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Chuck Schumer: “We need the president to be involved. Johnson and a whole…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Published | Video Starts at 15:19

You said he heard about it for the first time. Have you tried to reach out to. Him again to kind of keep that conversation going? Mr. Well, look, the bottom line on that is We need the president to be involved. Johnson and a whole lot of his caucus don't like the [Affordable Care Act], don't want to do the extensions. A lot of Republican senators in the Senate do, but they're not enough. Thune is not enough. You need Johnson and you particularly need Trump to get it done. (15:19–15:28)

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Asserts that President Trump and some Republican senators oppose the Affordable Care Act and its extensions.

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