Sarah Sanders gaslights America

[babylonsister]

https://thinkprogress.org/sarah-sanders-lies-3-times-in-one-briefing-about-tax-bills-impact-on-trump-4fb8034b5e6b/

Sarah Sanders gaslights America
The press secretary wants you to believe Trump will take "a big hit." Don't be fooled.
Aaron Rupar
Dec 19, 2017, 4:31 pm


During a White House news briefing held immediately after the House passed the Republican tax cut bill on Tuesday, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was peppered with questions about why the White House won’t be straightforward about how the bill directly benefits President Trump and his family.

Trump has publicly proclaimed that the bill is “not good” for him, but that’s a lie. Repealing the alternative minimum tax, estate tax, and providing tax breaks for “pass-through” corporations like the ones used by the Trump Organization will provide billions of dollars in tax savings for the Trump family — not to mention a last-minute provision included in the final version of the bill that benefits real estate developers.

White House tries to defend Trump’s claim that he pays more under his tax plan. It’s a train wreck.
Asked about how the plan will benefit Trump, Gary Cohn couldn't change the topic fast enough.

While there’s no doubt that Trump and his family will benefit personally from the tax bill, it’s impossible to know exactly how much Trump stands to gain because he refuses to follow precedent and release his tax returns. On Tuesday, Sanders exploited the ambiguity created by Trump’s lack of transparency to sow doubt about whether the president will benefit at all.

At the beginning of the briefing, Sanders was asked how Trump can possibly say the bill will hurt him, given that every analysis shows it will be hugely beneficial for wealthy people in general and Trump in particular.

Sanders replied that “it likely will, certainly on the personal side, could cost him a lot of money,” but quickly added that “the president’s focus hasn’t necessarily at all been on himself.” (Since pass-through owners pay business taxes on their personal returns, it’s unclear what distinction Sanders is even trying to draw.)

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https://thinkprogress.org/sarah-sanders-lies-3-times-in-one-briefing-about-tax-bills-impact-on-trump-4fb8034b5e6b/

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Premeditated murder.

I hope America REACTS

S T R O N G L Y

[CTyankee]

2. There is something wrong with her. She starts every presser with a little look of

disgust on her face. I've seen it lots of times with her. I think she is deeply conflicted with her job.

Just sayin'.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Do you think she does not like the constant lying she has to do?

I assumed her look of disgust is aimed at members of the press in the room.

[JI7]

4. Lol. She isn't conflicted with what she is doing. Her disgust is towards anyone

Who questions her.


I don't care for sean spicer but i could see he knew he was bsing and didn't like it.

In shs case she has no problem with the lies and attacks on others.

[CTyankee]

6. Yep, you can see her jerk her face just a bit when she gets out there and then that

fleeting look of disgust in having to face the press, like they're some slime.

The press corps don't seem to be having much fun...

[C_U_L8R]

5. Prove it, Hucklenuts.

Release the taxes.