Claim: Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele takes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to task in an RNC fundraising e-mail for claiming that a tax increase isn't a tax increase. But Steele adds some spin of his own, falsely charging that the tax in question falls on "middle class families and small businesses." The RNC mailer accuses Pelosi of using "political doublespeak to mislead the American people" and links to a clip of a CNBC interview in which the speaker is asked whether allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire isn't a "tax increase."
Fact-check: Fun with Semantics - FactCheck.org
Verdict: republican national committee chairman michael steele takes house speaker nancy pelosi to task in an rnc fundraising e-mail for claiming that a tax increase isn't a tax increase. but steele adds some spin of his own, falsely charging that the tax in question falls on "middle class families and small businesses." the rnc mailer accuses pelosi of using "political doublespeak to mislead the american people" and links to a clip of a cnbc interview in which the speaker is asked whether allowing the bush tax cuts to expire isn't a "tax increase."
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2009-10-30T14:15:31