{"id":1003202,"date":"2018-12-19T12:23:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T16:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003202"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:11:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:11:58","slug":"trump-lied-to-americans-about-a-new-middle-class-tax-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-lied-to-americans-about-a-new-middle-class-tax-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Lied To Americans About A New Middle-Class Tax Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Ahead of the midterm elections, Trump promised voters that he would propose a new tax cut for the middle class. It\u2019s clear that was just another lie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">THEN: Trump promised voters a new 10% tax cut for the middle class.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/23\/us\/politics\/trump-tax-cuts-middle-class.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/23\/us\/politics\/trump-tax-cuts-middle-class.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1547045902991000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF-RQSyDax5OsUh_uLYg0DP0o7rkQ\">Trump<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019re going to be putting in a 10 percent tax cut for middle-income families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">NOW: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is admitting Trump\u2019s promise was just an election ploy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-18\/mnuchin-backs-off-trump-s-promise-of-10-middle-class-tax-cut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-18\/mnuchin-backs-off-trump-s-promise-of-10-middle-class-tax-cut&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1547045902991000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGUQj6K0BW04lrfcF_3H47wqUZhRA\">Mnuchin<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m not going to comment on whether it is a real thing or not a real thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of the midterm elections, Trump promised voters that he would propose a new tax cut for the middle class. It\u2019s clear that was just another lie. &nbsp; THEN: Trump promised voters a new 10% tax cut for the middle class. &nbsp; Trump: \u201cWe\u2019re going to be putting in a 10 percent tax cut for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Lied To Americans About A New Middle-Class Tax Cut - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-lied-to-americans-about-a-new-middle-class-tax-cut\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-19T16:23:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:11:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-lied-to-americans-about-a-new-middle-class-tax-cut\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-lied-to-americans-about-a-new-middle-class-tax-cut\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Lied To Americans About A New Middle-Class Tax Cut - 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