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Hakeem Jeffries: “He asked them to cut $186 billion from Snap in the one big…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries Joins MS Now's The Weekend

Published | Video Starts at 03:10

And he asked them to enact the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. They did it. He asked them to cut $186 billion from Snap in the one big ugly bill, literally ripping food from the mouths of hungry children, seniors and veterans. They did it in that same one big ugly bill. He asked them to enact these massive tax breaks for their billionaire donors and make them permanent. They did it. (03:10–03:20)

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Asserts that Trump asked for a $186 billion cut from SNAP.

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