The Democratic Party platform includes raising taxes by $5 trillion.
Posted by Badlands Media, Checked Updated
- Sources
- 1 contradict1 support4 context
- Said
- 1 time·
- Confidence
- 40%
Badlands MediaOct 15, 2026
The claim departs from the passage: the post says Democrats would "raise your taxes by 5 trillion dollars" and never mentions the party platform, so the extraction adds a referent the post did not make.
This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.
What was said
… Think of it. And they're gonna open the borders again if they get in. They already talk about it. They say, We will open the borders and let everybody in. They're gonna destroy your country. It won't be able to handle it again. You can vote for the radical left Democrat communists to loot your wealth, to raise your taxes by 5 trillion dollars. They want to give you a tax increase. All my life, I've heard politicians saying, Democrat and Republican, We will lower your taxes. We will do this, we will do that. Your taxes will go down if you vote for me. …
Badlands Media · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The 2024 Democratic Party platform excerpt says "We don't believe we should add $5 trillion to the national debt to give more tax breaks skewed to the wealthy," and frames its plan as cutting the deficit by $3 trillion, which runs against a platform calling for $5 trillion in tax increases.[3]
Supports. An advocacy-group analysis of the 2024 Democratic platform says it proposes trillions in new revenue, with the Biden budget's proposals to raise about $5 trillion from the ultra-wealthy and corporations included in the platform.[2]
Context. A 2024 Kahn Litwin analysis says the platform proposes expanding tax credits and increasing top rates, and notes Biden's budget calls for nearly $5 trillion in tax increases over ten years, but it does not say the platform itself contains a $5 trillion tax increase.[4]
Context. A 2026 RealClearMarkets piece says two former Biden Treasury officials proposed $15 trillion in tax increases, including $5 trillion on individuals. That is a think-tank paper, not the party platform, so it does not settle the platform question.[5]
Context. Sources on the 2020 platform describe tax-cut reversals and corporate rate increases but give no $5 trillion figure, so they neither confirm nor refute the claim.[1][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 primary, 4 not rated, 1 rated low
- 12020 Democratic Party Platformpresidency.ucsb.edu · primary source · cited for: context
- 2Democrats Promise to Raise Trillions in New Revenue from ...atfactionfund.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3[PDF] FINAL MASTER PLATFORM - Democratic Partydemocrats.org · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: contradicts
- 4Proposed Tax Reforms: Key Takeaways from the Democratic…kahnlitwin.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Democratic Economists Are Already Rolling Out Post-Election Tax Hikesrealclearmarkets.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6[PDF] 2020 Democratic Party Platform - FactCheck.orgcdn.factcheck.org · not rated · cited for: context
Where this claim was made
Said in 1 published post
Checked 2 times
Each check reads the sources again. The newest verdict is the one this page states.
- · latestCan’t tell
- Can’t tell
Related claims
- The Democratic Party is promising to implement tax hikes.Mixed
- Democratic policies would add $527 billion to the federal deficit over the next 10 years.Mixed
- Democrats intend to repeal the working families tax cut.Mixed
- The Democratic Party platform includes the abolition of police and jails.Can’t tell