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Hakeem Jeffries: “Their signature legislative accomplishment this year was to…”

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

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Leader Jeffries on MS NOW's The Weekend

Published | Video Starts at 07:07

That's what the one big ugly bill was all about. And Democrats were united in pushing back against that in both the House and in the Senate. But think about it. Their signature legislative accomplishment this year was to rip Medicaid away from 14 million people. The largest cut to Medicaid in American history. And in that same bill, they cut SNAP benefits by $186 billion. By the way, that's also the largest cut to SNAP in American history. (07:07–07:16)

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