Fact-checking Harris’s claim Trump tax cuts benefited the wealthy

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Vice President Kamala Harris claimed in the debate with former President Donald Trump that his previous tax cuts and current tax policies are designed to help the wealthy. Here are the facts and context.

Trump’s biggest legislative achievement was the 2017 passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, better known as the Trump tax cuts. The legislation, which Democrats heavily opposed at the time, touched just about every facet of the tax code.

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