Hardworking Americans

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Senator Alan Broderick invokes Hardworking Americans on CNN as the rightful owners of an $800 billion tax cut—money they earned and deserve. Broadcast on Air Force One, his pitch casts them as everyday earners squeezed by policy, sharpening GOP attacks amid White House crisis. This rhetorical stand positions them as a battleground demographic in economic debates, echoing West Wing themes of populist appeals to shared labor and fairness.

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Hardworking Americans's Journey

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S4E16 · The California 47th

Broderick Frames the $800B "You Earned It" Tax Cut

Positioned as hopeful and receptive in the rhetoric, potentially primed to respond favorably to the promise of restored money.

Referenced on-screen as the rhetorical target of Broderick's pitch; the demographic is invoked to receive entitlement framing and to be mobilized by the promise of money 'returned' to them.

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