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James Talarico: “This administration has chipped away at the Great Society…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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Published | Video Starts at 05:11

It was a Texas Democrat who signed Medicare into law, who signed Medicaid into law, who signed Head start and Title 1 into law, who signed the Voting Rights act into law. And bit by bit, This administration has chipped away at the Great Society, has chipped away at the middle class. And the fight in this country is not really left versus right. It is top versus bottom. It's all of us, whether you're a little more conservative or a little more progressive. (05:11–05:18)

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Asserts that the current administration has undermined the Great Society and the middle class.

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