The following article by Aaron Rupar was posted on the ThinkProgress website December 19, 2017:
The press secretary wants you to believe Trump will take “a big hit.” Don’t be fooled.
During a White House news briefing held immediately after the House passed the Republican tax cut bill on Tuesday, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was peppered with questions about why the White House won’t be straightforward about how the bill directly benefits President Trump and his family.
Trump has publicly proclaimed that the bill is “not good” for him, but that’s a lie. Repealing the alternative minimum tax, estate tax, and providing tax breaks for “pass-through” corporations like the ones used by the Trump Organization will provide billions of dollars in tax savings for the Trump family — not to mention a last-minute provision included in the final version of the bill that benefits real estate developers. Continue reading “Sarah Sanders gaslights America”