Vice President J.D. Vance used a visit to a commercial refrigeration plant in Peachtree City, Georgia, on Thursday to promote the sweeping tax-and-spending-cuts package President Donald Trump signed on 4 July. Branded by the White House as a “working families tax cut,” the law makes permanent the individual and business rate reductions first enacted in 2017 and adds new deductions for tips and overtime pay. It also contains Medicaid and SNAP changes that analysts say could trim millions from federal rolls. Vance framed the measure as central to Republican efforts to retain their slim House majority and expand their Senate map in the 2026 midterms, warning that lawmakers who opposed it should face electoral consequences. He singled out Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff—up for re-election next year—calling him “a far-left liberal” for voting against the bill. Ossoff countered at a separate press conference that the law threatens rural hospitals, citing an executive who said Evans Memorial Hospital faces a $3.5 million shortfall and possible ICU cuts. The legislation drew no Democratic support and lost five Republican votes in Congress. A Fox News poll conducted 18–21 July found 58 percent of registered voters oppose the package, while 39 percent back it, underscoring the political risks as Republicans take their sales pitch on the road.
Vice President J.D. Vance traveled to Georgia on Thursday to promote the tax cuts that President Trump has signed into law and that Republicans plan to use in the midterm elections next year to energize their troops in competitive races across the country. https://t.co/peyOL6nxdA
VP J.D. Vance heralds Trump tax cuts in Georgia, calls Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff ‘far-left liberal’ https://t.co/7lNoczVLUx https://t.co/BBTYU2YJ53
Vance pitches Trump’s sweeping new law as a ‘working families’ tax cut’ in swing-state Georgia https://t.co/3kUqFPNinl