Trump Revises SALT History, Saying New Yorkers Didn’t Fight Caps
- Democrats ‘could have won’ tax break battle, president says
- SALT change was among most controversial aspects of tax law
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President Donald Trump said that New Yorkers could have thwarted a provision in his tax law that limits state and local tax deductions, one of the most controversial changes in the 2017 overhaul that contributed to Republican losses in the 2018 midterms.
“People are fleeing New York State because of high taxes and yes, even oppression of sorts,” Trump said in a tweet Monday. “They didn’t even put up a fight against SALT -- could have won.”