♪♪ >> I WANT TO RESCIND THE TAX CUTS ON THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS BECAUSE NORM BELIEVES THAT WEALTH STARTS AT THE TOP AND TRICKLES DOWN.

I BELIEVE THAT THE MIDDLE CLASS -- I BELIEVE THAT THE MIDDLE CLASS -- >> AL HAS SAID THIS MANY TIMES.

I WANT TO STOP RIGHT THERE.

PLEASE, AL, DON'T TELL ME ABOUT THAT I BELIEVE THAT WEALTH TRICKLES DOWN.

I'VE BEEN THE MAYOR OF St. PAUL, WALKING THE STREETS, FIGURING OUT HOW TO GROWTH WEALTH AND DO JOKES AND I FOUND OUT YOU DO IT BY KIPPING LIDS ON TAXES AND SPENDING.

>> Eric: THANKS, GUYS.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT AL FRANKEN WENT ON TO BEAT NORM COLEMAN IN THAT U.S. SENATE RACE BY JUST 312 VOTES.

THAT VICTORY TOOK NEARLY EIGHT MONTHS OF RECOUNTS AND LEGAL CHALLENGES, ENDING IN A MINNESOTA SUPREME COURT RULING THAT DECLARED AL FRANKEN THE WINNER.

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