Arizona Democrat Amish Shah called the Working Families Tax Cuts "abominable" and demanded their "wholesale repeal." Michigan Representative Kristen McDonald Rivet voted against the bill on the House floor. Both of them are now running ads telling voters they helped pass those exact same tax cuts.
That's the way Democrats play. Vote no, wait for the money to hit bank accounts, then take a bow.
The Working Families Tax Cuts were signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. Every single Democrat in Congress voted against them — unanimously opposed, from Hakeem Jeffries to Chuck Schumer on down. The Treasury Department has since reported that 97 percent of filers received a tax cut, with $82 billion returned to taxpayers. Among those earning under $200,000, 96 percent got a cut averaging $1,250. For filers under $100,000, 70 percent saw relief. Refunds jumped 11 percent.
The law includes No Tax on Tips, No Tax on Overtime — used by 25 million taxpayers — and No Tax on Social Security. Small business owners saw an average $7,000 reduction in their tax bills. Speaker Mike Johnson noted families are seeing $2,300 to $3,750 in total tax relief. The bill also created Trump Accounts providing $1,000 per child born between 2025 and 2028, and directed $50 billion toward rural healthcare.
Every one of those provisions passed without a single Democratic vote.
Now McDonald Rivet is telling Michigan constituents she "passed the Working Families Tax Credit" and urging them to "claim the Working Families Tax Credit" — using the name of legislation she voted to kill. Senator Ruben Gallego of Arizona rebranded Trump Accounts as "American Dream Accounts" in his messaging, as if renaming someone else's policy makes it yours.
The National Republican Congressional Committee flagged the pattern across multiple states. In Nevada, all five Democratic members of the delegation — Representatives Dina Titus, Steven Horsford, and Susie Lee, plus Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen — voted no on the tax cuts. All five are now fielding constituent praise for savings they tried to block. New York Representative Tom Suozzi and Ohio Representative Emilia Sykes both voted against the legislation, then co-introduced the No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act — a provision that already exists in the law they rejected.
Representatives Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri, Sharice Davids of Kansas, and Nellie Pou of New Jersey went further. They voted against the tax cuts and then voted repeatedly to keep the Department of Homeland Security closed during funding fights. According to Townhall, the NRCC has been compiling these voting records alongside the credit-claiming mailers, building a side-by-side case ahead of the midterms.
The Democratic argument, such as it is, amounts to wanting a different version of the bill. They didn't propose an alternative that passed. They didn't negotiate provisions into the final text. They voted no — every last one of them — and the bill became law anyway because Republicans had the votes. The $5 trillion tax hike that would have hit if the cuts expired? Prevented without Democratic support. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has pointed to the 11 percent refund increase as direct evidence the cuts are working.
There's a term for claiming authorship of work you actively sabotaged. In most professions it gets you fired. In Congress, apparently, it gets you a glossy mailer and a fundraising link.
Shah called the bill abominable. McDonald Rivet voted to kill it. Gallego renamed the savings accounts. Suozzi reintroduced a provision that already existed.
The votes are public record. The mailers are in people's mailboxes. Somebody's lying, and it isn't the roll call.
