<p>Tax reform advocate Grover Norquist dumped cold water on the notion that Vice President Kamala Harris cast the &#8220;deciding vote&#8221; on the Democrat-led Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, arguing that every single Democrat who voted to pass the package had effectively been the deciding vote.</p>
<p>Following Sunday&#8217;s Senate vote on the package, the President of Americans for Tax Reform laid out his reaction in a series of tweets — the first of which was aimed at Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and accused him of breaking a pledge to his constituents to never support <a href="https://www.atr.org/list-of-tax-hikes-in-democrat-reconciliation-bill/">raising taxes</a> in a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/in-denial-and-out-of-touch-jake-tapper-isnt-buying-biden-admin-spin-on-recession/">recession</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Joe Manchin has now officially violated his pledge to WV voters to oppose any tax increase in a recession,&#8221; Norquist tweeted.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joe Manchin Has Now Officially Violated His Pledge to WV Voters to Oppose Any Tax Increase in a Recession <a href="https://t.co/jpVj3Z8ORB">https://t.co/jpVj3Z8ORB</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) <a href="https://twitter.com/GroverNorquist/status/1556363711127982086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The <a href="https://www.atr.org/manchin/">article</a> he shared, posted on ATR&#8217;s website, quoted Manchin from a 2010 televised debate. &#8220;I don’t think during a time of recession you mess with any of the taxes, or increase any taxes,&#8221; the West Virginia Senator explained at the time, adding, &#8220;I can’t look the people in West Virginia in the eye and ask them to pay a penny more until I know we’re running this government efficient.&#8221;</p>
<p>Manchin <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/this-is-a-no-joe-manchin-says-he-cannot-vote-to-continue-on-build-back-better/">previously tanked</a> President Joe Biden&#8217;s signature build Back Better plan for the same reason, telling Fox News host Bret Baier in December that he could not in good conscience move forward with a spending package that would increase inflation. And he made that statement even before several months of consecutive <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/experts-make-dire-warning-on-already-record-level-inflation/">record-smashing inflation numbers</a> and confirmation that the United States&#8217; economy had seen two back-to-back quarters of <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/wikipedias-recession-page-shows-41-edits-in-one-week-attempts-at-changing-definition/">negative GDP growth</a> — the traditional marker indicating that the economy was in a recession.</p>
<p>Norquist then pointed out the fact that Manchin had certainly not acted alone, adding, &#8220;All Fifty Democrat Senators have voted for a massive tax hike during a recession, more subsidies during a period of runaway inflation, and siccing 87,000 new IRS agents on independent businesses at a cost of $80 billion. The November election should be interesting.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">All Fifty Democrat Senators have voted for a massive tax hike during a recession, more subsidies during a period of runaway inflation, and siccing 87,000 new IRS agents on independent businesses at a cost of $80 billion.<br />The November election should be interesting.</p>
<p>&mdash; Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) <a href="https://twitter.com/GroverNorquist/status/1556364489511129090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Every single Democrat in the US Senate cast the deciding vote to raise taxes in a recession. Every one of them,&#8221; Norquist added, drawing attention to the fact that if even one Democrat had voted against the package, the vice president&#8217;s tie-breaking vote would not have been enough to push the measure across the finish line.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Every single Democrat in the US Senate cast the deciding vote to raise taxes in a recession.<br />Every one of them.</p>
<p>&mdash; Grover Norquist (@GroverNorquist) <a href="https://twitter.com/GroverNorquist/status/1556367137572257793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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