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Hakeem Jeffries: “Republican extremists enacted massive tax breaks for their…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 11:53

They somehow found the time to enact the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. Cut $186 billion from SNAP, the largest cut to nutritional assistance in American history. And then with great urgency, these Republican extremists enacted massive tax breaks for their billionaire donors and skyrocketed the debt by more than $3 trillion. And they made those massive tax breaks permanent. And now there's no viable path forward that Republicans in the House or the Senate have put forth to address the fact that the Affordable Care act tax credits are expiring. (11:53–12:04)

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Asserts that Republicans gave tax breaks to billionaires and increased debt by over $3 trillion.

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