“President Biden said no one making under $400,000 will see their federal taxes go up. That’s a lie, just like he lied about Afghanistan. In fact, under his plan, an average family who earns over $50,000 will see a tax increase.”
What Washington Post found
McCarthy is basing his claim in part on a quirk in the 2017 tax law passed by Republicans
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kevin McCarthy (House Minority Leader (R-Calif.)) made this claim around 30 September 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 4 October 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “Three Pinocchios”.
Kevin McCarthy has 34 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 20 of them false or fake, 9 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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