Norton Compares Trump Tax Revelations to Taxes Paid by D.C., the Nation’s Highest

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a statement responding to the revelations about how little President Trump paid in federal income taxes in recent years.

"The news about President Trump's taxes yesterday – he paid a total of $750 in federal income taxes during his first year in office despite repeatedly bragging that he is a billionaire – makes his attacks on District of Columbia statehood even more outrageous," Norton said. "At its core, the argument for D.C. statehood, which overwhelmingly passed in the House of Representatives in June, is the rallying cry of the Revolutionary War: ‘No taxation without representation.'

"D.C. residents pay the highest taxes per capita in the nation, yet President Trump has repeatedly attacked the idea that the residents of our nation's capital deserve a vote in Congress. Yesterday's revelations further expose the hypocrisy of the man who currently holds the highest office in the country."

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