Carried Interest and the GOP

Here's a question. We know that some Democrats are opposed to closing the "carried interest" tax loophole because hedge fund managers give a lot of money to Democrats. But so why don't Republicans try to embarrass the Chuck Schumers of the world by coming out against this loophole? Normally Republicans never miss a chance to do a favor to rich people, but most hedge fund money goes to Democrats so why not pull some jujitsu?

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