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                                        Women See Historic Wins
                                          Under President Trump

     From NFRW’s Maga Action Alert “Calling Women to Action    •  Since January 2017, 2.2 million new jobs have been filled
     on Pending Issues” on October 29, 2018.                       by women.

                                                               •  Since January 2017, 1.4 million American women have
       “Together, we are creating a Nation where                   joined the labor force.
       every daughter in America can grow up                   •  Protecting American Families from Gangs, Violent Crime
       believing in herself, her future, and following             and Sex Trafficking

       her heart toward the American Dream.”                   •  The Department of Justice worked with Central
                                                                   American partners to arrest and charge around 4,000
                        – President Donald J. Trump                MS-13 gang members in 2017 (including the alleged
                                                                   leader of MS-13’s “East Coast Program”).

                                                               •  President Trump signed legislation making it easier to
                                                                   target websites that enable sex trafficking and strength-
     The Trump Administration’s Pro-Women,
                                                                   ened penalties for people who promote or facilitate
     Pro-Worker Agenda                                             prostitution.
     As you campaign this final week before the midterms,      •  Last year, the Attorney General announced the creation
     we wanted to equip you with talking points on how             of the new National Public Safety Partnership, a coop-
     President Trump’s policies and initiatives are helping        erative initiative with cities to reduce violent crimes
     women. Unemployment among women is at a 65-year low           - and violent crime decreased in 2017 according to FBI
     - and that’s just the beginning. The Republican Congress      statistics.
     has passed and the President signed legislation that is
     encouraging girls to pursue careers in the STEM fields,   Combatting Opioids
     combatting opioids, and cracking down on sex-traffickers.
     And President Trump has made historic appointments of     •  President Trump directed declaration of a Nationwide
     women to leadership posts in his Administration.              Public Health Emergency to address the opioid crisis.

                                                               •  The President’s “Opioid Cabinet” is providing govern-
     Historic Tax Cuts Benefit Women and Families
                                                                   mentwide focus across departments and cabinet offices.
     •  The Tax Cut and Jobs Act provides $5.5 trillion in tax
                                                               •  Just last week, President Trump signed H.R. 6, the
        cuts, of which $3.2 trillion (nearly 60 percent) goes to
                                                                   Support for Patients and Communities Act. The new
        families.
                                                                   law will expand access to evidence-based treatment
     •  The bill increases the Child Tax Credit and makes the      for opioid addiction, protect communities from illicit
        credit available to more families, giving America’s moms   drugs, invest more in sustained recovery and workforce
        and dads needed relief.                                    participation, continue to fight the stigma directed at
                                                                   people with addiction and raise public consciousness
     •  The tax bill expanded education savings plans to include   of the dangers of illicitly imported synthetic opioids like
        K-12 expenses.                                             fentanyl.

     Under President Trump, Unemployment for
     Women Has Plummeted

     •  The women’s unemployment rate is 3.6 percent, the
        lowest it has been in 65 years!                                                            (continued on next page)

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