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What presidential campaign pledge later came back to haunt Bush?

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Chapter George H. W. Bush

During his nominating speech, Bush emphatically stated: “Read my lips. No new taxes.” When he did raise taxes during his presidency, his veracity was called into question and, in part, led to his fate as a one-term president.

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