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“After their massive tax giveaway to the superwealthy and giant corporations in 2017, congressional Republicans now want to raise taxes on middle class families”
Joe Biden President. in a tweet. Claim dated 18 Apr 2022.
Washington Post rated thisThree Pinocchios

What Washington Post found

The idea was proposed by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and no other congressional Republicans support it.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

Joe Biden (President) made this claim around 18 April 2022. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 April 2022, 3 days later. Its rating was “Three Pinocchios”.

Joe Biden has 509 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 140 of them false or fake, 281 misleading or mixed and 34 true.

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