One America News Network's Trey Yingst asked Sanders at Tuesday's White House press briefing why the president keeps repeating something that isn't true.
"The president repeated again today that we're the highest taxed nation in the world. It's not true. Why does the president keep saying that?" Yingst asked.
"We are the highest taxed, corporate taxed, [nation] in the developed economy. That's a fact," Sanders replied.
"But that's not what he said."
"That's what he's talking about, we are the highest corporate taxed country in the developed economies across the globe," Sanders said.
"Sarah, that's accurate. But the president keeps repeating this claim that we're the highest taxed nation in the world."
"That's right, we're the highest taxed corporate nation," Sanders repeated.
But Yingst persisted. "But that's not what he said, he said we're the highest taxed nation in the world."
"The highest taxed corporate nation," Sanders repeated again. "Seems pretty consistent to me, she said, adding, "Sorry, we're just going to have to agree to disagree."