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Kari Lake: “What they did I thought was so amazing. They started with…”

Featuring: Kari Lake, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Arizona

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Kari Lake abruptly dumps past support for old abortion ban; exposes ignorance of child tax law

Published | Video Starts at 02:11

Effectively, it could have just ended there, but it didn't. To prove her credentials with the allegedly pro family wing of her party, Lake this week touted a new and amazing policy in Hungary. What they did I thought was so amazing. They started with their tax rate. And when you get married, they give you a cut in your tax rate. When you have your first child, they give you another cut. By the time a mother has four children, she never pays taxes again. That's called a baby bonus. I think we should do that here in America. Okay, first of all, the reason Hungary's authoritarian dictator, Viktor Orban is trying to encourage native mothers to have multiple offspring is because he is engaged in a white Christian nationalist project of repopulating his country with white Christians. (02:11–02:29)

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Asserts that Hungary provides tax cuts for families with children and suggests implementing a similar policy in the U.S.

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