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Mark Pocan: “He lied about people who are undocumented getting Medicaid…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Maggie Daun Interviews Congressman Mark Pocan on Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and Project 2025

Published | Video Starts at 04:04

I mean, you know, he's factually incorrect, you know, and actually it's, it's, he's lying, let's be more honest and blunt. He's lying about not adding to the debt because no one agrees with him, even Republicans. He lied about people who are undocumented getting Medicaid because that's impossible. They can't get federal dollar Medicaid. A state can do it. They can put their own money. But not fed. But not fed. In fact, a Republican put into the record something about it and it backed up exactly what I said. (04:04–04:12)

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