\/?utm_term=.21fcc238ac9d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">failing to raise wages<\/a>. And despite Pence and the Trump administration&#39;s promises that the tax bill would pay for itself, the Congressional Budget Office concluded that the law will add more than <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/apnews.com\/ca6ee069de98486082348ee08d771502&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1529165094666000&amp;usg=AFQjCNExTCj3P3UXOte4D2KtrGMUTF-Ddg\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/ca6ee069de98486082348ee08d771502\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$1.8 trillion<\/a> to the national debt by 2028.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-8439261496273904425gmail-m_412998029405095398m_8651568911359844367gmail-docs-internal-guid-358e325a-0425-5965-3160-04552a1ffb24\">&ldquo;The Trump-GOP tax is clearly a bad deal for Michigan families, and despite Bill Schuette and the Trump administration&rsquo;s best efforts to deceive Michiganders, they aren&rsquo;t buying it. This November, Michigan has the opportunity to elect Democrats who will fight for solutions that actually help Michigan families, not just corporations.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-8439261496273904425gmail-m_412998029405095398m_8651568911359844367gmail-docs-internal-guid-358e325a-0425-5965-3160-04552a1ffb24\">Here&rsquo;s how the Trump-GOP tax scam actually impacts Michigan families:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-8439261496273904425gmail-m_412998029405095398m_8651568911359844367gmail-docs-internal-guid-358e325a-0425-5965-3160-04552a1ffb24\">T<\/span>he <a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/itep.org\/finalgop-trumpbill-mi\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1529165094666000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHmIss9vyqwhOBBmif6ZT4R7NbQyA\" href=\"https:\/\/itep.org\/finalgop-trumpbill-mi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">top 1%<\/a> of Michigan taxpayers are set to receive 30% of the tax cuts next year.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"m_-8439261496273904425gmail-m_412998029405095398m_8651568911359844367gmail-docs-internal-guid-358e325a-0425-5965-3160-04552a1ffb24\">By 2027, the bill will <\/span><a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/itep.org\/finalgop-trumpbill-mi\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1529165094666000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHmIss9vyqwhOBBmif6ZT4R7NbQyA\" href=\"https:\/\/itep.org\/finalgop-trumpbill-mi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">raise taxes<\/a> on average for lower-and middle-income Michiganders, while the top 1% of income earners would continue to get a large tax cut.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Midwest Press Secretary Mandy McClure released the following statement on Mike Pence&rsquo;s visit to Michigan today: &nbsp; &ldquo;Today Mike Pence descends on Michigan to tout the Republican tax law that is causing&nbsp;health care premiums to skyrocket for working families while giving corporations and the wealthiest 1% massive tax breaks. Mike Pence has proven time <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2737","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>DNC on Mike Pence\u2019s Visit to Michigan - 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\/dnc-on-mike-pences-visit-to-michigan\/\" \/>\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=\"2018-06-15T16:21:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-mike-pences-visit-to-michigan\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-mike-pences-visit-to-michigan\/\",\"name\":\"DNC on Mike Pence\u2019s Visit to Michigan - 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