Vice President JD Vance is set to visit Georgia on Thursday to promote President Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill,’ a massive legislative package that combines extended tax cuts, increased funding for immigration enforcement, and military support. Republicans are leveraging August to shape the narrative around this law, aiming to define its benefits and counter anticipated Democratic criticism. However, the law’s full impacts, such as tax cuts for families and expanded savings accounts for children under 18, won’t be felt by voters until 2026, complicating the messaging strategy. Meanwhile, Democrats are already criticizing the bill for its potential cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, viewing it as a ‘big, ugly bill’ that disproportionately benefits the wealthy.
GOP lawmakers and top administration officials are using August to make a country-wide sales pitch for their crowning legislative achievement — a massive tax, spending, and domestic policy package. The party sees this month as crucial for gaining ground in the messaging war with Democrats over the new law, which pairs an extension of Trump’s 2017 tax cuts with some of his campaign promises like “no tax on tips,” plus more funding for immigration enforcement and the military.
Vice President JD Vance will be in Georgia on Thursday to take a stab at pitching a massive bill that hasn’t yet been fully implemented. The White House is dispatching Vance to Georgia, where he’ll talk about the megabill’s “working family tax cuts,” according to his spokesperson. Republicans want to be the ones to define their megabill with voters ahead of next year’s midterms, where the GOP’s unified control of Congress is at stake.
The GOP megabill is less than two months old, and many of its purported boons — like new and expanded tax cuts and savings accounts for children under 18 — won’t be fully felt by voters until 2026, making it harder for Republicans to reinforce what they see as the law’s advantages. At the same time, Republicans are going up against Democrats embarking on their own nationwide tour to denigrate what they call the “big, ugly bill