On the second night of the convention, which featured former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, as the headliners, fact-based claims took a back seat to hopeful pronouncements about the future. We still found some political spin:
Obama claimed that former President Donald Trump “wants the middle class to pay the price for another huge tax cut that would mostly help him and his rich friends.” But most of the tax cuts Trump has proposed would benefit taxpayers at all income levels.
Barack Obama credited President Joe Biden with delivering “higher wages” for American workers. Wages have gone up since 2020, but not as fast as inflation. The administration argues 2019 is a better comparison due to effects from the pandemic.
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders claimed that “Trump’s Project 2025” is “putting forth budgets to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.” Trump has disavowed the conservative project, which does not call for cutting Social Security.
