Twitter reacts to Mike Huckabee wanting to tax pimps

 By 
Neha Prakash
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It's getting harder out there for a pimp.

GOP candidate Mike Huckabee has officially created his platform for the 2016 presidential campaign -- no prostitution without taxation. (This was the original slogan of the American Revolution.)

During Thursday's Republican primary debate, Huckabee, who was on a rant against Social Security and Medicare reform, made some strong statements against pimps, claiming they, along with illegal immigrants, prostitutes and drug dealers, are "freeloading off the system."

Naturally, Twitter was caught off-guard at the mention of pimps in a presidential debate -- and not from Donald Trump! -- and decided to weigh in on the divisive issue: Should pimps be taxed?

On a related note: Huckabee also once accused Jay Z for pimping out Beyonce.

Mashable has not yet received a response from pimp lobbyists about Huckabee's statements.

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