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Kamala Harris: “Democrats, we never bought into trickle down. That was…”

Featuring: Kamala Harris, Democrat | Former Vice President of the United States | National

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Kamala Harris Delivers Keynote Speech at 2026 Fisher Shackelford Dinner

Published | Video Starts at 09:54

These decisions and more, I believe, contributed to how we got here today. And let's be honest, many of these policies were supported by leaders from both parties. Now, of course, Democrats, we never bought into trickle down. That was Ronald Reagan's doing. But plenty of Democrats did buy into the flawed assumptions, many of those flawed assumptions behind it. For example, that if we trusted the wisdom of the market, working people would eventually get taken care of. (09:54–09:59)

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Asserts that Democrats did not support trickle-down economics, attributing it to Ronald Reagan.

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