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Karoline Leavitt: “Thanks to the working families tax cut, nearly 90% of…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Apr. 8, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 38:21

Ms. Well, the President loves our seniors across the country and as you know, the president signed the one big beautiful bill, the working families tax cut last year, which greatly reduced taxes on Social Security for our seniors. In fact, Thanks to the working families tax cut, nearly 90% of seniors will no longer pay tax on their Social Security. That's a huge win for our seniors and also for our middle class and working families across the country with the no tax on tips provision and the no tax on overtime. (38:21–38:28)

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Asserts that the tax cut has eliminated Social Security taxes for nearly 90% of seniors.

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