“Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral “could leave American workers liable for thousands of dollars ...and potentially leave programs like Social Security and Medicare weakened.”
Eugene DePasquale
Auditor General of Pennsylvania and Democratic congressional candidate. In a tweet. Claim dated 8 Aug 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
What PolitiFact found
It's possible that workers would need to repay the money, and Trump's comments, while incomplete, opened the door to terminating the payroll tax entirely.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Eugene DePasquale (Auditor General of Pennsylvania and Democratic congressional candidate) made this claim around 8 August 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 August 2020, 16 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
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