Tax turncoat? Protestors descend on congressman’s Roseville office over Republican tax plan

More than 180 people massed outside of Republican Rep. Tom McClintock’s Roseville office Tuesday, shouting slogans and waving signs that demanded the Fourth District representative stand by his previous pledges to support middle class taxpayers.

Throughout his long career as a conservative staple in California politics, McClintock has made speech after speech about lessening the tax burden the federal government puts on citizens. But as Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives attempt to reconcile their alternative tax overhauls into a bill that can be signed by the president, plenty of tax analysts predict a final plan that will give massive breaks to the wealthiest Americans by shifting more tax demands onto every other walk of life.

The large, vocal crowd at McClintock’s headquarters on the corner of Eureka Road and Douglas Boulevard were challenging McClintock to not support any reconciled bill that favors corporate oligarchs over working class people.

One protestor, Jo Ann Daugherty, traveled more than an hour from Jackson to make her voice heard.

“I think this tax bill is horrible,” Daugherty told SN&R by phone from the December 12 protest. “They need to slow down and start listening. They’re rushing it because they think we’re idiots who don’t understand how bad this is going to hurt everyone.”

By 1 p.m., as the crowd grew larger, there were no sightings of McClintock coming in or out of his office. Protestors reported a large number of passersby in cars honking and waving in support of their demonstration. As of press time, only one woman had walked up to the crowd in anger, waving her fist and screaming at people to “get a job.”