Jonathan Cantor

Well done. Well done.

Well done. Well done.

Well done. Well done.

So here's the salt part. This is the longtime write-off for state and local taxes that people could do on their federal taxes. Now, Trump's 2017 tax bill, which expires at the end of this year, got rid of the SALT deduction.

So here's the salt part. This is the longtime write-off for state and local taxes that people could do on their federal taxes. Now, Trump's 2017 tax bill, which expires at the end of this year, got rid of the SALT deduction.

So here's the salt part. This is the longtime write-off for state and local taxes that people could do on their federal taxes. Now, Trump's 2017 tax bill, which expires at the end of this year, got rid of the SALT deduction.

And so this is something that is really problematic for folks in high-income states, typically blue states, where they got people who are paying exorbitant amounts of money in local taxes, property taxes, state taxes. So where it gets much more sensitive, delicate, raw, is the kind of class and regional divide here within the Republican Party. This is an intra-party fight.

And so this is something that is really problematic for folks in high-income states, typically blue states, where they got people who are paying exorbitant amounts of money in local taxes, property taxes, state taxes. So where it gets much more sensitive, delicate, raw, is the kind of class and regional divide here within the Republican Party. This is an intra-party fight.

And so this is something that is really problematic for folks in high-income states, typically blue states, where they got people who are paying exorbitant amounts of money in local taxes, property taxes, state taxes. So where it gets much more sensitive, delicate, raw, is the kind of class and regional divide here within the Republican Party. This is an intra-party fight.

So the Republican Party has become a rural, heavily red state, heavily working class party. That's its coalition. But it has a narrow house majority. And the folks that come from a lot of the most marginal districts, kind of purple seats, tend to be from high-income places like Jersey, New York, and California. And yes, those are the folks that care the most about this issue.

So the Republican Party has become a rural, heavily red state, heavily working class party. That's its coalition. But it has a narrow house majority. And the folks that come from a lot of the most marginal districts, kind of purple seats, tend to be from high-income places like Jersey, New York, and California. And yes, those are the folks that care the most about this issue.

So the Republican Party has become a rural, heavily red state, heavily working class party. That's its coalition. But it has a narrow house majority. And the folks that come from a lot of the most marginal districts, kind of purple seats, tend to be from high-income places like Jersey, New York, and California. And yes, those are the folks that care the most about this issue.

Because the suburbs, exurbs, and even some rural areas of Blue America, Jersey, California, New York, most significantly, do have a handful of Republican lawmakers. Now, the last Trump midterm, 2018, was really brutal for that kind of suburban Republicans. There's not a ton out there. But the last two elections, 20 and 22, some folks have won back seats in places like

Because the suburbs, exurbs, and even some rural areas of Blue America, Jersey, California, New York, most significantly, do have a handful of Republican lawmakers. Now, the last Trump midterm, 2018, was really brutal for that kind of suburban Republicans. There's not a ton out there. But the last two elections, 20 and 22, some folks have won back seats in places like

Because the suburbs, exurbs, and even some rural areas of Blue America, Jersey, California, New York, most significantly, do have a handful of Republican lawmakers. Now, the last Trump midterm, 2018, was really brutal for that kind of suburban Republicans. There's not a ton out there. But the last two elections, 20 and 22, some folks have won back seats in places like

Westchester County, New York, Orange County, California, and the Republicans who are right of center and whose voters give them a hell of a hard time every weekend about cost of living and taxes.

Westchester County, New York, Orange County, California, and the Republicans who are right of center and whose voters give them a hell of a hard time every weekend about cost of living and taxes.

Westchester County, New York, Orange County, California, and the Republicans who are right of center and whose voters give them a hell of a hard time every weekend about cost of living and taxes.

I talked to Mike Lawler, who represents a sort of heavily Westchester-based district in New York, who said that Johnson gets it, he understands, and that Johnson is willing to work with these members because he recognizes that he's Speaker in no small part because of this narrow majority that is made up of folks from Blue America. President Trump's more complicated.

I talked to Mike Lawler, who represents a sort of heavily Westchester-based district in New York, who said that Johnson gets it, he understands, and that Johnson is willing to work with these members because he recognizes that he's Speaker in no small part because of this narrow majority that is made up of folks from Blue America. President Trump's more complicated.