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Pramila Jayapal: “Perhaps I wish you were here last year when we were talking about the GOP tax cut, and we clearly said at the time that…”

On the recordMarch 25, 2019
Perhaps I wish you were here last year when we were talking about the GOP tax cut, and we clearly said at the time that this was a three-step dance, that the Republicans were going to cut taxes for the rich; that would then explode the deficit, and in fact, it has, estimates of $1.9 trillion; and then that would lead to demanding big cuts to the things that Americans really care about like Medicaid and Medicare.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

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Jayapal critiques the GOP tax cuts and their impact on the deficit and social programs.

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