Several Democrats and Democratic organizations have yet to retract their attacks on the Republican tax bill that were based on a now-retracted study.
In a Monday statement, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer attacked the GOP based on an analysis from the Tax Policy Center.
"As the years roll on, wealthy taxpayers and corporations reap huge windfalls while middle class taxpayers get stuck with the bill," Schumer wrote. "It’s no wonder Republicans are trying to rush this bill through–the more scrutiny it gets, the worse it looks."
"This analysis makes clear that over one quarter of taxpayers will see a tax increase under the Republican plan, all in the name of giveaways for the wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations. Republicans want to take away middle class deductions for people with student loan interest and medical expenses so that the rich can exploit bigger loopholes and corporations can pay lower taxes."
The Senate Democrats also tweeted out a video that heavily cited the Tax Policy Center.
Republicans claim that every American will benefit from their tax plan.
That’s just not true. pic.twitter.com/2ztydItL0N— Senate Democrats (@SenateDems) November 6, 2017
The House Democrats and several other Democratic politicians and committees also touted the Tax Policy Center analysis.
Nonpartisan analysis finds that the #GOPtaxbill leaves working families behind. Nearly half of the tax cuts would go to top 1% of earners. https://t.co/x2oLh4jCwk
— House Democrats (@HouseDemocrats) November 6, 2017
The reality of this bill is that 12% of hard-working Americans will see their taxes rise next year and 28% by 2027. https://t.co/JSYpuMpROq
— Sen. Maggie Hassan (@SenatorHassan) November 6, 2017
BREAKING: @TaxPolicyCenter reports 12% will see tax increase next year, 28% by 2027 while corporate taxes go down.https://t.co/Agcpij3zw7
— Ways and Means Dems (@WaysMeansCmte) November 6, 2017
But only hours later, the Tax Policy Center announced it was retracting its analysis after finding a major error. The center incorrectly failed to account for a child tax credit included in the bill.
"We are in the process of revising our analysis and will release a corrected version as soon as possible. We are removing all related analyses from our website," the organization said in a statement.
Neither Schumer nor any of the other Democrats who cited the Tax Policy Center data have corrected their initial statements.