Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) has a simple message ahead of the midterms: Democrats are "always going to raise taxes and spend more money."

Marshall made the case for Republicans during an interview Wednesday on "The Evening Edit" with host Elizabeth MacDonald.

Marshall on Kansas Turnout and Republican Tax Cuts

MacDonald introduced Marshall as running for re-election in Kansas and asked him, "You're in a tough race there. What's your take on all this?"

Marshall said, "It looks like Democrats are coming out hard and heavy. They're coming out like it's a presidential election. We need Republicans to start closing that gap, especially there's 175,000 Republicans that typically only vote when President Trump is on the ticket. We need those people to get out. And the gap's starting to close."

He added, "Look, the national media, legacy media wants to make this race so complicated. What Republicans do, secure borders, safe families, strong military, lower taxes. Every Senate Democrat voted against every one of those."

Marshall on Taxes, Interest Costs and Senate Control

MacDonald said two former Treasury officials from the Joe Biden administration released a new paper in which they want $15 trillion in new tax hikes on all individual taxpayers and all businesses, "big and small," plus new taxes on guns, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, capital gains and dividends.

MacDonald argued that the analysis overlooks the risk of plunging the U.S. economy into a depression. He also criticized the paper for failing to address efforts to curb waste, fraud and abuse, citing Government Accountability Office (GAO) warnings dating back to 2003 and estimating that cumulative overpayments and waste amounted to roughly $3 trillion.

Marshall said, "Contrast this to what Republicans did, we gave working families, hardworking Americans the biggest tax cut in history, that means about $2,000 to $3,000 per Kansas family. What do Democrats always do? They're big government socialists. They're always going to raise taxes and spend more money."

Marshall added that "we need to work towards a balanced budget, spending a trillion dollars a year alone on interest. That's what's driving inflation as much as anything right now."

In addition, Marshall noted that "what we're going to do as Republicans is give you secure borders, strong military, lower taxes. And by the way, whether it's John Huston in Ohio or me in Kansas, if we lose these races, you're turning control of the Senate over to Chuck Schumer and his radical, liberal, big government socialist."

Cruz and Wolfers on Taxes and Deficit

Earlier this month, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) appeared on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" and said Democrats opposed a working families tax cut, exemptions for tips and overtime, and eliminating taxes on Social Security. He said their alternative would impose higher taxes to fund socialized health care.

Last week, economist Justin Wolfers said in an interview with MS Now that the U.S. is running its largest deficit outside a recession or war. Treasury data showed a $1.992 trillion deficit in fiscal 2026. Wolfers also posted on X: "Washington has discovered a brilliant financial strategy. Cut benefits for people who need them, cut taxes for people who don't, and borrow the difference from people who aren't old enough to vote."