Trump: 'Democrats Only Want to Increase Taxes and Obstruct'

President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Monday to jab at Democrats for only wanting to "increase taxes and obstruct."

The Democrats only want to increase taxes and obstruct. That's all they are good at!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 16, 2017

Democrats have been railing against the framework of Republicans' tax plan, calling it a tax break for the country's wealthiest 1 percent.

The wall of opposition from Democrats is forcing Republicans to tinker with the tax reform package that will satisfy at least 50 of the 52 Republicans in the Senate.

Provisions that would eliminate deductions for state and local taxes in high-taxed blue states has Republicans from those states nervous.

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