SCOOP: Democrats’ bad math gives GOP breathing room on the Big Beautiful Bill in key district
THE LOWDOWN:
Rebecca Bennett, one of several Democrats vying to challenge Rep. Tom Kean (R., N.J.), is seemingly unclear what the impact of the Big Beautiful Bill will have on the district she’s trying to represent.
In February, Bennett claimed that “#NJ07 is home to 70,213 people who get their health care through Medicaid, including 27,444 minors, but under the current GOP budget proposal they would lose their insurance coverage.” Last week, however, Bennett had dropped that number substantially.
Bennett’s bad math — shrinking the potential for how many New Jerseyans in the 7th District could lose their health care by several factors — isn’t the only time her online profile has gotten her in trouble.
Bennett recently deleted tweets in which she praised far-left Democrats like Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), prompting some to label her “a radical scam artist.”
Democrats are struggling to message against the Republicans’ Big Beautiful Bill, and a rookie candidate in a potential swing district epitomizes the party’s struggles.
Rebecca Bennett, one of several Democrats vying to challenge Rep. Tom Kean (R., N.J.), is seemingly unclear what the impact of the bill will have on the district she’s trying to represent.
In February, Bennett claimed that “#NJ07 is home to 70,213 people who get their health care through Medicaid, including 27,444 minors, but under the current GOP budget proposal they would lose their insurance coverage.”
Last week, however, Bennett had dropped that number substantially.
“More than 16,000 people in NJ-07 could lose their healthcare because of the MAGA budget Tom Kean Jr. cast the deciding vote for,” she wrote.
Bennett’s bad math — shrinking the potential for how many New Jerseyans in the 7th District could lose their health care by several factors — isn’t the only time her online profile has gotten her in trouble.
Unfortunately for Bennett, recent polling suggests that she’s on the wrong side of the issue, even if her math did add up.
The American Action Network (AAN) released a poll showing that voters in key districts favor its most significant provisions, which include ending income taxes on overtime pay, securing the border, and requiring work for Medicaid recipients.
Bennett recently deleted tweets in which she praised far-left Democrats like Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), prompting some to label her “a radical scam artist.”
Republicans, for their part, are eager to highlight Bennett’s inconsistencies.
“Tom Kean’s vote for the One Big Beautiful bill is wildly popular, prevents New Jerseyans from being slammed with a 16 percent tax hike, and stops taxpayer-funded handouts to illegal immigrants,” Maureen O’Toole, a spokeswoman at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) told the Washington Reporter.
“Out of touch Democrat Rebecca Bennett knows this, and she’s desperately trying to distract voters with baseless lies,” O’Toole said. “Lying is officially a pattern for the tweet-deleting Bennett, and we’ll be watching for whatever dishonest tactic she tries next.”