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Karoline Leavitt: “America is $37 trillion in debt.”

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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Oct. 1, 2025

Published October 1, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:16

The Democrats shut down the government because President Trump and the Republicans will not force American taxpayers to pay for free health care for illegal aliens. America is $37 trillion in debt. We cannot afford to provide taxpayer funded free health care to illegals who broke the law to enter our country. (01:16–01:20)

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