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Mainstream Journalists Try To ‘Fact Check’ Americans Happy About Tax Cut, Get Destroyed

Emily Zanotti

Journalists like NBC’s Katy Tur seem desperate to convince Americans that any benefit they might see from the Republican tax cut package that passed late last year, is, as Nancy Pelosi would say, “crumbs” — but keep falling victim to an insular coastal culture that renders them incapable of understanding what even a couple of extra bucks in a paycheck means to middle Americans.

At a stop in Ohio yesterday, President Trump brought a man on stage who said he’d be using his $1,000 to provide for a new baby. Another woman said she’d use the extra money to pay off some of the bills she’s racked up sending her child to college, and would put some of the money toward a down payment on a home.

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