They're talking about kicking kids off of food assistance, kids that are hungry because they're eight years old now, not seven years old. So we can't fall into the Republican messaging traps here. What they are doing is the biggest cuts to Medicaid in American history, the biggest cuts to Medicare in American history, the biggest cuts to food assistance in American history. We need to call it what it is and then have a positive vision about not just defending the status quo, but expanding Medicare and Medicaid to cover more things … (06:26–06:38)
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Asserts that current policies propose the largest cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and food assistance in U.S. history.
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