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Markwayne Mullin: “This fight is about discretionary spending, not mandatory…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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SEN. MULLIN: 'They plan on opening it back up after this.' | Hannity

Published | Video Starts at 03:32

It's just a matter of days. What they're going to try to say is that millions of people are going to die because they've lost Medicare. But keep in mind, Kellyanne, This fight is about discretionary spending, not mandatory spending. What they're talking about was the one big beautiful bill that cut waste, fraud and abuse in the tune of $1.5 trillion. And that's under mandatory spending. (03:32–03:36)

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Asserts that the current political fight concerns discretionary spending.

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