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Hakeem Jeffries: “They made claims about positions that they were going to…”

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

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Hakeem Jeffries Blasts House GOP: 'Aren't Serious About Doing Anything Meaningful' For Healthcare

Published | Video Starts at 01:05

But what we have seen over and over and over again, this happened during the course of the one big ugly bill. They made claims about positions that they were going to take, like never cutting Medicaid or protecting the clean energy tax credits or not ripping nutritional assistance away from children. And then when these so called traditional conservatives, these swing seat Republicans, were ordered by their boss, Donald Trump, to bend the knee and vote for the one big ugly bill, that's exactly what they did. (01:05–01:23)

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Asserts that Republicans claimed they would not cut Medicaid, protect clean energy tax credits, and maintain nutritional assistance for children.

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