Soundwaves confirm Hillary said “aren’t” raising taxes on middle class
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Hillary Clinton just admitted to a big tax hike, at least according to Donald Trump.
The Trump campaign sent an email blast to supporters embedded with a video of a Clinton event in Omaha, Neb., entitled, “Hillary Clinton says she wants to ‘raise taxes on the middle class.’”
“Wait, what?” was the reaction of the Clinton campaign too. Spokesman Josh Schwerin told us Clinton actually said the exact opposite.
He pointed to numerous reporters who agreed and forwarded us a transcript of Clinton’s prepared remarks that reads, “We aren’t going to to raise taxes on the middle class.”
It’s a classic case of she-heard-he-heard, so we asked experts to arbitrate. They agreed with the Clinton camp and offered some technical evidence to prove it. Get ready for some science.
By analyzing the sound waves, we can see that Clinton was saying “aren’t,” because she definitely pronounced the “n,” though she didn’t really hit the “t.”
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