NJ Dem House candidate railed against SALT relief but now backs it just like Trump

A New Jersey Democrat running for Congress in a swing House district opposed State and Local Tax (SALT) relief — before reversing course and backing additional deductions while seeking public officeSue Altman was in favor of income, estate, sales and other tax hikes while serving as state director of the progressive Working Families Party between 2019 and 2023.In 2022, Altman lashed out at Garden State Democratic Reps.Mikie Sherrill and Josh Gottheimer for trying to eliminate a cap on SALT deductions for their constituents’ federal tax bill.“Disappointing – the [Working Families] party gave @MikieSherrill & @RepJoshG bluer districts and still- such a sharp turn away from the party and Biden/Pelosi,” she posted on X in July 2022.However, the Democrat’s current campaign platform pledges to “lower taxes for Jersey families” by “repealing the unfair and punitive Trump-era SALT deduction cap.”It’s the latest position that Altman has flipped on in her bid to unseat GOP Rep.

Tom Kean in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District — a race that is currently rated as a toss-up by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.An internal poll conducted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Oct.8-9 found likely voters narrowly prefer Kean to Altman, 50% to 48%.Sherrill, Gottheimer and other blue state Democrats were long opposed to the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions — a feature of former President Donald Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.Before a massive rally last month in Long Island, Trump surprised New York and New Jersey residents by vowing to return their SALT deductions to pre-2017 norms.“I will turn it around, get SALT back, lower your Taxes, and so much more.

I’ll work with the Democrat Governor and Mayor, and make sure the funding is there to bring New York State back to levels it hasn’t seen for 50 years,” he posted on Truth Social before an event at the Nassau Coliseum.Residents in high-tax states wer...