Former President Donald Trump took to social media late Saturday night to claim he came up with the idea of ​​eliminating the tax on tips, even though another Republican candidate had proposed such a measure over a decade ago.

In a rant on his Truth Social platform, Trump called Vice President Kamala Harris a “copycat” and shared a screenshot from a right-wing social media account accusing her of “plagiarizing directly from him.”

At a rally in Las Vegas on Saturday, the vice president promised to eliminate the tax on tips for service and restaurant workers, something her Republican rival had already proposed in June.

“This was TRUMP’s idea – she has no ideas, she can only steal from me,” the former president claimed in a post.

In another post, he continued, “Kamala has no imagination whatsoever, as demonstrated by the fact that she was a ‘copycat’ and DID NOT TAX TIPS!”

The alleged “TRUMP idea” comes years after former Republican presidential candidate and Representative Ron Paul called it an “outrage” in a January 2012 op-ed that waiters and other service workers must pay taxes on tips they earn during work hours.

The former Texas congressman introduced a bill in Congress in 2007 and subsequent years that would have exempted tips from federal income and payroll taxes.

“That’s because, as I understand it, eliminating the tax on tips would give these workers a raise, leaving them with more money for things like paying on a house or car, their retirement, or their own or their children’s education,” Paul wrote in an opinion piece in the Las Vegas Sun.

Congressional records also show that at least one other member of Congress called for taxing tips after former Rep. Phil Crane (R-Illinois) rejected the proposal in 1982.

HuffPost reached out to the Trump team, who were initially unavailable for comment.

At a rally in Las Vegas in June, Trump said hotel workers and others who receive tips would be “very happy” because he promised not to tax tips if he won the election.

“We will not do it and we will do it right at the beginning of our office because it has been a point of contention for many, many years,” he said.

“And you do a great job, you care about people and I think this is something that is really deserved.”

Trump’s comments came more than a week before Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with other Republicans in the Senate and Congress, sponsored a bill in June that would provide a tax exemption for tips.

Both Trump and Harris would likely need help from Congress to keep their promises, the Associated Press noted.