Chris Wallace fact checks Steve Mnuchin’s lies on new stimulus bill: ‘Republicans rejected this’

AlterNet logoFox News host Chris Wallace reminded Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin that Republicans had “rejected” President Donald Trump’s call for a payroll tax cut after the Trump administration official blamed Democrats.

During an interview with Mnuchin on Fox News Sunday, Wallace noted that Trump had recently threatened to veto a COVID-19 stimulus bill “that did not include a payroll tax cut.”

“That now is gone from all the discussions,” Wallace explained. “Why did the administration cave on that so quickly?” Continue reading.