The Washington Post fact checker gave Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) “two Pinocchios” for claiming Wednesday that the Senate Republican tax plan is “kicking 13 million people off health insurance to give tax cuts to the wealthy” by adding a repeal of the Obamacare individual mandate to the most recent version of the bill.
The Post defines a “two-Pinocchio” claim as a statement with “significant omissions and/or exaggerations.”
Schumer is not the only person using the 13-million figure to castigate the Republican tax plan; Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D., Ill.) echoed the claim in a tweet on Wednesday.
“Republicans now want to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy by taking health care away from 13 million Americans,” Durbin wrote.
[contentcards url=”https://freebeacon.com/issues/washington-post-schumer-two-pinocchios-claim-gop-tax-plan/” target=”_blank”]Republicans now want to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy by taking health care away from 13 million Americans.
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) November 15, 2017