North Dakota Republicans on Friday used a GDP surge as a cudgel against Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp.
“The U.S. economy accelerated to a 4.1% pace of growth, a clear win for President Trump’s pro-growth policies and his economic agenda that Heidi Heitkamp so rigidly opposes,” the North Dakota Republican Party said in an email to voters.
“It’s no wonder Heidi Heitkamp campaigned so hard in 2016 for her fellow liberal Hillary Clinton, who said the President’s policies ’would throw us into a recession,’ ” it said.
The Heitkamp campaign did not immediately respond.
Other vulnerable Senate Democrats should expect to get hit with a similar message.
Mrs. Heitkamp is among the most vulnerable Senate Democrats this year. She is defending her seat in a state that heavily favored Mr. Trump against a challenge from GOP Rep. Kevin Cramer, who also has been elected statewide as North Dakota’s only member of Congress.
Mr. Trump recently stumped for Mr. Kramer in North Dakota and blasted Mrs. Heitkamp for siding with every other Democrat in Congress to oppose tax cuts that fueled economic growth.
“Heidi Heitkamp has stood firmly in opposition to the Trump agenda that’s brought us great economic growth,” said North Dakota Republican Party spokesman Jake Wilkins. “The Hillary-Heidi agenda of higher taxers and harmful regulations is out-of-touch with the needs of North Dakota, and voters will remember that in November.”
• S.A. Miller can be reached at smiller@washingtontimes.com.
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