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Raphael Warnock: “They [legislators] went on and doubled the health care…”

Featuring: Raphael Warnock, Democratic | U.S. Senate Georgia

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Sen. Raphael Warnock on new book 'The Crooked Places Made Straight'

Published | Video Starts at 02:05

… pray a prayer, and then go and pass a piece of legislation that literally kicked 15 million Americans off of their health care, took a trillion dollars out of Medicaid, They [legislators] went on and doubled the health care premiums for 22 million Americans. For me, that's a contradiction between your creeds and your deed. You have said, Senator, that we have to hold essentially our public servants to a higher standard. (02:05–06:00)

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