MAGA Rep Mike Lawler “Admits Trump Scammed People With Budget Bill” [The New Republic]

After months of lying to Hudson Valley voters and falsely claiming that the GOP tax scam is a win for working families, Mike Lawler went on national television “to reveal that some of [Republicans’] biggest advertising points on the bill to working-class America were actually complete duds.”

During a TV interview where even Fox News couldn’t help but call Mike Lawler out on his lies, Lawler admitted that Republicans’ “no tax on tips” provision will not only expire after three years, it is also capped at $25,000. In other words, it’s a political soundbite with an expiration date.

Now The New Republic is blasting Lawler for his cheap gimmicks, reporting that “the bill is not expected to save the government any money” and will instead “slice taxes on the ultrawealthy and corporations” permanently while adding “upward of $6 trillion to the debt.”

Read highlights from the reporting for yourself…

The New Republic: MAGA Rep Admits Trump Scammed People With Budget Bill

• Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is on its way to his desk thanks to a 218–214 vote in the House.
• MAGA representatives, however, could hardly wait after the vote was over to reveal that some of their biggest advertising points on the bill to working-class America were actually complete duds.
• Speaking with Fox News, New York Representative Mike Lawler confirmed that the bill’s “no tax on tips” and “no tax on overtime” provisions would expire just before Trump’s term was out.
• “This is a big win for Americans across the country; you look at the tax provisions, the doubling of the standard deduction, the enhanced child tax credit, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime—”
• But the Fox reporter interjected to correct him: “Those expire in 2028, correct?”
• “Sure, within the tax code, but that’s normal,” Lawler said. “The objective here is to provide real and immediate relief to Americans all across the country.”
• But the bill is not expected to save the government any money. Instead, Trump’s key legislative victory—which will slice taxes on the ultrawealthy and corporations—is expected to add upward of $6 trillion to the debt, according to a projection from the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.
• The “big, beautiful bill” will also gut $880 billion from Medicaid and other crucial social programs, a detail so ill-favored by Americans that conservative lawmakers stopped holding town halls after the line item was announced due to staunch opposition from their constituents.
• But Lawler wasn’t concerned that passing Trump’s glorious budget agenda could have ramifications on their own elections come midterms.
• “Do you think that this could come back to bite Republicans next November by any chance?” Fox asked him.
• “No, once the American people understand everything that is in the bill as opposed to what the Democrats have told them is in the bill, they are going to support the largest tax cut they have seen. Had we not passed this bill, you would have had the largest tax increase in history,” Lawler said.
• That’s by design: Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 arranged for individual provisions to expire at the end of 2025, effectively forcing a tax increase for the majority of Americans by 2026.

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