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

“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 are Senate 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.” (01:15–01:34)

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