Just got back from #SOTU. Here are my thoughts: President Trump was eager to take credit for things he had nothing to do with and ignore the harm he has imposed on the country over the last year.
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Instead of starting his presidency with a single bipartisan proposal, Trump made an all-out assault on Americans’ health care.
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He is quick to invoke the ‘forgotten’ men and women when it’s useful in a speech, but he didn’t give them a second thought when he passed enormous tax breaks for millionaires and corporations—and asked millions of American children, workers, and seniors to foot the bill. #SOTU
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While Trump wants to take credit for every uptick in the stock market and one-time bonuses from major corporations, he refuses to acknowledge their sizeable layoffs and Wall Street paydays.
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The Administration’s unrelenting efforts to tear immigrant families apart and waste taxpayers’ money on an ineffective wall has put thousands of families in crisis. And in both word and deed, Trump has diminished our stature around the world and undermined our national security.
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At every turn, Trump has broken promises to the middle class and made life harder for people in Maryland and across the country.
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Should he decide to pursue an agenda that puts working families first—on economic issues, on infrastructure investments, on protecting our
#Dreamers—@SenateDems stand ready to work with him. But if he refuses to change his ways, we will fight him tooth and nail.#SOTUShow this thread
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ALL taxes are paid by the individual. It is comes out of their paycheck. It increases their prices. It reduces their dividends. Corporate tax cuts are individual tax cuts.
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The forgotten fallen soldiers of the past year who haven't merited a presidential mention.
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He's making the wealthy in Maryland pay more in taxes. Remember how blue states don't get the deductions anymore. So the wealthy you represent have to pay more. Thought you would be happy.
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Didn't Peter F. say that 70some% of Marylanders would have more of their own money returned to them ?
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