The Big Beautiful Betrayal
Jesse Oppenheim Jesse Oppenheim

The Big Beautiful Betrayal

How Trump’s Bill Hurts NC’s 8th District

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed what his allies, including Mark Harris, are calling “The Big Beautiful Bill.”

But here’s the truth: this law is a massive transfer of wealth from working families in North Carolina to the already wealthy. It’s the biggest shift of resources from the vulnerable to the powerful that this state has seen in a generation and we’ll be feeling it for decades.

North Carolina is among the hardest-hit states in the nation — and the pain lands squarely on communities here in the 8th District. This isn’t abstract. It’s real and it’s personal.

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