State Republican Party rallies around Trump and tax reform
Is this the same #nevertrump Colorado GOP that yielded a walk out of last year’s Republican National Convention over Donald Trump? The state that gave the sitting president no delegates to the RNC, and he accused them of running a rigged game?
Time heals all wounds and so do tax breaks for Republicans.
Jeff Hays, who became chairman of the Colorado Republican Party in April, sent out a letter to party members Monday that sounded firmly in Trump’s corner in the big tax reform battle landing in Congress this week.
“Look around,” he wrote of Trump’s America. “People are happy. People are excited. Seldom has there been a president with Trump’s ability to speak directly to the hearts of voters. Seldom has a president made such an impact with his words.
“Fortunately for our nation, President Trump is making an impact with his promises as well. America is back.”
Colorado Politics told you Monday that Hays told CBS4 in an interview last week that if tax reform goes down, it could take Republican officeholders down with it.
Vice President Mike Pence came to Colorado last week, giving Hays good reason to impress upon him the need for a legislative win headed into next year’s mid-term elections.
Hays goes on his pitch to Republicans about Trump’s wins. He wrote:
Since that inspirational speech on the White House steps, Trump has delivered:

