In a press statement this week, the White House picked elements related to personal income tax in the Big and Beautiful Act, with U.S. President Donald Trump pushing for a wide range of tax and spending bills and claiming that Democrats opposed every individual project included in it when opposing the entire legislation.

This strategy is misleading, especially because the White House cites measures in the bill advocated by Democrats to improve American lives, which is not why Democrats oppose the “big beauty bill.”

Here is a fact check that the White House claims Democrats object:

"They oppose the biggest tax cut in history, which will increase their pockets by $5,000, while their tax bills are lowered by double digits. In fact, Americans who earn between $30,000 and $80,000 will pay about 15% of their taxes."

Details of the tax bill have not been completed. In its current form, its middle-income households reduce tax revenue on average by 2.4%, according to the analysis of the Tax Policy Center.

While this is a major tax cut, it is not the largest in history. That was 2.9% of Ronald Reagan in 1981.

To be precise, at least soon, tax bills will be reduced by double digit percentages within all tax scopes. The same goes for people who earn between $30,000 and $80,000, according to the nonpartisan Joint Tax Committee.

“They don’t object to the tips from millions of Americans working in the service industry, nor are there any taxes on law enforcement, nurses and so on overtime.”

It is only true if it is opposed to Trump's tax and expenditure bill.

Democrats and Republicans support the notion of no tax on tips. Both Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris have promised to do so on the campaign trail. Senate Democrats support the U.S. Senate's Tips Act passed on May 20. The bill was written by Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and was co-sponsored by prominent Democrats, including Jacky Rosen of Nevada, and passed unanimously.

“They oppose the historic tax cuts for the elderly”

Apart from the Big Beauty Act, Democrats generally don’t oppose tax cuts for seniors. Many Democrats advocate for legislation that would expand tax cuts for older people. California Democrat Jimmy Panetta co-sponsored a Republican leadership bill that would increase the standard deduction for adults over 65 years of age.

In 2024, House Democrats introduced “You Win, Keep It Act,” which will effectively eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits. However, the bill never became a committee.

“They are against increasing the child tax credit.”

Similarly, they oppose Trump’s “big bill” rather than the child tax credit.

In fact, the Democrats have long pushed for the expansion of the child tax credit. In April, Senate Democrats, including Georgia's Raphael Warnock and Colorado's Michael Bennett, proposed legislation that would expand the child tax credit. The bill will increase from the current $2,000 to the tax credit to $6,360 for newborns, for $4,320 for children aged 6 to 6 and $6 to $17 for six to six children, permanently.

While “large bills” will also add a child tax credit, it only costs $500. This temporary growth will continue until 2028 and will recover to $2,000 in 2029.

“They oppose new savings for newborns and the opportunity for children across the United States to experience the miracle of complex growth.”

House Republicans have introduced new savings accounts for children in the “large bill.” These accounts will include $1,000 handouts for each child born between January 1, 2025 and January 1, 2029.

Not only are Democrats supporters of the savings concept for newborns, but the well-known Democrats actually support it.

In 2018, Cory Booker of New Jersey introduced the U.S. Opportunity Accounts Act, which will also offer newborns $1,000, up to $2,000 per year. He reintroduced the bill again in 2023.

“They oppose expanding hardworking American families to get access to parenting.”

This seems to be wrong. The White House link refers to paid family and sick leave credit, not child care. Trump's bill provides up to 12 weeks of paid leave for employees who work for one year and earn $57,600 or less.

While this gives parents more time, Democrats have been working to expand opportunities for child care, including Universal Doctors. In 2023, Republicans opposed a Democratic plan to open a child care center, which struggled early in the 19th.

“They oppose historic border security to ensure their communities are safe.”

Last year, Trump imposed a move on Republicans forcing Republicans to vote on a bipartisan border security bill, a move reportedly helped Trump win in November 2024. Democrats oppose Republicans' plans to use U.S. military bases for immigration detention, believing IT abuses Department of Defense resources. Democrats have long opposed the border wall funding, including during Trump's first term.

A 2018 Stanford University analysis estimates that the border wall will reduce immigration by only 0.6%. Nevertheless, the “large banknotes” distributed more than $50 billion in wall and sea hybridization, $4.5 billion in construction and maintenance of detention centers and $14 billion in transportation.

“They oppose an expanded health savings account, which gives Americans more choice and flexibility in spending money.”

This is true. Democrats are not huge supporters of health savings accounts. It is believed that healthcare savings accounts do not help socioeconomicly disadvantaged, and they may not have the financial resources to contribute to the accounts. Democrats also object to other health care cuts in the bill, including the $880 billion that could be cut from basic government programs such as Medicaid.

“They oppose scholarships, allowing Americans to choose the education that best suits their family’s needs.”

In the bill, the White House confuses long-term debates about school choices with scholarships. Under school choice, funds otherwise allocated to the public school system can be redistributed to private institutions, which Republicans believe will make it possible for students to get a higher quality education.

Democrats oppose school choice because it shifts funds from the public school system, many of which are already heavily underfunded. In Texas, for example, Senator Ted Cruz proposed legislation that would expand school choices, even if three-thirds of the state’s four school districts were underfunded.