As Ed pointed out this morning, Joe Biden cleared the one low bar that was set for him last night. By shouting through his entire speech he convinced the media he is “feisty” and “foreceful.” But it’s worth noting that he also told some real whoppers during his speech, including one which he has been intentionally lying about for several years. He has been called out on this specific falsehood by numerous fact-checkers but last night he trotted it out once again. Here’s Biden’s bogus claim about what billionaires pay in taxes.
Pres. Biden proposes a minimum federal tax rate for billionaires at 25%, which he claims would raise $500 billion over the next 10 years: “No billionaire should pay a lower federal tax rate than a teacher, a sanitation worker or a nurse.” https://t.co/ocMhOjhBIu #SOTU2024 pic.twitter.com/G2799YXS72
— ABC News (@ABC) March 8, 2024
This is Bernie Sanders style…
