GOP Senate Candidates Silent on Republican Tax Plan

As Coloradans are filing on Tax Day and many are seeing new benefits from tax credits provided by the American Rescue Plan, they should be aware that next year’s Tax Day could be different if Republicans take the majority and enact their unpopular agenda. 

“Ron Hanks and Joe O’Dea would act as a rubber stamp for the Republican Party’s agenda to raise taxes and end Medicare and Social Security as we know it. Colorado can’t afford Ron Hanks, Joe O’Dea, or the Republican Party’s disastrous agenda.” – Colorado Democratic Party Spokesperson Nico Delgado

NRSC Chair Rick Scott came to Colorado last week to double down on the Republican agenda that would raise taxes on lower income Americans and seniors and sunset Social Security and Medicare. There are an estimated 939,000 Coloradans who depend on Medicare, 916,000 who depend on Social Security, and 26% of Coloradans who would see a tax increase under this plan. 

The agenda that was meant to rally Republican candidates has proven to be an electoral liability. According to the Washington Post, GOP Senators are furious with Rick Scott and “they chastised him in round-robin fashion for the unnecessary headache he had created.”