Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, President Trump made his appeal to pass the reconciliation bill.
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00:00Are Republicans still grandstanding in your view?
00:03Oh, yeah, sure.
00:04You have a couple that will grandstand, but I think even the grandstanders should.
00:07Look, the alternative is a 68% tax increase.
00:11And you can blame the Democrats for that and one or two grandstanders.
00:15We only have one or two, but we have tremendous support.
00:19But you'll have a 68% tax increase or you'll get a massive tax decrease.
00:26You'll get a tax cut the likes of which we've never had before.
00:30This is bigger than any Ronald Reagan tax cut.
00:33It's even bigger than the tax cut that I gave because, as you know, that's being extended and increased.
00:39So this is the biggest tax cut in the history of our country.
00:43Or you'll get a 68% tax increase.
00:46And if that happens, I mean, what Republican could vote for that to happen?
00:50Because there wouldn't be a Republican much longer.
00:52They would get – they would be knocked out so fast.
00:55But we're going up to details.
00:57This is a – I'm a cheerleader for this party and I'm a cheerleader for the country.
01:02Much more importantly for the country.
01:05But I'm a cheerleader for the party.
01:07And we're going to go up and I think we're going to have a very good discussion.
01:10There are one or two points that some people feel strongly about, but maybe not so strong.