John Thune: “Democrats are going to be voting for the largest tax…”

“And it's interesting to me that what they are going to be fighting against is border security, modernizing our military, making America energy dominant, and they Democrats are going to be voting for the largest tax increase in American history that would put $2.6 trillion in new taxes on people in this country making less than $400,000 a year. That's what the Democrats are going to be fighting tooth and nail for, in addition to fighting against all the things that I just mentioned.” (00:53–01:14)

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