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Mark Pocan: “When the president talked that long with those lies about…”

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

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But part of it is the concerns about the cuts on Medicaid. You also, the other thing, Michael, if I didn't say it, I'd be remiss. Social Security, you know, When the president talked that long with those lies about Social Security in the State of the Union speech, that tells you they're going after Social Security. Elon Musk said it's a Ponzi scheme. You had Donald Trump repeating multiple times disproved lies about people getting payments in Social Security up to 360 years old. It's ridiculous. (06:59–07:07)

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Asserts that the president's State of the Union speech indicated plans to target Social Security.

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