Americans for Prosperity, an influential political network founded by the Koch brothers, will launch a six-month bus tour to traverse the country ahead of Election Day to “call out the train wreck of Bidenomics” and “turn up the heat” on House and Senate lawmakers who have supported President Joe Biden’s spending.
The tour is set to feature more than 500 events across the country, including several “Bidenomics BBQs,” and will begin this weekend in Montana and New Jersey, National Review has exclusively learned.
“At each stop, the tour will counter the White House’s misleading claims on the economy and give voters the chance to share how President Biden’s runaway spending agenda has impacted them,” the group said.
The effort engages Americans for Prosperity’s “unparalleled grassroots network” to underscore the negative consequences of Bidenomics, said Akash Chougule, the group’s vice president of government affairs.
“With 40-year high inflation, higher gas prices and home energy costs, interest rates doubling, and grocery bills that are through the roof, families are feeling the squeeze,” Chougule said in a statement. “When President Biden brags about the economy thriving, Americans can see by their checkbooks it’s simply not true.”
The average household is paying $11,400 more each year to maintain the same quality of life as when Biden took office, according to one recent analysis.
“As the President continues to tout his costly economic agenda, we are crisscrossing the country to hear from Americans and hold lawmakers accountable. We and the millions of voters we represent are committed to stopping the failed policies of Bidenomics and offering a better vision for America’s future,” Chougule added.
The bus tour is part of the group’s eight-figure campaign targeting Bidenomics. Americans for Prosperity previously launched www.Bidenomics.com to provide a “real-time resource for fact checks of Biden’s latest misleading rhetoric on the economy.” The campaign also includes digital and mail outreach, door knocking, and phone calls.
In February, the group launched ads targeting 31 House and Senate lawmakers who supported Bidenomics, including incumbent Democratic senators in several key battleground states: Jon Tester of Montana, Jacky Rosen of Nevada, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.
The ads note that 60 percent of American workers say their income has not been enough to keep up with inflation.
“It’s definitely costing more to go about your daily routine,” a narrator says in the ad. “Americans, it’s not working folks. It’s no accident — that’s Bidenomics in action.