WATCH: “Derrick Van Orden is not looking out for families like mine, he’s not standing up for the people in this district.”
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
LA CROSSE, Wis. – While Rep. Derrick Van Orden’s intimidation of high-school pages draws national attention, Opportunity Wisconsin is highlighting the congressman’s equally disturbing record of voting to give massive tax breaks to large corporations. The new ad comes as Congress begins its August recess and House Republicans prepare to advance an extreme tax plan that provides additional handouts to the wealthy and big corporations when they reconvene.
“Congressman Derrick Van Orden should fight for working families in the Third Congressional District. Instead, he continues to support massive tax breaks for large corporations,” said Opportunity Wisconsin Program Director Meghan Roh. “As House Republicans prepare to pass a new tax package with even more giveaways for those at the top, Congressman Van Orden has the opportunity to speak out and start fighting for his constituents.”
The new ad features Tim and Darin, dairy farmers in the 3rd Congressional District, who both highlight Rep. Van Orden’s votes to give large corporations massive tax cuts, while working families and farmers in his district are left behind.
The ad will begin running on digital platforms in the Third Congressional District this week as part of Opportunity Wisconsin’s previously-announced seven-figure media buy across the state.
Full Transcript of “Easy Passes”:
Darin: On a family farm, everyone pitches in.
Tim: There’s no easy passes, not in this business.
VO: But Derrick Van Orden is handing out easy passes to a special few. He voted for massive tax cuts for large corporations.
Darin: It’s not right that those of us that play by the rules get left behind.
Reporter: More than 400 dairy farms in Wisconsin closed last year.
Tim: Derrick Van Orden is not looking out for families like mine, he’s not standing up for the people in this district.
Darin: We deserve better.
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