With all the talk of President Trump and his 2005 tax return, let’s put what he paid in perspective, shall we?
Trump in 2005 paid a higher tax rate than President Obama and Sen. Bernie Sanders in 2015 and 2014 respectively, as well as a higher percentage than Comcast’s average tax rate. Comcast being the parent company of nothingburger journalist Rachel Maddow’s employer, MSNBC:
What did we learn? Then private citizen Trump paid a higher percentage than Pres Obama, Sen Sanders and even NBC's parent company Comcast pic.twitter.com/bG2RUevt3F
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) March 15, 2017
Whoops!
In her STUPIDITY @maddow actually did @realDonaldTrump a favor by exposing how much more HE PAID & how much less these other jar heads did. https://t.co/t9ngXoFmNE
— DforTrump (@thewoman62) March 15, 2017
Maybe we should be thanking Maddow for bringing this to our attention?
#ThankYouMaddow .. https://t.co/V5KTffElr2
— Citizen H (@terry803) March 15, 2017
Well – what did the "news" tell us? That @maddow is desperate for ratings and that taxes were paid…that is about it…don't see the "wow" https://t.co/RhOyWcYQ3A
— Tony Shaffer (@T_S_P_O_O_K_Y) March 15, 2017
Over to you, Bernie. Pay up!
When are you gonna pay your "fair share" @SenSanders?? https://t.co/d6WBWZOGRY
— Mandy (@mandyjb03) March 15, 2017
And too bad this didn’t get leaked during the campaign:
Thanks, .@maddow for debunking #HRC's LIE that #Trump paid no taxes!#UsefulIdiot#Trumped https://t.co/9vvEhvyuf5
— ??ℙ??ℝ?ℚ??????? ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@SassyT_Joy) March 15, 2017
Exit question: When will they admit there’s nothing here?
This says it all – There is NO story here ………….. just like Russia https://t.co/3r3DzdLpiq
— AtlantaStu (@AtlantaStu) March 15, 2017
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Related:
LOL: Maddow’s Trump scoop backfire has tax experts at NY Times embarrassing themselves https://t.co/v9xPALT9r2
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 15, 2017
Ben Shapiro awards Sally Kohn the 'best take of the evening' over 'nothingburger' Trump tax story https://t.co/yjlBfUrhol
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 15, 2017
Sad! Journo behind Trump tax return hits Donald Jr. for rounding up. For real. https://t.co/MeWwAyjul6
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 15, 2017
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