The trio of PBS News Hour host Geoff Bennett, Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart, and New York Times columnist David Brooks tried to have it both ways on Friday. The three men attacked the GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill for its negative effects on the deficit, but also its spending cuts, meaning PBS either wants to raise most people’s taxes, but is too afraid to say so or they want a bill with even higher deficits.
Bennett began by asking Capehart, “Jonathan, this bill extends the Trump tax cuts, but to pay for them, it cuts Medicaid, it slashes food stamps, it rolls back the Biden clean energy agenda. What does this bill say about Republican priorities?”
If Republicans fail to pass something, nearly every American faces an income tax increase next year, but Capehart tried to insist Republicans are only seeking to help the rich,…
