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Patty Murray: “Speaker Johnson bragging that Republicans strengthened…”

Featuring: Patty Murray, Democratic | U.S. Senate Washington

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Patty Murray Torches GOP Over Healthcare Cuts, Defends No-Vote On Spending Bill To Reopen Gvmt.

Published | Video Starts at 00:54

We have Republicans talking about going back to the good old days of high risk pools which meant people with cancer could not get health insurance. We have Speaker Johnson bragging that Republicans strengthened health care by making the biggest cut to Medicaid in history. That's like saying you strengthened a ship by throwing the passengers overboard. And when Democrats offered a clean one year extension of the tax credit, which is truly the most … (00:54–01:02)

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Asserts that Speaker Johnson claimed Republicans made the largest cut to Medicaid in history.

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