The White House is lying about the GOP budget bill

Cutting taxes and raising spending does not shrink the deficit

Dear readers,

At a White House press briefing on Thursday, May 29, press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the House-passed GOP budget bill "would not increase the budget deficit," as projected by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.

Instead, Leavitt said the bill would decrease the deficit by increasing tax revenues through economic…