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Lauren Boebert: “When 87,000 IRS agents are showing up at Americans front…”

Featuring: Lauren Boebert, Republican | U.S. House Colorado, District 4

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Rep. Lauren Boebert's Tele-Town Hall with CO-04 Callers

Published | Video Starts at 50:41

And if you recall, he said that they are required to be armed and use deadly forces if necessary. So that is armed robbery. First of all, taxation is theft. And so When 87,000 IRS agents are showing up at Americans front doors, that's armed robbery. And that is certainly an abuse of a bloated bureaucratic system. But the inflation, we've seen so much with this bureaucratic system that I am proud to see President Trump putting the safety of Americans and also howdy, neighbor. (50:41–50:48)

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Asserts that 87,000 IRS agents are being deployed to Americans' homes, equating it to armed robbery.

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