Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) over the weekend gave a recommendation for Americans on Thanksgiving: show others at the dinner table a chart that slams the Senate Republican tax reform plan.
"Bring this chart to Thanksgiving dinner," Schumer wrote on Twitter. "It'll come in handy when that family member who always talks politics tells you the Republican tax bill helps the middle class."
Bring this chart to Thanksgiving dinner. It’ll come in handy when that family member who always talks politics tells you the Republican tax bill helps the middle class. pic.twitter.com/2EpZ5PxcDY
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) November 19, 2017
Some observers criticized the chart for being misleading, arguing the tax cuts that expire in 2027 to meet reconciliation rules could be extended.
Many Twitter users, both liberal and conservative, ripped Schumer's idea of bringing a chart on tax policy to Thanksgiving dinner.
If you're taking Thanksgiving advice from @SenSchumer, you have nothing in your life to be thankful for. https://t.co/nENRtJ2xMq
— John A. Daly (@JohnDalyBooks) November 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/EdWhelanEPPC/status/933055823374364675
FYI: If you bring a tax chart to Thanksgiving dinner you should be forced to eat outside by the trash can.
With no beverage.
No dessert. https://t.co/kPz1PYHnMz
— ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) November 21, 2017
If you bring a tax chart to thanksgiving dinner your family should disown you. https://t.co/OFOy04cwhP
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) November 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/933039511994601472
Schumer followed up his tweet by telling Americans to "show your Uncle" a photo of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and his wife posing at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
Oh, don’t forget to show your Uncle this as well! pic.twitter.com/YHRGTvvwAo
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) November 19, 2017
