No, Clinton did NOT say she’d raise taxes on the middle class
Audio experts went through the tape and the claim by Trump and conservatives that Clinton said she’s raise taxes on the middle class rated a “Pants on Fire” from Politifact.
Click here for reuse options!The Trump campaign sent an email blast to supporters embedded with a video of a Clinton event in Omaha, Neb., entitled, “Hillary Clinton says she wants to ‘raise taxes on the middle class.’”
The subtitles of Clinton’s speech read: “Trump wants to cuts taxes for the super rich. Well, we’re not going there, my friends. I’m telling you right now, we’re going to write fairer rules for the middle class and we are going to raise taxes on the middle class.”
“Wait what?” the videos continues, before playing the damning sentence in slow motion: “We are going to raise taxes on the middle class.”
“Wait, what?” was the reaction of the Clinton campaign too. Spokesman Josh Schwerin told us Clinton actually said the exact opposite.
He pointed to numerous reporters who agreed and forwarded us a transcript of Clinton’s prepared remarks that reads, “We aren’t going to to raise taxes on the middle class.”
It’s a classic case of she-heard-he-heard, so we asked experts to arbitrate. They agreed with the Clinton camp and offered some technical evidence to prove it. Get ready for some science.
Alan Yu, a linguistics professor at the University of Chicago who specializes in phonology, ran the audio through a computer program called Praat, which analyzes phonetics.
By analyzing the sound waves, we can see that Clinton was saying “aren’t,” because she definitely pronounced the “n,” though she didn’t really hit the “t.”
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8 responses to No, Clinton did NOT say she’d raise taxes on the middle class
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Buford2k11 August 5th, 2016 at 15:55
The gop is desperate for anything bad for HRC…They have nothing else to offer…NOTHING…GOP is devoid of human sentience…
The Original Just Me August 5th, 2016 at 15:58
The Republicans are Supporting and Pushing Trump, BUT, “THEY” say that Hillary is a Liar. NOW WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE ????? Trump could NOT Speak the TRUTH if HE had TO.
lolana August 5th, 2016 at 16:00
ya know..I clicked on the Charter ad because it looked like an actual video. haha on me.
Gary Parillo August 5th, 2016 at 17:08
They are so desperate they resort to deception and brainwashing.Technics that have been used by previous.The former head of the cia warned today on cnn that little donny would be dangerous to international security! There are many who believe the repukeicons lies,I fight with them on twitter all the time.They are truly,trump cultists,and under a twisted spell! This man is dangerous!
Kick Frenzy August 5th, 2016 at 20:23
Honestly, I thought it was real when I heard it.
Seeing this article, I can hear where she may have meant to say “aren’t”.
But, my initial thought was that she messed up and meant to say “upper class” or something.
Anyone who thinks she’d honestly, and proudly, yell about raising taxes on the middle class is just being dumb.
She obviously would not be using that as a talking point.
(Whether she would end up raising taxes or not is a different question; but if she did, I’m sure there would at least be some kind of logic to it.)
robert August 5th, 2016 at 22:28
i would be satisfied if we ask hillary a direct question, ” did you say you will raise taxes on the middle class “
Jon Murdock August 6th, 2016 at 06:15
It doesn’t really matter what Hillary says or is attempting to say. You can safely assume whatever comes out of that mouth is a lie. If it’s the truth, it will eventually turn into a lie. If it’s a lie, it will breed more lies. She needs to take a “How To Lie More Effectively & with Believability” course, because at it is now she is a pretty sorry liar.
Suzanne McFly August 6th, 2016 at 06:36
Do you know what assuming does?