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Ben Wikler: “We have, you know, a trillion dollars in health care cuts to…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 03:26

They tried to stop the pendulum and make it so that no matter what people wanted, they would still be in control. And that is exactly what Donald Trump is trying to do to the country. We have, you know, a trillion dollars in health care cuts to pay for a trillion dollars in tax cuts for rich people. And Trump's solution, as people freak out about life becoming totally unaffordable and hundreds of thousands of people losing their health insurance in my state and state after state across … (03:26–03:31)

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Asserts that there were a trillion dollars in healthcare cuts to fund tax cuts for the wealthy.

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