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John Barrasso, U.S. Senator, R-Wyo.

“Under the Democrats’ Build Back Better bill, “the experts are telling us that 30% of middle class Americans will end up paying higher taxes” while giving “a tax break to two-thirds of the millionaires in America.”

PolitiFact rated this: Needs context

PolitiFact says: The impact would be small in dollar and percentage terms, and they would result from the murky, indirect impact of a corporate tax hike, not a direct tax visible on a return or paystub.

Checked by PolitiFact12 Nov 2021United States
Social media posts

“Joe Biden referring to Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige as ‘the great negro at the time’ sounds just as terrible as you'd think it would. YIKES.”

PolitiFact rated this: Missing context.

PolitiFact says: As he began to describe Paige as a great pitcher in the Negro Leagues and in Major League Baseball, Biden used the phrase “the great Negro,” but then corrected himself to describe Paige as a great Negro Leagues pitcher.