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Bill Clinton: “People pretty much knew what they were getting. They would…”

Featuring: Bill Clinton, Democratic | 42nd President of the United States | National

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Bill Clinton and James Patterson Discuss Political Thrillers and Current Affairs

Published | Video Starts at 02:24

But he said he wasn't going to do that, didn't he? Yeah, he said don't read that, don't pay attention to it. But he always does that. So People pretty much knew what they were getting. They would get, you know, new and unprecedented actions against immigrants, legal and otherwise, and a humongous tax cut. But I think there's been more of what they thought they'd get on the tariffs, the taxes and the immigrants and other things. I think there's been more of it than they expected. (02:24–02:39)

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Asserts that [President Trump's administration] was expected to take unprecedented actions against immigrants and implement a large tax cut.

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