President Trump’s son Eric Trump spoke on the second night of the Republican National Convention on Aug. 25, 2020. He touted the strong economy, saying “Unemployment reached historic lows, especially for Black Americans, Hispanic Americans and Women,” under his father’s tenure. Black unemployment hit a record low prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but these numbers had already been declining before Trump took office. Black and Latino unemployment rates -- while still higher than white and Asian jobless rates -- had been falling steadily since 2010. This is true for the women’s unemployment rate, as well. During his speech, Eric Trump warned that “Biden has pledged to raise your taxes by $4 trillion,” and said that “82% of all Americans will see their taxes go up significantly” should Joe Biden be elected. The Tax Policy Center estimates that Biden’s proposed tax plan would raise federal revenues by $4 trillion over the next decade, with about half of this revenue coming from higher taxes on high-income households, and the other half coming from higher taxes on businesses, in particular, corporations. Americans in the top 1 percent of the income bracket would see a 12 percent increase in their average federal tax rate, according to this analysis. Trump also claimed that Biden wants to defund the police as well as take away Americans’ Second Amendment rights. Biden has said in interviews and op-eds that he does not support defunding the police. He has proposed a gun control plan that would institute universal background checks, an assault weapons ban, and put more resources into enforcing existing gun laws.

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