ABC Hides the Truth, Claims Most Tax Cuts Going to the Wealthy

Nicholas Fondacaro | December 20, 2017
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During ABC’s World News Tonight on Wednesday, the network demonstrated just how well they could stick to the Democratic Party’s talking points. “The biggest tax cuts will go to the wealthy, corporate America,” boldly declared sensationalist anchor David Muir as he was coming on the air. While he was quick to continue the liberal echo chamber, he cast doubt on the Republicans’ promise of economic growth. “But will that happen? Not everyone is convinced,” he chided before handing the report over to Senior White House Correspondent Cecilia Vega.

Vega began her segment on the tax reform victory by sneering at Republicans for being proud of themselves. “Today at the White House, a beaming President Trump greeting a sea of Republicans with a double fist pump,” she said as she seemed disgusted by the praise the GOP and Trump were showering each other with.

The ABC correspondent then parroted the Democratic Party smears of the bill. “The President calls the tax plan a middle-class miracle, designed to deliver tax cuts for all American families. But corporate America gets a much bigger tax cut,” she exclaimed. “And earlier in a cabinet meeting, the President flaunted those tax benefits for big business!” She then played the (somehow) shocking clip of Trump saying the cut was important.

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