GOP searches for ‘fresh messaging’ to counter Democrats’ tax cut attacks

Congressional Republicans are weighing how to go on offense over tax reform as Democrats accuse them of crafting a bill that amounts to a handout to the rich.

For months, Republicans have warned that voters will face the “largest tax hike in U.S. history” if President Donald Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is not extended at the end of the year, but the party is searching for new and more granular ways to sell the legislation’s benefits for the working class.

On Friday, House Republicans’ campaign arm began airing ads focusing in part on the child tax credit, which will be cut in half if the law is not renewed. The advertisements target 25 vulnerable House Democrats who voted against a blueprint last week

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