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Mark Kelly: “The president of the United States didn't even understand…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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'A conversation isn't good enough': Sen. Kelly blasts Republicans on shutdown stalemate

Published | Video Starts at 04:45

I mean, the negotiation, the White House did one hour. And by the way, I think leadership on both sides of the aisle realized that The president of the United States didn't even understand the details of, of what they were negotiating, didn't know what these ACA premium tax credits were. He's the president. He should get like a piece of paper where this explains this to him before he goes into the meeting. He does. He does. He doesn't read it. (04:45–04:56)

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Asserts that President Trump did not understand the details of ACA premium tax credits during negotiations.

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