Wednesday, May 11, 2022TOP TIDBITS
FROM THE DNC WAR ROOM
FROM THE CHAIR’S DESK
MESSAGE TO MOBILIZE
ARTICLES TO AMPLIFY
TOP TWEETS
TALKING POINTS
BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION WEEK AHEAD TOP TIDBITS The DNC today announced the launch of Adelante, a signature outreach program to Latino voters that will build on Democrats’ intensive outreach ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. Political veteran and expert strategist Maria Cardona will support Adelante in its outreach and messaging efforts. DNC Latino Coalitions Director Michelle Villegas Tapia is launching and will direct Adelante’s programming across the country, including direct voter contact and community events. In addition to the launch of Adelante, the DNC is also announcing part of a seven-figure investment in paid media, kicking off with a round of Spanish-language print and radio ads. The ads tout the historic progress made under the leadership of President Joe Biden and congressional Democratic majorities. The ads will run in Texas, Florida, Nevada, Wisconsin, Georgia, Arizona, North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania. Read more on the announcement HERE and HERE.
Today, President Biden is announcing new actions to give farmers the tools and resources they need to boost production, lower food prices and feed the world. As the world’s second largest exporter of wheat and soybeans, these actions will help grow new markets for American-grown food, supporting jobs in rural communities across America. Read the full White House fact sheet HERE.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is making a once-in-a-generation investment in America’s infrastructure and competitiveness that will create good-paying union jobs, grow our economy, invest in communities, combat climate change, and help lower costs for families. To make the most of these historic investments and ensure infrastructure projects are delivered on time and on budget, the Biden-Harris administration is releasing a new Permitting Action Plan to strengthen and accelerate federal permitting and environmental reviews by fully leveraging existing permitting authorities, as well as new provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Read more from the White House HERE.
Yesterday, President Biden delivered remarks on his plan to fight inflation and lower costs for working families, and contrasted his approach with the ultra-MAGA plan to raise taxes on 75 million American families and threaten to sunset programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Read the White House fact sheet on yesterday’s remarks HERE.
In an interview last weekend, Mitch McConnell confirmed that a federal abortion ban is “possible” under Republican control. Not only are Republicans hellbent on gutting reproductive rights, extreme Republicans across the country – including in McConnell’s own caucus – want no exceptions for rape and incest, to limit access to birth control and contraceptives, and to even throw doctors in jail. The DNC released the following statement in response: “With Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell at the helm, Republicans have waged a war on abortion access. Now, McConnell is making clear that a federal abortion ban could be next on Republicans’ extreme MAGA agenda. And worse – Republicans across the country, including in McConnell’s own caucus, support banning abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest. This is what’s at stake in this election. Republicans continue to prove how dangerous Republican majorities would be, and voters will hold them accountable for their extremism.” Read more from the DNC War Room HERE.
FROM THE DNC WAR ROOM DNC War Room: MAGA AGENDA: Rick Scott “Absolutely” Wants to Make Trump Tax Cuts Permanent @DNCWarRoom: What is Republicans’ plan to combat inflation? Raising taxes on half of Americans, doing nothing to lower prescription drug prices, and sunsetting Medicare and Social Security. Americans simply cannot afford a Republican majority. DNC War Room: Republicans Still Don’t Have A Plan to Tackle Inflation DNC War Room: Some Questions for Ron DeSantis
FROM THE CHAIR'S DESK @harrisonjaime: Congrats to @NebraskaDems + @WVDemocrats on their primaries today. Dems have a great roster heading into the ‘22 elections!
