A sign is posted outside a home following Hurricane Irma on September 12, 2017 in Key Largo in the Florida Keys. (Photo: Marc Serota/Getty Images)
Sep 13, 2017
Ahead of his planned trip to Florida on Thursday to visit areas ravaged by Hurricane Irma, President Donald Trump was fiercely rebuked Wednesday morning for once again exploiting the storm's extensive damage to demand tax cuts for the nation's corporations and wealthiest individuals.
\u201cWith Irma and Harvey devastation, Tax Cuts and Tax Reform is needed more than ever before. Go Congress, go!\u201d— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1505306212
Critics swiftly responded on Twitter, with many pointing out how the recent series of natural disasters demonstrates an urgent need for climate action, not giveaways for the nation's most privileged.
\u201cOne wishes this were a parody... https://t.co/t7tUcztd4P\u201d— Bill McKibben (@Bill McKibben) 1505306508
I did an edit: With Irma and Harvey, Carbon Cuts + Tax Hikes on the rich needed more than ever to pay for devastation + the cost of denial. https://t.co/FvHJzcDeGK
-- Naomi Klein (@NaomiAKlein) September 13, 2017
\u201c@realDonaldTrump Actually, those hurricanes suggest action on climate change is needed more than ever before.\u201d— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1505306212
Some also noted that Trump's tax plan would negatively impact those who have been among the hardest hit by the wildfires and storms.
\u201cAfter all, nothing helps low- and middle-income people who have lost everything like a series of tax cuts mainly benefitting the rich. https://t.co/SBTt8JJGEc\u201d— Brian Klaas (@Brian Klaas) 1505306699
\u201cPushing tax cuts for the wealthy during multiple natural disasters is absurd policy that will hurt relief efforts. https://t.co/vejXw3ug22\u201d— Flippable (@Flippable) 1505313988
This is the second time in the past week Trump has come under fire for using the recent hurricanes to call for "tax cuts." At a cabinet meeting on Saturday, as the storm was barreling toward Florida, Trump said, "with what's happened with the hurricane, I'm gonna ask for a speed-up" to pushing through his tax plan, a move that journalist and author Naomi Klein called "one for the shock doctrine record books."
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Ahead of his planned trip to Florida on Thursday to visit areas ravaged by Hurricane Irma, President Donald Trump was fiercely rebuked Wednesday morning for once again exploiting the storm's extensive damage to demand tax cuts for the nation's corporations and wealthiest individuals.
\u201cWith Irma and Harvey devastation, Tax Cuts and Tax Reform is needed more than ever before. Go Congress, go!\u201d— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1505306212
Critics swiftly responded on Twitter, with many pointing out how the recent series of natural disasters demonstrates an urgent need for climate action, not giveaways for the nation's most privileged.
\u201cOne wishes this were a parody... https://t.co/t7tUcztd4P\u201d— Bill McKibben (@Bill McKibben) 1505306508
I did an edit: With Irma and Harvey, Carbon Cuts + Tax Hikes on the rich needed more than ever to pay for devastation + the cost of denial. https://t.co/FvHJzcDeGK
-- Naomi Klein (@NaomiAKlein) September 13, 2017
\u201c@realDonaldTrump Actually, those hurricanes suggest action on climate change is needed more than ever before.\u201d— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1505306212
Some also noted that Trump's tax plan would negatively impact those who have been among the hardest hit by the wildfires and storms.
\u201cAfter all, nothing helps low- and middle-income people who have lost everything like a series of tax cuts mainly benefitting the rich. https://t.co/SBTt8JJGEc\u201d— Brian Klaas (@Brian Klaas) 1505306699
\u201cPushing tax cuts for the wealthy during multiple natural disasters is absurd policy that will hurt relief efforts. https://t.co/vejXw3ug22\u201d— Flippable (@Flippable) 1505313988
This is the second time in the past week Trump has come under fire for using the recent hurricanes to call for "tax cuts." At a cabinet meeting on Saturday, as the storm was barreling toward Florida, Trump said, "with what's happened with the hurricane, I'm gonna ask for a speed-up" to pushing through his tax plan, a move that journalist and author Naomi Klein called "one for the shock doctrine record books."
Ahead of his planned trip to Florida on Thursday to visit areas ravaged by Hurricane Irma, President Donald Trump was fiercely rebuked Wednesday morning for once again exploiting the storm's extensive damage to demand tax cuts for the nation's corporations and wealthiest individuals.
\u201cWith Irma and Harvey devastation, Tax Cuts and Tax Reform is needed more than ever before. Go Congress, go!\u201d— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1505306212
Critics swiftly responded on Twitter, with many pointing out how the recent series of natural disasters demonstrates an urgent need for climate action, not giveaways for the nation's most privileged.
\u201cOne wishes this were a parody... https://t.co/t7tUcztd4P\u201d— Bill McKibben (@Bill McKibben) 1505306508
I did an edit: With Irma and Harvey, Carbon Cuts + Tax Hikes on the rich needed more than ever to pay for devastation + the cost of denial. https://t.co/FvHJzcDeGK
-- Naomi Klein (@NaomiAKlein) September 13, 2017
\u201c@realDonaldTrump Actually, those hurricanes suggest action on climate change is needed more than ever before.\u201d— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump) 1505306212
Some also noted that Trump's tax plan would negatively impact those who have been among the hardest hit by the wildfires and storms.
\u201cAfter all, nothing helps low- and middle-income people who have lost everything like a series of tax cuts mainly benefitting the rich. https://t.co/SBTt8JJGEc\u201d— Brian Klaas (@Brian Klaas) 1505306699
\u201cPushing tax cuts for the wealthy during multiple natural disasters is absurd policy that will hurt relief efforts. https://t.co/vejXw3ug22\u201d— Flippable (@Flippable) 1505313988
This is the second time in the past week Trump has come under fire for using the recent hurricanes to call for "tax cuts." At a cabinet meeting on Saturday, as the storm was barreling toward Florida, Trump said, "with what's happened with the hurricane, I'm gonna ask for a speed-up" to pushing through his tax plan, a move that journalist and author Naomi Klein called "one for the shock doctrine record books."
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