“The largest contributor to the debt ceiling, or to our deficit, has been the Trump tax cuts.”
What PolitiFact found
Trump’s tax cut added significantly to the federal debt. But three other bills are expected to add nearly as much or more to the debt, and each received Democratic support.
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In short
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (U.S. Rep., D-N.Y.) made this claim around 1 February 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 1 February 2023. Its rating was “False”.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has 7 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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