McCarthy To Mimic Gingrich’s “Contract With America”

September 7, 2022 Politics, Republicans

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will formally unveil a four-part “Commitment to America” in Pittsburgh on Sept. 19 to tell voters why they should vote for Republicans — not just against Democrats — in November, Axios has learned.

Remember the GOP’s “Contract with America” in 1994? It made promises on cutting taxes and government and other conservative ideals and was released six weeks before President Clinton’s first midterms. Republicans enjoyed massive wins that year and flipped control of the House and Senate.

The document does not reference former President Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election, which are supported by hundreds of GOP nominees across the country, according to a new FiveThirtyEight analysis.

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