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Mark Pocan: “These are the real life ramifications of what Donald Trump…”

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

Rep. Mark Pocan 'people are pissed' that Republicans are fleeing town halls.

Published March 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 10:12

And sadly, this was pretty predictable. I mean, when people lose their livelihoods and their lives, more or less, it's unnecessary. But we are seeing people being destroyed in real time. These are the real life ramifications of what Donald Trump and Elon Musk are doing. When I went to a town hall in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, that was in, again, Derek Van Orden's district, and he didn't show up and he was invited, but I … (10:12–10:17)

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Asserts that actions by Donald Trump and Elon Musk have real-life negative impacts.

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“Republican members can't actually make it into the arenas.”
Rep. Mark Pocan 'people are pissed' that Republicans are fleeing town halls. | Uploaded March 10, 2025 | 00:46-00:50
“We hold town halls to hear back from constituents. So myself, a couple others in Congress have essentially decided we're going to host these…”
Rep. Mark Pocan 'people are pissed' that Republicans are fleeing town halls. | Uploaded March 10, 2025 | 03:18-03:30
“People are pissed. They're very concerned about cuts to Medicaid in particular.”
Rep. Mark Pocan 'people are pissed' that Republicans are fleeing town halls. | Uploaded March 10, 2025 | 04:39-04:44
“They're worried about cuts that are going to happen through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.”
Rep. Mark Pocan 'people are pissed' that Republicans are fleeing town halls. | Uploaded March 10, 2025 | 04:44-04:49
“They're worried about what could happen if you take away subsidies on the Affordable Care Act.”
Rep. Mark Pocan 'people are pissed' that Republicans are fleeing town halls. | Uploaded March 10, 2025 | 04:48-04:53
“Many of these people are in very rural part of Wisconsin about farm grants and the lack of food going to usaid.”
Rep. Mark Pocan 'people are pissed' that Republicans are fleeing town halls. | Uploaded March 10, 2025 | 04:54-05:01
“At the State of the Union, I brought a farmer who's lost two of his grants even though Donald Trump has said no farmers lost grants.”
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“I'm going to make it that they're uneasy if they're going to cut Medicaid from 1 out of 3 kids in Wisconsin.”
Rep. Mark Pocan 'people are pissed' that Republicans are fleeing town halls. | Uploaded March 10, 2025 | 07:41-07:47
“55% of seniors who are in nursing homes like my mom was at the end of her life on Medicaid.”
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“45% of adults with disabilities living independently just in Wisconsin.”
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“Those numbers, those are the people impacted. 1.3 million people.”
Rep. Mark Pocan 'people are pissed' that Republicans are fleeing town halls. | Uploaded March 10, 2025 | 07:58-08:02
“At the very end, they told about someone who works for one of the agencies that works with farmers in that part of the state and that they…”
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“The President said he wanted to do it the first hundred days.”
Rep. Mark Pocan 'people are pissed' that Republicans are fleeing town halls. | Uploaded March 10, 2025 | 11:12-11:16
“Republicans will pass what's called a year long CR continuing resolution that will fund government through September 30th.”
Rep. Mark Pocan 'people are pissed' that Republicans are fleeing town halls. | Uploaded March 10, 2025 | 11:44-11:52
“This is just a setup to continue to take programs away from the middle class and to fund a giant tax cut.”
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