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John Hickenlooper: “The Republican's budget is a blatant attempt to strip…”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

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Virtual Town Hall with Senator Hickenlooper and Janine Davidson on National Issues

Published | Video Starts at 05:36

We want to make sure you hear from us, even if it's from D.C. so let's get right to it. We're facing Something that never seen before, certainly not in my lifetime. Real opponents of democracy have won elections … The Republican's budget is a blatant attempt to strip critical services like Medicaid from Americans to fund tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. … to working people, but over half of it goes to people, in many cases are so wealthy they don't even need it. (05:36–05:44)

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Asserts that the Republican budget aims to cut Medicaid to fund tax breaks for the wealthy.

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