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Ted Cruz: “Between no tax on tips and no tax on overtime, she's going…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 41:42

Yeah. And so that message was good. I also liked on no tax on tips that he had the, the mom who was the waitress stand up and he said, Between no tax on tips and no tax on overtime, she's going to take home 5,000 more dollars this year than last year. That was real and it's not abstract. And by the way, the Democrats wouldn't applaud for like, like, like the mom waiting tables. They're not rooting for her, and they want to take that $5,000. (41:42–41:51)

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Asserts that a waitress will take home $5,000 more due to no tax on tips and overtime.

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