Vice President Kamala Harris said she’ll fight for “no tax on tips,” copying GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign promise. However, the Trump campaign is exposing Harris for hypocrisy on the issue—not only the theft of it.
Harris claims to be fixing something President Joe Biden’s administration—which she is a part of as vice president—has done: actively working to hunt income from taxes per a February 2023 IRS memo.
“Copy Cat Kamala’s deliberate cribbing of President Trump’s proposal continues her pattern of taking positions in her Presidential campaign that are the exact opposite of the failed, weak, dangerously liberal policies she has always touted and implemented throughout her career,” read a Sunday Trump-Vance campaign memo.
“In this case, it contradicts the radical Biden-Harris administration’s position of wanting to collect more tax on tips, which they rolled out just last year by launching a new enforcement program through the IRS to collect more taxes on tips. If she actually wants to end taxes on tips, why won’t she do it now, considering she’s part of the administration currently in charge?”
Harris copied “no tax on tips” from Trump
Harris pandered to hospitality workers on Saturday in Las Vegas, copying Trump’s June 9 announcement of “no tax on tips.”
“It is my promise to everyone here when I am president, we will continue to fight for working families, including to raise the minimum wage and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers,” said Harris.
“Copy Cat Kamala is a dishonest, fraudulent failure,” wrote Steven Cheung, Trump’s Campaign Communications Director, in a statement. “She won’t sit down and answer questions about why she stole President Trump’s No Tax on Tips proposal. She won’t sit down and answer questions about why she personally cast the deciding votes on trillions of dollars in corrupt and wasteful government spending that drove inflation through the roof and made basic necessities like rent, housing, gas, groceries, and utility bills too expensive for tens of millions of Americans to afford.”
“She won’t explain why she has inexplicably flip-flopped on fracking, taking away the rights of gun owners, and a litany of other issues. The truth is, the new Obama consultants that took control of her failing campaign think Kamala is a failed leader, intellectual lightweight, and a terrible candidate, surrounded by a dumb team,” continued Cheung.
Donald Trump has said Harris’ campaign is a choice between “fake, fake, fake” and “fight, fight, fight” — paying homage to his words as he rose to his feet after being shot in the ear in a July 13 failed assassination attempt.
“Everything about Kamala is fake,” wrote Trump Sunday on Truth Social, continuing a stream of posts calling out Harris’ lack of authenticity.
“Kamala Harris, whose ‘Honeymoon’ period is ENDING, and is starting to get hammered in the Polls, just copied my NO TAXES ON TIPS Policy,” wrote Trump Saturday evening on Truth Social. “The difference is, she won’t do it; she just wants it for Political Purposes! This was a TRUMP idea — She has no ideas, she can only steal from me. Remember, Kamala has proposed the LARGEST TAX INCREASE IN HISTORY — It won’t happen. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”
The memo from the Trump campaign exposing the move by the Biden-Harris administration for the IRS to hunt for tax on income received from tips was exposed the morning following Trump’s post.
