CLAIM: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) said, “Donald Trump has paid no federal taxes for the past 15 years.''
Verdict: False. This recycles old claims about Trump's taxes that have long been debunked.
During Tuesday night's CBS News vice presidential debate, Walz exposed false claims Democrats made against Trump from 2015 to 2020, including that he didn't pay federal taxes. did. That's just a mistake.
Over and over again — whether Rachel Maddow's widely ridiculed 2017 revelations on MSNBC showed that Trump actually paid too much in taxes; or new york times' controversial report Although 2020 showed that Trump was telling the truth about his dispute with the IRS, Democrats weren't enough with their attacks on Trump's tax returns.
Indeed, there were years when he paid only a nominal amount of federal taxes. 10 out of 15 This may be the basis for Walz's false “15-year” claim, but Trump also paid more taxes and filed tax returns in other years. Trump simply did what other Americans do: find legal strategies to reduce his taxable income.
The claim that Trump didn't pay taxes is a lie. It's the same lie that the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) gleefully spread about then-Republican candidate Mitt Romney not paying taxes.
Joel B. Pollak is a senior editor at Breitbahost with rt news Breitbart News Sunday Sunday nights from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM ET (4:00 PM to 7:00 PM PT) on Sirius XM Patriot. he is the author of Agenda: What should President Trump do in his first 100 days?available for pre-order on Amazon. He is also the author of Trumpian Virtues: Lessons and Legacy of the Donald Trump Presidencynow available on Audible. He is the recipient of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter @joelpolak.
