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Mike Johnson: “They have chosen restoring benefits by taxpayers to illegal…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:29

They have literally chosen. This is a true statement. You think about it. Look at their votes and their actions. They have chosen restoring benefits by taxpayers to illegal aliens, overpaying our troops and our border patrol agents and TSA and all the rest. It's uncle. As you know, neither Medicaid nor the Obamacare subsidies can go to undocumented. You know why? Because we got it signed into law July 4th. They're trying to repeal it. (05:29–05:38)

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Asserts that Democrats prioritize restoring benefits to illegal aliens over paying troops and border patrol agents.

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