Mick Mulvaney to Fox News Viewers: If You Watch Fox News You Probably Like the Tax Bill

by Lawrence Bonk | 11:15 am, December 14th, 2017

President Donald Trump is over the moon about the tax bill. Members of the GOP-controlled Congress are equally joyous, with Rep. Paul Ryan likely jamming some anticipatory Rage Against the Machine ahead of next week’s vote. There’s just one problem.

Americans seem to hate the dang thing. Polling for the tax bill has always been low, but data released by Quinnipac this morning shows that public support for this Ayn Rand fever dream has reached a new nadir.

Only 26 percent of Americans support the bill, with 55 percent disapproving. Nearly 70 percent of those polled think that the bill favors the wealthy and only 21 percent think that it will help the middle class.

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White House budget director Mick Mulvaney appeared on Fox & Friends this morning and host Steve Doocy asked that very same question. Mulvaney, of course, blamed that most modern of boogeymen, fake news.

“If you turn to any channel besides this one, all you’re going to hear is bad news about this particular bill,” he said. “No one is focusing, as you folks do, on what’s good for people in this bill.”

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