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Hakeem Jeffries: “In the one big, ugly bill that Republicans passed in July…”

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

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Press Conference on Trump Admin's Cruel SNAP Cuts

Published | Video Starts at 01:51

At the same time, Republicans are now threatening to weaponize hunger against the American people and withhold funding for nutritional assistance for children and seniors and veterans and women. This is on top of the fact that In the one big, ugly bill that Republicans passed in July, in addition to a nearly $1 trillion cut to Medicaid, Republicans enacted the largest cut to SNAP in American history, $186 billion cut. They ripped food from the mouths of children, seniors, veterans, women and families in order to provide massive tax breaks to their billionaire donors. It's completely and totally unacceptable. (01:51–02:16)

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Asserts that Republicans passed a bill cutting Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion and SNAP by $186 billion.

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