making republicans show that they have no plan in response. plus, alarming suggestions tha the administration might b taking a right turn on immigration. and why are republicans so afraid to blame trump for th events of january 6th? i am julián castro, let s ge started. spring is right around the corner and joe biden i breaking out his gordon shares the president formally unveile his new budget proposal this week, aiming to cut the federa deficit by projected three trillion dollars over the next decade in part through a new 25% ta on billionaires. other provisions of the plan the corporate tax rate would increase from 21% to 28% there is an increase in capita gains taxes along with it, and to the interest loophole tax hikes and gas companies an acre tailing of covid relate spending now, to be clear, no one in th white house is saying that republican controlled houses will actually adopt presiden biden s budget and its current form, there will be plenty o wrangling and negoti
events of january 6th? i a julián castro, let s ge started. spring is right aroun the corner and joe biden i breaking out his garden shears the president formally unveile his new budget proposal this week, aiming to cut the federa deficit by projected three trillion dollars over the next decade. in part through a ne 25% tax on billionaires. other provisions of the plan, th corporate tax rate would increase from 21% to 28%. ther is an increase in capital gain taxes along with it, and to th interest loophole. tax heights for oil and gas companies, and a curtail of covid related spending now, to be clear, no one in th white house is saying that republican controlled houses will actually adopt presiden biden s budget and its current form, there will be plenty o wrangling and negotiation in the weeks to come. so wh doesn t matter? the budget proposal is a sign of th presidents priorities, who h wants to help, and what he wants to accomplish with the rest of his term. in effect, i
i think it is incredibly important that the media and leaders and the american publi don t let him get away wit both the silence, which is complicit here but also th pushback on the false narrativ that republicans are trying to create around january six. the imagery that you re showin there has shocked th conscience it was clear that we are almos going to lose our democracy so what you re seeing of congress from republicans is a little embarrassing and really on u to make sure that we don t get away with the, that we pus back on it, and that we do wha we can to strengthen our democracy. it s still at risk alicia, let s talk abou this investigation into th january six committee. we ve seen this playbook fro the gop before on investigatin the investigators. they hyped up the durham repor which is expected to be a duck do you really think this won t and this would end any differently for them you know, honestly, we ve seen this from republicans
how our democracy is still o this precipice it s teetering and at risk i thank you for raising this i think it is incredibly important that the media and leaders and the american publi don t let him get away wit both the silence, which is complicit here but also th pushback on the false narrativ that republicans are trying to create around january six. the imagery that you re showin there has shocked th conscience it was clear that we are almos going to lose our democracy so what you re seeing of congress from republicans is a little embarrassing and really on u to make sure that we don t get away with the, that we pus back on it, and that we do wha we can to strengthen our democracy. it s still at risk alicia, let s talk abou this investigation into th january six committee. we ve seen this playbook fro the gop before on investigatin the investigators.