Alex Padilla: “Republicans are twisting themselves into knots in order to…”

“That's because to pay for the massive handouts to the wealthy, Republicans are gutting health care and cutting services that so many working families depend on, and they're Republicans are twisting themselves into knots in order to cut around $1 trillion dollars in health care cuts that would leave 16 million Americans without health insurance. We're talking about seniors, we're talking about children, Americans with disabilities, hardworking families who don't deserve to be kicked off their health insurance just so billionaires can pay less in taxes.” (11:36–12:06)

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