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Speaker Johnson echoes Trump’s communism rhetoric in Ciscomani stump
CASA GRANDE — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent toured a Casa Grande manufacturing facility Wednesday, touting the Trump Administration’s tax cuts and drumming up support for Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani as the race for Arizona’s 6th Congressional seat heats up.
Bessent, Johnson and Ciscomani said the administration’s economic strategies are popular with Arizona business leaders. The three participated in a roundtable closed to the media before holding a 20-minute news conference.
About 10 business leaders from the manufacturing industry participated in the roundtable, including Frito-Lay and electric car manufacturer Lucid, a spokesperson for Ciscomani said.
Bessent said Frito-Lay workers told him the tax deduction for overtime pay was the most popular aspect of the Tax Cuts for Working Families, a rebranded name for the tax cuts under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by Congress in 2025.
According to a July news release from the Treasury, 2