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Tina Smith: “This is more than what her annual salary was when she was a…”

Featuring: Tina Smith, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Minnesota

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Published | Video Starts at 09:08

To be $36,000 a year. Yes, that's right. And she says, this is really what got me. She was a. An educator at a Catholic school, and she said that This is more than what her annual salary was when she was a teacher. Wow. Yeah, that's the brazen. You know, by the way, what's so astonishing about this? You know, Trump has been picking on blue states, want to inflict the pain on blue states. (09:08–09:14)

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Asserts that the increased health insurance premium exceeds a teacher's annual salary.

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