Mark Pocan: “Donald Trump said in many ways, whether it be the people…”

“I think even the fact that they were allowed to bring spouses. But some of the senators and members of Congress in the same room weren't allowed. I mean, Donald Trump said in many ways, whether it be the people he's appointed or that crowd where he stands, you know, many in that MAGA crowd kind of parrot the Donald Trump and others in MAGA say about if you have higher taxes on the wealthy, that you're going to somehow stifle the economy, that that'll hurt their average worker because you need people to reinvest their wealth, that you need a trickle down economy, to use a term, maybe from the Reagan era, but it still seems to be what they talk about. And I know you talk about it in your book. Is that a fact or myth? Well, so first of all, let's get, let's just go back.” (10:41–11:11)

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