There were so many Head Smackers in President Trump’s State of the Union address last night that it nearly left many of us at CHN with concussions. Thankfully, CHN’s members were quick to react and get the facts out there. Below is a recap of just a few of the tweets our friends put out to set the record straight on some of the areas President Trump talked about.
 

On tax cuts:
President Trump said, “Our massive tax cuts provide tremendous relief for the middle class and small business, to lower tax rates for hard-working Americans.”

Americans for Tax Fairness responded, citing a report from the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy:

The Trump-GOP tax bill is NOT a middle-class tax cut. 52% of the benefits go to just the top 5% of taxpayers: https://t.co/0FUXfhPI5v #SOTU

— For Tax Fairness (@4TaxFairness) January 31, 2018

On Immigration:

President Trump said, “In recent months, my administration has met extensively with both Democrats and Republicans to craft a bipartisan approach to immigration reform. Based on these discussions, we presented Congress with a detailed proposal that should be supported by both parties…”

The National Immigration Law Center reminded us:

Reminder: @realDonaldTrump was presented with many bipartisan proposals to #ProtectDreamers. He rejected each one of them. #SOTU #SOTU2018

— National Immigration Law Center (@NILC_org) January 31, 2018

Also on immigration, President Trump said, “That means building a great wall on the southern border…”

National Priorities Project reminded us of what else we could do with just some of that money:

No wall. Put people first. #StateofOurUnion pic.twitter.com/NwZOJnIjJx

— National Priorities (@natpriorities) January 31, 2018

Friends Committee on National Legislation also chimed in when President Trump called for “ending chain migration”:

“Chain migration” doesn’t exist. It’s called #familyunity. The president’s proposal hurts families. https://t.co/BksNh9Z7fd

— FCNL (Quakers) (@FCNL) January 31, 2018

On Job Training:

President Trump said, “As tax cuts create new jobs, let’s invest in workforce development and let’s invest in job training, which we need so badly. Let’s open great vocational schools, so our future workers can learn a craft and realize their full potential.”

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, along with one of their senior advisors Jacob Leibenluft, responded to that with these tweets:

What Trump says: invest in vocational education

What Trump does: propose to cut job training grants by 40 percent pic.twitter.com/dyzFV1bWDW

— Jacob Leibenluft (@jleibenluft) January 31, 2018

The average tax cut for the top 0.1% could have paid for job training for 27 workers. #CBPPSOTU #SOTU pic.twitter.com/6edVDWZCA9

— Center on Budget (@CenterOnBudget) January 31, 2018

On Health Care and the Opioid Epidemic:

President Trump said, “My administration is committed to fighting the drug epidemic and helping get treatment for those in need.”

The Center for American Progress, the Shriver Center, and FamiliesUSA begged to differ:

Trump declared the opioid crisis a health emergency – but didn’t request funds, nor has he worked to make sure folks have access to medical care through the ACA https://t.co/YiarOPwyZ2

— American Progress (@amprog) January 31, 2018

Reminder: Gutting #Medicaid, as the Trump Administration and congressional Republicans have proposed, would exacerbate the opioid crisis. https://t.co/HrNgi4kiUt #HandsOff #ProtectOurCare #SOTU #SOTU2018 #StateOfTheUnion #StateOfOurUnion pic.twitter.com/Fm8Zy16ZpA

— Shriver Center (@shrivercenter) January 31, 2018

The Trump Effect on #Healthcare? 3 million fewer people have health insurance in the year since he took office, according to @GallupPoll https://t.co/qDkWWZbiQJ pic.twitter.com/NEtYwehxxV

— Families USA (@FamiliesUSA) January 31, 2018

We could go on and on. Let us know which head smackers jumped out at you last night in the comments section below.

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