Messenger: Colorado Republican Committee
Candidate: Joe Biden
Contest: President
Affiliation: D
Date delivered: Sept. 4, 2020
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Message type: mailer
Message tone: negative
About the message:
This mailer from the Colorado Republican Party says that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will raise taxes, endorses the Green New Deal and will open borders, picturing the former vice president with Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent.
The mailer cites news articles as sources for its claims. But Biden's plan is to raise taxes on those making $400,000 a year, not on seniors or middle income families (unless you consider $400,000 a year middle income). While his plan to combat climate change resembles the Green New Deal, there are differences that upset activists on the left. The plan would be paid for with higher corporate taxes. It's likely that Biden would reverse many of President Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration, increase work visas that Trump has sharply curtailed and more.It should be noted that Biden voted for funding of a border wall when he was in the Senate in 2006.
About the messenger:
The Colorado Republican Committee is the federal fundraising arm of the Colorado GOP.
The messenger's money:
This federal political party committee may take up to $10,000 per year from individual donors. Most of the party's money in 2024 came from $20,000 to $40,000 fees charged to presidential candidates to get on the ballot and a joint fundraiser with other national Republican committees.
