Hillary Scholten: “Republicans say, well, we can't afford these, you know…”

“Billion dollars each day, according to a recent economic analysis, $2 billion each day. Meanwhile, we saw the one big beautiful bill, you know, pass where, you know, Republicans say, well, we can't afford these, you know, essential social safety programs like SNAP and Medicaid. you know, where there were massive, massive cuts that are going to, you know, leave families in limbo like never before. So we take action.” (16:11–16:35)

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