The White House defended President Donald Trump on Friday after an Associated Press report that he stretched the truth in his State of the Union account of a formerly homeless veteran who turned his life around with a job at a company that is taking advantage of Opportunity Zone tax breaks. The AP report found that construction worker Tony Rankins, who was introduced to a standing ovation at the State of the Union, doesn’t work at a site taking advantage of the breaks and has never done so. In fact, the hotel renovation job that he credits …read more
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