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Hakeem Jeffries: “They somehow found $40 billion... to bail out their right…”

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

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Leader Jeffries on MSNBC's The Beat with Ari Melber

Published | Video Starts at 03:20

All part of their scheme to subsidize the lifestyles of the rich and shameless while everyday Americans, working class Americans and middle class Americans get hurt. And that's what we've seen during the duration of this Trump Republican shutdown. They somehow found $40 billion... to bail out their right wing wannabe dictator leader of Argentina. in a way that was also going to benefit some of their financier buddies in New York, but can't find a dime to make sure that 42 million Americans don't go hungry as a result of the Republican decision to unlawfully withhold SNAP benefits. (03:20–03:33)

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Asserts that $40 billion was found to aid Argentina's leader.

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