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Tennessee Republican lawmakers receive mail with 'white powder substance'

The Hill | Kimberlee Kruesi & Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press

A Tennessee legislative office building in Nashville reopened Thursday
after a temporary lockdown prompted by multiple Republican leaders
receiving what House Speaker Cameron Sexton called “a white powder
substance” in the mail.

Hazmat teams were called to assess the situation, Sexton said in a
statement. [1]Read more

WG Economy

Sherrod Brown: GOP Tax Cuts "Did Nothing For the Country"

WG Economy | David Winston

June 21, 2023

As we have been writing in Discussion Points the last couple of weeks, the
tax debate is quickly heating up. Democrats didn't want for the debt
ceiling debate to finish before moving into attacking the 2017 Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act. Democrats have said they intend to make "tax fairness" a key part
of their 2024 campaigns, and with the TCJA individual provisions set to
expire in 2025, we can expect to hear more on taxes from Democratic
candidates up and down the ballot

[2]WG Economy, June 21, 2023.pdf

Republican primary spending projected to approach or surpass $1 billion

NPR | Domenico Montanaro

June 20, 2023

The Republican presidential primary is getting crowded. With a former
president and well-heeled politicians running, plus super PACs boosting
them, it all points to what's likely going to be the most money ever spent
to win the GOP nomination.

Early projections show it will likely cost close to or more than $1
billion, according to Open Secrets, which tracks campaign-finance spending.
The final figure will depend on how long it takes for the nomination to be
wrapped up.

"It's a lot of money to become a successful president in the end," said
Sarah Bryner, research director at Open Secrets.

Like a never-ending arms race, the price to become president has
skyrocketed. [3]Read more

Mystery powder letters sent to Kansas Republicans, Trump, Supreme Court
Justice Thomas

"Everybody has to be concerned," said Kansas state Sen. Molly Baumgardner.

ABC News | Bill Hutchinson & Aaron Katersky

June 19, 2023

A series of threatening letters containing a mysterious white powder is
raising concerns that Republican lawmakers in Kansas and across the nation
who received them are being targeted by someone cryptically calling
themselves "your secret despirer," according to authorities and recipients
of the letters.

Since Friday, about 100 letters have been received by Kansas GOP lawmakers
and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, who is also a Republican,
officials said.

The list of intended recipients of white powder letters is growing and
expanding beyond Kansas, federal law enforcement sources told ABC News.

Similar letters containing a cryptic note and a “suspicious powdery
substance” were addressed to former President Donald Trump, Supreme Court
Justice Clarence Thomas, and other high-profile individuals, though the
U.S. Postal Inspection Service intercepted them before they were delivered,
the sources said.

Postal inspectors have possession of the letters and have deemed them
harmless, the sources said.

At this point, the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service are monitoring the
situation. [4]Read more

WG Discussion Points

Why A Trump-Biden Rematch Wouldn't Be The Same As 2020

WG Discussion Points | David Winston

June 16, 2023

The 2024 election is being portrayed as the potential rematch that voters
don't want. A recent YouGov survey (May 27-31) showed only 25% of voters
wanted Biden to run again, and only 31% of voters wanted Trump to run
again. Among independents, the numbers were even lower, with 16% wanting
Biden to run and 28% wanting Trump to run. The media may be portraying 2024
as a rerun of what we have seen before, but there is one reason it won't be
the same as 2020 - the change in brand images of the two potential
nominees. [5]

[6]WG Discussion Points, June 16, 2023.pdf

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