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Mark Warner: “Donald Trump and Russell Vogt are illegally firing federal…”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 00:37

This is about health care for undocumented immigrants. Truth. No undocumented immigrant can access ACA tax credits, or Medicaid for that matter. Lie. Federal employees can be fired during a shutdown. Truth Donald Trump and Russell Vogt are illegally firing federal employees and trying to extort Democrats. Federal judges have even weighed in to try to stop it. Lie. Republicans are trying to fix this. Truth. Speaker Johnson himself admits he has no strategy to end this. (00:37–00:44)

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Asserts that Trump and Vogt are illegally firing federal employees and extorting Democrats.

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