Whit Ayres’ comments in The Washington Post on Nancy Pelosi’s dismissal of tax reform benefits: Even many Democrats cringed privately at her “crumbs” comment, which they worry distracts from their larger argument over the fairness of GOP economic policies. And of course, any metaphor that involves baked goods easily lends itself to the Marie Antoinette...
Whit Ayres’ comments to the Associated Press on the effect of tax reform on Republicans’ electoral prospects in 2018: “Passing the tax bill is necessary but not sufficient for Republicans to retain control of Congress in 2018,” said GOP consultant Whit Ayres. “It does give the party a concrete accomplishment that they can take to...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The New York Times regarding Senator Rubio’s efforts to expand the Child Tax Credit in the Republican tax reform bill: “He is not ‘all of a sudden, at the last minute’ grandstanding,” said Whit Ayres, Mr. Rubio’s pollster. “This is a consistent cause of his, going back to the presidential campaign...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Hill regarding the Republican tax bill: “It makes a lot of sense in a tax-reform bill to provide some relief to those on the lower end of the income scale as well as the upper end,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican pollster who does work for Rubio. Ayres said Rubio...
Whit Ayres’ comments in The Chicago Tribune about the Republican desire to pass tax reform: “There’s enormous desire within the entire center-right coalition to pass a pro-growth tax reform bill,” said Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster. To read the full article, please click here.
Jon McHenry’s comments in The Hill on the importance of White House leadership in the tax reform effort: “You have to have a White House that’s engaged in the issue and is able to show with facts and figures that no, this is actually going to help the middle class,” said Jon McHenry, vice president...
Dan Judy’s comments in The Hill regarding presidential leadership in legislative battles: “He came into office, really, as a Republican in name only. He has no consistent ideology, no real policy proposals — other than building a wall, which is obviously not going to happen,” said Dan Judy, a GOP strategist who worked on Sen....
