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Ayanna Pressley: “The same party that was content to let these life saving tax…”

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

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Rep. Ayanna Pressley Implores Republicans Extend ACA Subsidies, Vote to Save Healthcare for Millions

Published | Video Starts at 02:32

No, this is manufactured, man made. It was manufactured by an occupant of the Oval Office and a Republican Party that is hell bent on making families poorer, sicker, hungrier and less safe. The same party that was content to let these life saving tax credits expire under until Democrats had to force him to vote on a clean three year extension. The shame and the sham of it all, Dr. King once profoundly said, and his words still ring true today. (02:32–02:43)

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Asserts that the Republican Party was content to let ACA tax credits expire until Democrats forced a vote on an extension.

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