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Gwen Moore: “The President of the United States [is] creating a crisis…”

Featuring: Gwen Moore, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 4

Conversations with Tona Brown Congresswoman Gwen Moore on Advocacy in the U.S. Government.

Published February 19, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:28

To what we believe in. But I really was talking more importantly about the tragedy of having the President of the United States really execute his sort of shock and awe The President of the United States [is] creating a crisis for literally millions of people from the cradle to the grave. Yeah. Everything in between. Everybody, everybody, everybody. You know, and really. Right. You know, the more vulnerable you are, the more of a hit I think that you had to take. (01:28–01:53)

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Asserts that the President's actions are causing widespread crises affecting millions.

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“The President was forced to back down from really impounding trillions of dollars of spending.”
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“One of his executive orders demanded that the Office of Management and Budget [freeze] on all appropriations.”
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“They provide meals to 26,000 meals a day.”
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“The whole notion that no individuals were going to be hurt by this was absurd.”
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“The Equality Act, which we passed, signed into law, provided civil rights protections for people regardless of their gender identity.”
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“The President of the United States is in particular issued an order wanting to ban trans people from the military.”
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“All of our national security apparatus is in disarray because they recognize that, you know, handcuffing the military with this, no DEI, you…”
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“It was yesterday when that, when that portal closed for Medicaid, it was everybody, it was disabled people, it was middle class.”
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“If we can just bring all the attention to this point, 002% of people, then we can get away with taking $2.5 trillion out of Medicaid so that…”
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“There's 11 million undocumented people in the country.”
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“It would cost about $315 billion to deport each and every [undocumented person].”
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“They're straightforward that while they claim that they're rounding up criminals... [it includes] anybody who did anything like stole some…”
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“They did promise that they wouldn't touch Social Security benefits, at least not for the time being.”
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“They are specifically targeting the Veterans Administration and trying to privatize it.”
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“The initiative around asking all federal workers to just resign and to leave public office.”
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“The firing of the inspectors general, very, very deep.”
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“The watchdogs of government will be gone.”
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“An extraordinary, unprecedented step toward martial law.”
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“He would be a dictator on day one and, of course, have control of all the media.”
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“Challenging citizenship, right to birthright, to citizenship, we may be able to deport you.”
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“Joni Ernst in the Senate...voted for Pete Higson because she was getting death threats.”
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“His big thing was he didn't think women should serve in the military...they should not rise through the ranks.”
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“White women have been the major beneficiary [of DEI].”
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“Our country has been the beneficiary [of DEI].”
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“Any kind of problem-solving situation is always better when you have a diverse group of people contributing.”
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