Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American…”

“House and Senate Republicans, all they've done is to focus on massive tax breaks for their billionaire donors and made those tax breaks permanent. That was the one big ugly bill, while at the same time hurting everyday Americans, including by enacting Republicans enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. And in that same bill, ripping $186 billion in SNAP benefits away from hungry children, veterans and seniors. And now they're continuing that cruelty by unlawfully withholding snap benefits from 42 million Americans.” (21:51–22:04)

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