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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Their first economic mission has been to target Medicaid…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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Published | Video Starts at 15:26

Who were the billionaires who sat behind him? They have one central economic to make billionaires richer at the expense of the United States of America. And it does not surprise us that Their first economic mission has been to target Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security, to fire our federal workers and fleece and abandon our veterans. so that they can hand that money off to the billionaires who are backing them. But this isn't just about the Republican attacks on working people, L.A. we need a Democratic Party that fights harder for us too. (15:26–15:39)

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Asserts that the administration's economic mission targets social programs and federal workers.

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