Trump Claims Four Times In Two Minutes That Dems Will ‘Raise Your Taxes’

on February 2, 2018 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 02: U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House February 2, 2018 in Washington, DC. Following the release of a controversial memo by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intellig... WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 02: U.S. President Donald Trump departs the White House February 2, 2018 in Washington, DC. Following the release of a controversial memo by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence related to the investigation of Russian influence in the U.S. electoral process, Trump is scheduled to visit the Customs and Border Protection National Targeting Center later in the day before traveling to Florida for the weekend. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Even for a President known for the frequency and brazenness of his untruths, President Donald Trump sometimes outdoes himself. That was the case on Monday, when Trump claimed four times in a two-minute stretch that Democrats want to raise Americans’ taxes.

“Nancy Pelosi and those in Congress want to raise your taxes, they want to raise your taxes,” he told the crowd at Sheffer Corp. in an address aimed at promoting Republicans’ tax bill, which Trump signed in December and which overwhelmingly helps corporations and the wealthy.

A few seconds later: “They want to raise your taxes.” And then: “Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, they want to raise your taxes.”

From what Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) have said about the policies they favor, that’s simply not true. Both decried the massive cuts the Republican tax bill afforded the wealthy and corporations, but they have not said they want to raise taxes on everyone — especially the audience attending Trump’s speech at Sheffer Corp. in Ohio.

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  1. BTW how’s the audit going on your taxes? No, not the IRS. I mean the Mueller auditors.

  2. Avatar for caltg caltg says:

    No,no Donnie, if anything, they want to raise your taxes, and the taxes on your billionaire shills.

  3. Pelosi and Schumer are such losers! They’ve been trying to raise your taxes for thirty years.

    I’ve only been here for one year and I’ve already raised your taxes. I’ll do it again soon.

  4. I guess they’ll want to tax that extra $1.50 of income that Paul Ryan was bragging about.

  5. Man, he’s running low on material. This is the best you got, Don? Also, he forgot that Hillary wants to raise your taxes too. And Rosie O’Donnell too.

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