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Mark Pocan: “The first list they put out of savings, the first one of the…”

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

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Rep. Mark Pocan talks Democrats walking out of Trump's speech of lies.

Published | Video Starts at 22:49

And you got this unelected billionaire and a bunch of 20 somethings, you know, with nicknames like big balls, who are making major decisions for all of us. And it's been so poorly done. The first list they put out of savings, the first one of the savings, the very number one item, they said they saved $8 billion. They meant 8 million. They were a thousand times off. That was the entire budget for ICE was 8 billion. And then even then that 8 million, 2 1/2 million had already been spent. (22:49–22:57)

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Asserts that a government savings report incorrectly stated $8 billion instead of $8 million.

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