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JD Vance
stated on July 28, 2024 an interview:

Vice President Kamala Harris is “calling for an end to the child tax credit.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2024

Citizens for Sanity
stated on November 2, 2022 an ad:

President Joe Biden and Democrats "send a fortune to Ukraine but nothing for our children."

By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2022

TikTok posts
stated on August 8, 2022 a TikTok video:

A "Delta Force” seized a shipment of weapons headed to the IRS.

By Jeff Cercone • August 11, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on July 15, 2022 a reel:

"To date, nobody has been able to show that there is a law for the average American citizen working day in and day out to pay an income tax."

By Monique Curet • July 26, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on April 23, 2022 a video on Facebook:

“Paying taxes is optional!!”

By Madison Czopek • May 3, 2022

Facebook posts
stated on October 3, 2021 Facebook posts:

“This ‘infrastructure bill’ on page 2,385 presents a federal property tax of 3 percent on all homes and land - both residential and commercial.”

By Noah Y. Kim • October 4, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2021 a Facebook post:

"Income taxes are voluntary."

By Jon Greenberg • July 23, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on July 9, 2020 on social media:

Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits.

By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2020

Peter Navarro
stated on August 18, 2019 an interview:

U.S. tariffs on China are "not hurting anybody" in the United States.

By Tom Kertscher • August 20, 2019

California Republican Party
stated on August 6, 2019 a fundraising pitch:

President Trump was "kicked off" the California ballot

By Chris Nichols • August 8, 2019

Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on January 30, 2019 a joint statement:

Potential Foxconn changes are due to "the wave of economic uncertainty" from Evers administration

By Eric Litke • February 1, 2019

Future45
stated on October 16, 2018 a campaign ad:

Voting for "any Democrat" gets you "socialism ... undefended open borders ... immediate tax increases ... 100 percent government-run health care ..."

By Manuela Tobias • October 24, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on September 19, 2018 a campaign appearance:

Says Sen. Bill Nelson is a socialist.

By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2018

Larry Kudlow
stated on June 29, 2018 an interview with Fox Business Network:

"The deficit ... is coming down, and it’s coming down rapidly."

By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2018

Anonymous Caller
stated on April 10, 2018 an anonymous phone message:

Says that unless the recipient called back about "your tax filings," you "will be taken into custody by the local cops as there are more serious allegations pressed on your name."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 11, 2018

Kelda Helen Roys
stated on December 1, 2017 a tweet:

"Under Trump’s new tax plan … 99.8% of Americans" get "not one nickel" in tax cuts.

By Tom Kertscher • December 13, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 a speech in St. Charles, Mo.:

"For years, they have not been able to get tax cuts -- many, many years, since Reagan."

By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 a speech in Indianapolis:

Ending the estate tax would "protect millions of small businesses and the American farmer."

By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2017 Twitter:

Amazon has a "no-tax monopoly."

By John Kruzel • July 26, 2017

Dan Patrick
stated on May 17, 2017 remarks to reporters:

Says Texas tax legislation would "save the average homeowner in Texas $20,000 a year over the next 20 years or so."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2017

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