Our Revolution Blasts Republicans for Robbing Working Families to Pay for Trump’s Billionaire Tax Handouts
WASHINGTON, DC — Joseph Geevarghese, Executive Director of Our Revolution—the nation’s largest independent political organizing group founded by Sen. Bernie Sanders in 2016—issued the following statement in response to the final passage of Donald Trump’s billionaire tax scam:
“Republicans have passed the most dangerous legislation of our lifetimes. This bill hands billionaires and corporations a trillion-dollar tax break, paid for by ripping health care from 17 million people, gutting funding for rural hospitals, slashing clean energy investments, and cutting food assistance for millions of children.
“This reckless sellout to the billionaire class will trigger the largest transfer of wealth from working- and middle-class Americans to the ultra-wealthy in our nation’s history. This isn’t just bad policy — it’s a moral failure that will cost an untold number of lives. Every lawmaker who voted for this shameful legislation must be held accountable at the ballot box.
“This bill should end any talk of a Republican realignment around the working class. It is not economic policy — it’s class warfare that cements the power of an emerging American oligarchy, rewards the donor class, and hands the reins of government to a corporate kleptocracy.”
Over the past several weeks, Our Revolution has mobilized constituents across the country to take action—facilitating direct engagement with their elected representatives, delivering messages both in person and virtually, and sustaining a coordinated call campaign that kept the pressure on until the final vote. We focused on holding Republicans in vulnerable districts accountable, and now we are shifting to channeling constituents’ frustration and determination into action—by working to vote these sellouts out of office.
Joseph Geevarghese is available for further comment. To request an interview, please contact: media@ourrevolution.com.
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Our Revolution is America’s largest grassroots independent political organizing group, born out of Senator Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign. It focuses on mobilizing communities, electing progressive champions, advocating for progressive policies, and transforming the Democratic Party to serve people, not corporate interests.