The one-year anniversary of the Republican tax cut law is set to come and go with a whimper amid America’s 250th birthday celebrations, depriving the party of a key opportunity to sell the package as it struggles to coalesce around an economic message ahead of the midterms.
Touting the benefits of the law has turned out to be a yearlong bugaboo that has been mired by constant issues – the chief one being the lack of consistent messaging from President Donald Trump, who has been particularly attuned to the nation’s semiquincentennial and pet projects across Washington.
Republicans readily admit the sales job remains an uphill climb.