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Chris Murphy: “They're going to try to throw millions of people off of…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Senator Chris Murphy Discusses Democracy Threats and Trump's Influence on Defending Democracy Podcast

Published | Video Starts at 33:07

We made so much noise that three Republicans, and that's all that we needed, decided to vote against it. They're going to try to do the same thing here. They're going to try to throw millions of people off of Medicare, Medicaid in order to fund another tax cut for the wealthy. And all we need is three or four Republicans to vote against it. No ways. Can make that happen. (33:07–33:14)

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Asserts that there is an attempt to cut Medicare and Medicaid to fund tax cuts for the wealthy.

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