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Hakeem Jeffries: “Rick Scott and all of these MAGA extremists in the House and…”

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

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Leader Jeffries Speaks to Press

Published | Video Starts at 16:42

How do you get to a conversation about extending the tax credits when it didn't turn out during the It's interesting to me that Rick Scott and all of these MAGA extremists in the House and the Senate proceeded with great urgency throughout the entirety of the first half of this year to pass their one big ugly bill, which included the largest cut to Medicaid in American history. By the way, I think Rick Scott has some history with Medicaid fraud in the state of Florida, so he's no expert on health care. (16:42–17:02)

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