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Patty Murray: “Trump still has the funds to keep benefits going out in full…”

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

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I mean, he is basically taking credit, promising it won't go out. And as Speaker Johnson put it, they don't want to release the pressure. They are using the American people as leverage. Trump still has the funds to keep benefits going out in full and on time. Right now, he is choosing not to use them. all while he chooses to build himself a new ballroom. Do Republicans not realize that all those families who cannot afford to put food on the table, all those families … (05:37–05:47)

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Asserts that Trump has funds to maintain benefits but is choosing not to use them.

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