House Speaker Paul Ryan deletes tweet about woman's $1.50 weekly paycheck increase after fierce backlash
House Speaker Paul Ryan is facing criticism Saturday after tweeting a report referencing a woman from Pennsylvania who saw an increase of $1.50 on her weekly paycheck stemming from the recently passed GOP tax-reform bill.
In the tweet, Ryan included a link to an AP report describing how some people in the workforce have seen more take-home pay coming from the new withholding guidelines as the result of the bill's passage.
“A Secretary at a public high school in Lancaster, PA, said she was pleasantly surprised her pay went up $1.50 a week...she said she [that] will cover her Costco membership for the year.”
Some on social media were pretty upset about the tweet, including a Democratic senator and former Obama speechwriter.
That tweet about the $1.50 a week is not a PR mistake. It is really what they think.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) February 3, 2018
As a thank you for passing a $1 trillion corporate tax cut, Paul Ryan received $500,000 in campaign contributions from the Koch brothers, which would probably cover the cost of buying a Costco. https://t.co/piiWqzOEGo
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) February 3, 2018
This is a parody account, right?
…right? https://t.co/rmBlqhZy9O— Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) February 3, 2018
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi faced backlash from Republicans this week after she referred to business giving $1,000 bonuses after the tax bill as “crumbs.”
Republicans slammed Pelosi for the comments, with Vice President Mike Pence saying, “If you’re going to say that $1,000 is crumbs, you live in a different world than I’m living in.”
GOP lawmakers are hoping to use not only the tax cut passage, but also Pelosi’s comments against Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections.
