On Sunday, I noted that Sean Hannity was falsely claiming that Barack Obama would raise taxes on everyone by letting all of President Bush’s tax cuts expire. (Actually, Obama will raise taxes on high-income Americans but reduce inome taxes on people making less than $75,000.)
Then, driving home today, I heard him make the exact same claim. How often does he say this? I went and searched his TV transcripts in Nexis. Here are more examples from “Hannity & Colmes” and his Sunday show “Hannity’s America” (I’m sure there are many more examples from his radio show, which is not archived):
June 12: “No. 1 radical liberal in the Senate. Wants $1 trillion of new spending. You know, raise taxes everywhere.”
June 23: “[Obama] would let the Bush tax cuts expire.”
July 13: “[Obama is] going to let the Bush tax cuts expire.” “On taxes – he wants to raise all our taxes.”
During these programs, people are telling Hannity that Obama would actually cut taxes for middle-income Americans. But he’s just ignoring them and repeating the same misinformation. Even by his exceptionally low standards, it’s pretty awful stuff.