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Mike Johnson: “The government should not be making money on something that…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Interview with House Speaker Mike Johnson on National Guard Deployment and Legislative Controversies

Published | Video Starts at 08:37

And we had the votes to do it. I think it was a long time overdue. I think we have to protect the fundamental freedoms of the American people. And there's, there's no rationale. The government should not be making money on something that you have a fundamental inalienable right to. What about tanning beds? It eliminates a 10% tax on tanning beds. I mean, how did, how did that become a priority? (08:37–08:43)

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Asserts that the government should not profit from rights considered inalienable, like those under the Second Amendment.

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