Bernie Sanders: “You pay for that [tax breaks] by cutting Medicaid and making…”

“What they don't want to acknowledge is what many people here have just said. Simple reality. A trillion dollars in tax breaks to the richest people. 1% who have never ever had it so good. And You pay for that [tax breaks] by cutting Medicaid and making it harder for people to pay for the Affordable Care Act. And yesterday, Bernie, the vice President goes out on the lawn at the White House. Now, remember, the vice president casts a tie breaking vote in order to have this big beautiful bill passed that is doing all this devastation.” (29:33–29:41)

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