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September 29, 2020
TONIGHT: First Presidential Debate
The President’s Taxes
Charlie Baker Continues to Hide Key COVID-19 Data
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TONIGHT: First Presidential Debate
Tonight at 9:00 PM, millions will tune into the first presidential debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Biden is ready to talk about the tough issues folks discuss at their kitchen tables. Trump's ready to do one thing: lie.
- During the debate, Joe Biden will speak directly to the American people about his plan to contain COVID-19, to give working families a fair shot, and to make the super-wealthy pay their fair share.
- It’s time for Donald Trump to answer for his failures. 200,000 lives have been lost, almost 30 million people are receiving unemployment assistance, and millions are on the brink of losing healthcare because of Trump.
- Tonight, Joe Biden will hold Trump accountable and show that he and Kamala Harris will bring us together and restore the soul of this nation.
- We already know what to expect from Trump: lies. It’s clear that Trump thinks he can pull the wool over the eyes of the American people, and it's up to us to keep him honest. Follow @DNCWarRoom and @truth on Twitter to fact check the President during tonight’s debate.
The President’s Taxes
Sunday’s bombshell report from the New York Times revealed that Trump paid $0 in federal income taxes for 10 years between 2000-2015, and he only paid $750 in the year he was elected president and his first year in office.
- While hardworking Americans played by the rules and paid federal income taxes, Donald Trump paid no federal income taxes for years and only $750 in 2016 and 2017--far less than the average teacher, firefighter, or nurse.
- Trump sold himself as America’s most successful businessman, but he’s been stealing from American families to subsidize his lavish lifestyle.
- Trump’s not paying his fair share, and as president, he’s making it easier for his billionaire friends to avoid paying their share too. 83% of the benefits from Trump’s tax scam will ultimately go to the wealthiest 1%, and 100 of the most profitable corporations paid $0 after his tax bill.
- Now, Trump’s proposing yet another tax cut for super wealthy investors, while Republicans drag their feet getting pandemic relief to working families.
- Joe Biden knows what it means to work hard, and what folks go through to make ends meet. He’s running for president to help all Americans, not to pad his own pockets.
Charlie Baker Continues to Hide Key COVID-19 Data
This week, a report from the Boston Globe found that Governor Charlie Baker and his staff are continuing to withhold important information about coronavirus cases in nursing homes and senior living facilities. It’s a pattern that goes back to the start of the pandemic, and that’s had tragic consequences.
- With over a million deaths worldwide, Republicans continue to downplay the risk of the coronavirus. In Massachusetts, Governor Charlie Baker is keeping the public in the dark about COVID-19 cases and deaths in our hardest hit facilities: nursing homes and other senior living centers.
- After nearly 80 veterans at the Holyoke Soldiers’ home lost their lives due to Baker’s negligence, Baker should be taking extra steps to protect our most vulnerable. That should start with reporting complete and accurate data.
- This isn’t the first time Baker’s administration has withheld critical pandemic details. They initially blocked access to information about cases by municipality to keep us from seeing that COVID-19 hotspots were overwhelmingly concentrated in communities of color.
- Comprehensive and correct information about COVID-19 is how we control the spread of this virus. By refusing to provide important details about cases in critical areas, Baker is putting us all at greater risk for another outbreak.
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