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Ruben Gallego: “It gave the President the power to decide which employee was…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Sen. Ruben Gallego: Don't want to see ACA premiums double overnight for 24 million Americans

Published | Video Starts at 00:49

From Democrats that it gave President Trump too much leeway on, on which ones the pay or what was. Why did that not. Yeah, absolutely, like. Well, because It gave the President the power to decide which employee was essential or not. And like be honest, this president is quite temperamental. He acts like a child. He's very petty. And if you give him that power, he would use it in a petty, temperamental, childlike way. (00:49–00:54)

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Asserts that the criticized bill gave the President discretion over employee essential status.

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