The contrast is clear: Dems are fighting to cut costs while the GOP has a plan to raise taxes and end the Medicare and Social Security guarantee. MESSAGE TO MOBILIZE Please amplify some of our top content from DNC channels below: Over the weekend, Mitch McConnell came right out and said it—a nationwide abortion ban could be possible under Republican control. This extremist Republican assault on freedom must be stopped at the ballot box. @TheDemocrats (Twitter), (Facebook) President Biden’s plan to tackle inflation is focused on lowering everyday costs for American families and cutting the federal deficit. How? By asking large corporations and the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share in taxes. @TheDemocrats (Twitter), (Facebook) Republicans across the country, including in Mitch McConnell’s own caucus, support banning abortion with no exceptions for rape or incest. This is what's at stake in this election. @TheDemocrats (Twitter), (Facebook) High-speed internet is not a luxury any longer. It's a necessity. That's why the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law included $65 billion to make sure we expand access to broadband internet in every region of the country—urban, suburban, and rural. @JoeBiden (Twitter), (Facebook) Want to help amplify the DNC’s message online? Join the DNC’s Greenfly to start receiving daily content updates and access to social media resources. Click here to download the app and use code: DEMSTALKERS at sign up. Please note that individuals working for independent expenditures or Democratic primary campaign candidates are ineligible to join the DNC’s Greenfly. ARTICLES TO AMPLIFY The Democrats: DNC Launches Signature Latino Outreach Program “Adelante” and Spanish Language Ads Across the Country NBC News: Democrats launch 'historic' seven-figure media effort targeting Latinos
TOP TWEETS
@POTUS: While it is heartening to see that annual inflation moderated in April, the fact remains that inflation is unacceptably high and bringing it down is my top economic priority. My plan will lower costs, meanwhile Congressional Republicans’ only plan is to raise taxes on families. @TheDemocrats: President Biden’s plan will:
attack inflation
grow the economy
lower costs for working families
give workers raises
reduce the deficit
make big corporations and the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share in taxes [VIDEO] @norakatekeefe: DSCC launches 1st ad following GOP SCOTUS opinion overturning Roe.
This election will determine whether the GOP is able to put in place new, cruel, & punishing restrictions on women – the stakes of protecting & expanding our Democratic Senate Majority has never been higher. [VIDEO] TALKING POINTS1. Today’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) Report It’s heartening that annual inflation cooled in April, but as President Biden said yesterday, inflation is unacceptably high and bringing down prices is his top priority.
The president’s plan is focused on lowering the costs that families face and reducing the federal deficit.
Just this week, the Biden-Harris administration announced new steps with the private sector to lower the price of high-speed internet for tens of millions of Americans.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that the deficit will fall by $1.5 trillion this year, putting us on track for the fastest deficit reduction in any year on record. In fact, CBO confirmed that the budget deficit so far this year is lower than it was during the same period in FY 2019, before the pandemic began.
And, the president is traveling to Illinois today to meet with farmers and announce new actions to give farmers the tools and resources they need to boost production, lower food prices and feed the world. Specifically, the Biden-Harris administration is going to: Increase the number of counties eligible for double cropping insurance, so that we can boost food production by allowing more farmers to plant a second crop on the same land in the same year, like wheat followed by soybeans. This type of farming can be risky, and insurance gives these farmers financial security to expand double cropping.
Increase technical assistance for precision agriculture, allows farmers to use less fertilizer without reducing yields, saving farmers money over time and extending critical products in short supply worldwide.
And, the president has announced we are going to double our investment for domestic fertilizer production to $500 million.
We’re making real progress, but the pandemic and Putin’s war of aggression continue to drive inflation around the globe.
As President Biden said yesterday, congressional Republicans talk about inflation, but their only plan is to raise taxes on working families, taking even more money out of their pockets.
If Republicans are serious about combating inflation, they should send the President the Bipartisan Innovation Act to bolster our supply chains and make more in America so we can lower prices.
Republicans should also pass President Biden’s plan to reduce families’ prescription drug and utility bills and restore fairness to our tax code – all while reducing the deficit.
We’ve made enormous progress in getting our economy back on track, and these measures would help us sustain this progress and bring prices down for families.
President Biden’s Plan to Tackle Inflation vs. the MAGA Republican to Raise Middle Class Taxes
President Biden’s plan lowers everyday costs, lowers the deficits, and asks large corporations and billionaires to pay their fair share.
The only plan Senate Republicans have put forward would increase taxes on middle-class families and let billionaires and large companies off the hook as they raise prices and reap record profits.
President Biden and Congressional Democrats’ plan: Fight Putin’s price hike at the pump: President Biden led the world to coordinate the largest release of oil reserves in history. The U.S. produced more oil domestically in President Biden’s first year in office than President Trump did in his first year. And, he’s also working on producing more homegrown biofuels in the short term, and reducing our dependence on foreign autocrats like Putin with an American clean energy future.
