evidence: "Don’t let Kamala Harris fool you. Not only does Harris support taxing service workers’ tips, news reports confirm Biden and Harris have weaponized the IRS to confiscate your tip money. Biden and Harris have literally unleashed the IRS to harass workers who receive tips." [...] The ad also tries to project verisimilitude by claiming "news reports confirm" that the Biden administration "weaponized the IRS to confiscate your tip money." The citations are from conservative news organizations or interest groups in 2023. They were echoing talking points released by House Republicans in 2023 eager to claim that Biden had violated his pledge not to increase audits of people making less than $400,000. The pledge was made after the IRS received an influx of tens of billions of dollars to improve service and boost audits of wealthy Americans. [...] In a statement, the Trump campaign falsely accused the Biden administration of wanting to hire "an army of 87,000 new IRS agents" (a Four-Pinocchio claim) and insisted Harris and Biden "want this newly empowered IRS to target tipped workers."