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John Thune: “The tax increase...would put $2.6 trillion in new taxes on…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Senator John Thune Discusses Senate Republicans' Reconciliation Bill Strategy

Published | Video Starts at 01:20

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 going to be voting for The tax increase...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. (01:20–01:41)

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