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Mike Johnson: “Democrats lied about it, said that we took Medicaid away…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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House Leadership, Angel Families, and Law Enforcement Applaud Passage of Secure America Act

Published | Video Starts at 41:50

… fraudsters out of the system and young, able bodied men who are gaming the system and riding the wagon and illegal immigrants off the system is what what we did. Democrats lied about it, said that we took Medicaid away from people. It's just simply not true. We strengthened it for the people that need it, deserve it and are legally allowed for it. We're going to make sure that what we put in this bill is ironclad, iron proof and can get every vote. (41:50–41:55)

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Asserts that Democrats falsely claimed Republicans took Medicaid away from people.

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