President Trump advised New York Rep. Mike Lawler to withdraw his push for increasing the state and local tax (SALT) deduction limit, which may jeopardize GOP support for a key legislative initiative. The president expressed concerns that expanding the deduction could divide Republicans and emphasized the need to maintain focus on tax reforms related to his 2017 legislation. Lawler received some support but had to heed Trump's warning about the potential ramifications of his request, specifically for states that would benefit significantly from any increase in tax deductions.
"Trump made clear he's losing patience with all holdout factions of the House Republican Conference, including the SALT caucus and the House Freedom Caucus."
"That is a very unfair tax and I'm in Colorado. I'm a SALT state."
"[Trump] encouraged him that, you know, he won his race by a lot, but we don't want to increase SALT deduction limits."
"The biggest beneficiary, if we do that, are governors from New York, Illinois and California."
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