White House claims not supporting Build Back Better is ‘essentially not supporting a middle-class tax cut for families’

Written by Christian Datoc, White House correspondent for The Washington Examiner

White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre rolled out a new strategy Wednesday, criticizing congressional Republicans who oppose President Joe Biden’s social spending legislation.

A reporter flying with the president to Kentucky pressed Jean-Pierre on when recipients of the expanded child tax credit, set to expire on Wednesday, can expect to resume receiving those payments. Jean-Pierre first claimed the expanded CTC has “cut child poverty by half” before flipping it on Republicans.

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