Trump paid a higher tax rate than Obama, Comcast and Bernie Sanders

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