Lower costs that have held back families for decades: President Biden would let Medicare negotiate the price of prescription drugs and cap the price of insulin at $35 a month. He has taken action to lower the cost of health care, internet access, and more, while also proposing additional ways we can lower costs on child care, elder care, housing, and other essentials.
Hold huge corporations that have been taking advantage of American consumers accountable: Many huge companies are reporting record profit margins even as they raise prices by record amounts. We’re seeing this from the meat-packing industry to the shipping industry. President Biden is a capitalist, but believes companies shouldn’t raise prices and generate record profit margins off the backs of the American people, and they should pay their fair share in taxes.
Congressional Republicans’ plan offered by Senator Rick Scott: Raise taxes on half of all Americans, including the working and middle class: The only plan put forward by Senate Republican leadership would raise taxes on half of Americans, from teachers to firefighters and 75 million working families in total. At the same time, they’re not asking big corporations or the super-wealthy to pay a dime more in taxes.
Put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block: Senator Scott’s agenda for congressional Republicans would put Social Security and Medicare on the chopping block by sunsetting them every five years.
Obsess with MAGA social issues over the economy: While President Biden and the American people are focused on creating jobs and fighting global inflation, Republicans in Congress are fighting culture wars.
President Biden and Democrats in Congress have ushered in the fastest economic recovery in history following the catastrophic Republican response to the pandemic, bringing the unemployment rate down from 6.4% to 3.6%, and bringing the number of people on unemployment benefits down to 1.4 million -- the lowest since 1970. Republicans’ Extreme Anti War Against Abortion Access
Republicans are desperately trying to ignore and distract from their decades long war to take away abortion access.
In an interview last weekend, Mitch McConnell confirmed that a federal abortion ban is “possible” under Republican control. Not only are Republicans hellbent on gutting reproductive rights, they’re standing on the side of dangerous policies that put millions of pregnant people at risk. Mitch McConnell came right out and said it - Republican majorities would be interested in banning abortions nationally.
While Democrats want to protect the right to an abortion and keep these decisions between a woman and her doctor, Republicans have tirelessly prioritized taking away that right, advocating for a dangerous and harmful agenda.
Already MAGA Republican governors and state legislatures have made clear what overturning Roe could look like — throwing doctors in jail and banning abortion with NO exceptions for rape and incest.
If Roe is overturned, two dozen states have laws on the books to throw doctors in jail or punish abortion providers.
Ending Roe means as many as 26 states could move quickly to ban abortion – including 13 states with “trigger” laws that could immediately go into effect – leaving tens of millions of Americans without control over their own bodies.
Republicans’ MAGA agenda is wildly out of touch and unpopular with the American people. By about a 2-1 margin, Americans say Roe v. Wade should be upheld. A Washington Post-ABC poll found that 75% of people say decisions on abortion should be left to the woman and her doctor, including 95% of Democrats, 81% of independents and 53% of Republicans. Gallup polling shows that over 80% of the American public thinks abortion should be legal in at least some circumstances.
We are facing a pivotal moment for abortion access in our country and this November, every Republican lawmaker will have to answer for their party’s relentless attacks on Americans’ rights.
Voters will make their voices heard and Democrats will fight back with everything we have to elect pro-choice leaders at every level of government.
BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION WEEK AHEADWednesday, May 11
President Biden will visit a family farm in Kankakee, Illinois to discuss the impact of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on food supply and prices at home and abroad, and the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to give farmers the tools and resources they need to boost domestic food production. The president will deliver remarks on Putin’s Price Hike and his administration’s actions to support farmers and food processors, lower their costs and lower prices for families.
The president will address the 40th International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) International Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
The president will participate in a fundraising reception for the Democratic National Committee in Chicago, Illinois.
Thursday, May 12
President Biden will welcome the Leaders of ASEAN countries and the ASEAN Secretary-General to the White House for a dinner as part of the U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit. The summit will commemorate 45 years of U.S.-ASEAN relations and strengthen ASEAN’s central role in delivering sustainable solutions to the region’s most pressing challenges.
Friday, May 13
President Biden will participate in the U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit at the Department of State. The president will welcome His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan and his Royal Highness Crown Prince Hussein to the White House. |
