White House Smacked With ‘Nearly 4’ Pinocchios for ‘Spin’ About Republicans and Taxes

The Biden White House is getting slapped with another fact-check from The Washington Post due to the way officials continue to talk about an agenda laid out by Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.)

In an article titled, “Dissecting White House spin that most Republicans want to raise taxes,” The Post’s Glenn Kessler noted that the paper gave President Joe Biden three “Pinnohcios” three weeks ago for claiming that Congressional Republicans want to raise taxes on the middle-class.

“Many left-leaning readers were upset at our ruling — and certainly the White House has not backed off. Officials have kept to the same talking point, with occasional adjustments that sometimes acknowledge that only one congressional Republican — Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) — is the primary instigator of a controversial tax plan,” he added.

Kessler shared that one reader sent an email that suggested they watch White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s Tuesday press conference and “withdraw” their previous rating.

However, he said, “Contrary to the reader’s assumption, Psaki’s comments only reaffirmed why our original analysis was correct.”

He recalled that in February, Scott released an 11-point plan to “rescue America” that included a passage which states, “All Americans should pay some income tax to have skin in the game, even if a small amount. Currently over half of Americans pay no income tax.”

“Scott provided no details on his plan and offered no proposed legislative language. But his idea seemed to fill a policy vacuum. Mitch McConnell (Ky.), the Senate Republican leader, already dismissed the idea of issuing a policy platform before the midterm elections,” the fact-checker pointed out.