'Let that sink in': Ex-senator singles out 'nuts' inclusion in big budget bill

During a discussion on MSNBC on the budget bill before the Senate that suddenly has a surprising opponent in Elon Musk, former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) noted a tax break included by Republicans in it that she called "nuts."

Appearing on "Morning Joe," McCaskill had her doubts about the future of the bill that contains a multitude of cuts in government services.

"Let me point out one thing in this bill that we haven't talked enough about," she began. "This is –– if you distill it down to the essence –– this is how nuts this is, this bill actually cuts funding to people who really need it, health care in rural hospitals to give a tax break to gun silencers."

"Let that sink in for a minute," she suggested. "How many Americans are out there protesting and saying, 'I want gun silencers to get a tax break?'"

"That's some of the stuff that's buried in this abomination and as time goes on, more and more of those little nuggets are going to become public it's going to be more and more difficult for [Republican Senate Majority Leader John] Thune to find 51 votes."

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