Trump video misrepresents Clinton on taxes

Posted by | August 6, 2016 12:33 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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The subtitles say what she did not.

The video from the YouTube account, titled “Hillary Clinton Says She Wants to ‘Raise Taxes on the Middle Class,'” includes a clip from a speech that Clinton gave in Nebraska on Monday.
“Trump wants to cut taxes for the super rich,” Clinton said in the video of the speech. “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 aren’t going to raise taxes on the middle class.”

But the video sent out by the Trump campaign includes subtitles that reads, “And we are going to raise taxes on the middle class.”

The Clinton campaign told Politifact that Clinton said “aren’t,” not “are.” And a transcript of Clinton’s prepared remarks uses the line, “We aren’t going to raise taxes on the middle class.”

CBS News reported that when the video is slowed down, it becomes more clear that Clinton said “aren’t.” And several reporters agreed with that.

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9 responses to Trump video misrepresents Clinton on taxes

  1. Buford2k11 August 6th, 2016 at 13:36

    grasping at straws…Desperate people do desperate things…I hate this election…

    • Suzanne McFly August 6th, 2016 at 14:03

      And it is about to get in the gutter now. That is hard to even comprehend, we aren’t in the gutter already?

      • mistlesuede August 6th, 2016 at 14:21

        We are heading into septic tank territory.

        • Suzanne McFly August 6th, 2016 at 17:10

          Seems that way. I am glad Hillary won’t entertain that twit head.

          • mistlesuede August 6th, 2016 at 19:26

            Is that sort of like “sh*t” head?

            • Suzanne McFly August 7th, 2016 at 06:22

              They are twins :)

  2. mistlesuede August 6th, 2016 at 14:20

    It must be sad to have to doctor a video of her speaking in order to spread a lie.
    She has a plethora of his remarks on video that can spread the truth about him and it ain’t pretty.

  3. Roctuna August 6th, 2016 at 18:27

    When I listen to the clip, I hear “aren’t”. Maybe not as clear as a bell but clearly enough. People hear what they want to hear. Liar’s gonna lie.

  4. bpollen August 7th, 2016 at 01:24

    Somebody should show him a “Bad Lip Reading” video…

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