Sanders Scoffs at Suggestion He Pay Tax Rates He’s Calling For: ‘I Pay the Taxes I Owe’

‘Come on, I pay the taxes that I owe

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BAIER: "But Senator — 

(Cheers and applause)

To your point, and to Joe’s point, your taxes do show that you’re a millionaire. You did make a million in 2016-2017. You’re right on the 561 in 2017-2018, but your marginal tax rate was 26 percent because of President Trump’s tax cuts. So why not say, you know, I'm leading this revolution, I'm not going to take this?"

SANDERS "Come on. I am — I pay the taxes that I owe, and by the way, why don't you get Donald Trump up here and ask him how much he pays in taxes?"

(Cheers and applause)

BAIER: "We will."

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