Hakeem Jeffries: “45% of the people who benefit from the Affordable Care act…”

“Well listen, the states that are going to be most impacted by a failure to extend the Affordable Care act tax credits are Republican run states. West Virginia, Wyoming, Alaska, Mississippi and Tennessee. 45% of the people who benefit from the Affordable Care act tax credits are registered Republicans. 35% Democrats and 20% independents. This is an American issue. This is not a partisan issue for us. We're fighting to protect the health care of, of the American people.” (05:27–05:34)

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