It’s MAGA versus the GOP on minimum wage hike

By W. James Antle III

Published March 4, 2021 11:30am ET

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It’s MAGA versus the GOP on minimum wage hike — In this April 4, 2019, file photo, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee member Josh Hawley, R-Mo., listens to witnesses during the Committee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. | (Cliff Owen/AP)

The Democrats’ proposed $15-an-hour minimum wage is on the ropes, but an unlikely group could revive it: populist and nationalist Republicans loyal to former President Donald Trump.

Steve Cortes, a veteran of Trump’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns, has included it alongside conservative populist staples “border sovereignty” and “toughness in trade” as part of a three-pronged “American First economic nationalist agenda to lift wages.”

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