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Mark Pocan: “The cuts to Medicaid and health insurance, the cuts to food…”

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

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Congressman Mark Pocan Discusses Trump's National Guard Deployment and the Impact of the Billionaires' Bill

Published | Video Starts at 01:07

And that said, this is taking away from the conversation on the big beautiful bill for billionaires. You know, The cuts to Medicaid and health insurance, the cuts to food assistance, the cuts to Medicare, half a trillion dollars that's in the bill. But if you're talking about this, unfortunately, Donald Trump's messaging is doing better in polling than the Democrats messaging. So all Donald Trump wants to talk about is immigration, border, this. (01:07–01:15)

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Asserts that the bill includes cuts to Medicaid, health insurance, food assistance, and Medicare totaling half a trillion dollars.

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