Hakeem Jeffries: “Republicans turned around and enacted the largest cut to…”

“Remember, here's the scope of what we're talking about in terms of this health care crisis. Donald Trump promised to love and cherish Medicaid and then Republicans turned around and enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in American history, a trillion dollar cut. Hospitals, nursing homes and community based health centers are closing all across the country now because of what Republicans did in their one big ugly bill.” (13:59–14:06)

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