Trump urges voters to oust McCaskill if she doesn't back tax reform
Trump directly attacked the Missouri Democrat in his speech, while Pence appeared alongside Sen. Joe Manchin in West Virginia.
By MATTHEW NUSSBAUM and ELANA SCHOR
08/30/2017 12:02 PM EDT
Updated 08/30/2017 03:51 PM EDT
The White House is kicking off its push for tax reform with the intent of winning vulnerable moderate Democrats to the cause — by threatening punishment at the ballot box if they don’t ultimately sign on.
President Donald Trump targeted Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, a top GOP target in 2018, during his first major speech on the tax plan Wednesday in McCaskill’s home state of Missouri.
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