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Kevin Hern: “80 plus percent of Americans, Republican and Democrat, think…”

Featuring: Kevin Hern, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 1st Congressional District

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Hern joins Newsmax to combat Democrat lies on the Big, Beautiful Bill

Published | Video Starts at 03:45

I want to get your thoughts on why the Democrats continue to push this argument of Medicaid cuts when if you look specifically at it, there's work in requirements now. Yeah, it's very popular. 80 plus percent of Americans, Republican and Democrat, think you should work if you're going to get benefits. We should measure our success with our social programs about how many people we get into a job and get on to sustainability of life as opposed to depending on the federal government. (03:45–03:51)

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Asserts that over 80% of Americans believe in work requirements for receiving benefits.

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