Trump hits media over negative tax bill coverage: They’re desperate to please ‘their Democrat bosses’

President Trump doubled down on his criticism of coverage of the Republicans’ tax overhaul bill, condemning the “Fake News Media” in a tweet Thursday morning.

Trump wrote that news outlets want to to “please their Democrat bosses.”

“The Massive Tax Cuts, which the Fake News Media is desperate to write badly about so as to please their Democrat bosses, will soon be kicking in and will speak for themselves,” he wrote.

“Companies are already making big payments to workers,” he added.

“Dems want to raise taxes, hate these big Cuts!”

The Massive Tax Cuts, which the Fake News Media is desperate to write badly about so as to please their Democrat bosses, will soon be kicking in and will speak for themselves. Companies are already making big payments to workers. Dems want to raise taxes, hate these big Cuts!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made a similar comment to a reporter on Wednesday.

“Your job is to use the Democratic talking points, I understand that,” McConnell said.

Congress passed the sweeping tax-reform legislation on Wednesday, sending the bill to Trump’s desk for an early January signing. The measure marks the first major legislative victory for the Trump administration.

Republicans have touted the bill as beneficial to middle-class families and say that it will encourage economic growth and higher wages. The legislation also repealed the ObamaCare individual mandate, a win for Republicans after several failed attempts to repeal the entire bill.

Democrats, on the other hand, have slammed the bill as a handout to the wealthy and corporations at the expense of low- and middle-income Americans.

Trump’s Thursday tweet echoed his criticism on Wednesday. He tweeted before the bill passage that the “Fake News” was “working overtime to follow the lead of their friends, the defeated Dems.”

The Tax Cuts are so large and so meaningful, and yet the Fake News is working overtime to follow the lead of their friends, the defeated Dems, and only demean. This is truly a case where the results will speak for themselves, starting very soon. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 20, 2017