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Ayanna Pressley: “People are having Medicaid cut and SNAP benefits cut.”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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CityLine: A Conversation with Congresswoman Pressley

Published | Video Starts at 03:21

People have been robbed of their lives, and we're spending a billion dollars a day. Meanwhile, people can't access housing that is affordable or health care that is accessible, affordable in quality. People are having Medicaid cut and SNAP benefits cut. So you're denying hungry people food. Donald Trump ran saying that he was going to address affordability, but he is attacking everything and everyone except for affordability. (03:21–03:26)

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Asserts that Medicaid and SNAP benefits are being reduced.

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