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Ruben Gallego: “Not because we had to balance the budget... Because they…”

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

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Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego takes the offensive against Trump's tax bill in Iowa town hall

Published | Video Starts at 00:39

What did Trump decide to do? What did Miller Mead decided to do? What did Ernst decided to do? They decided to cut food stamps right now at this point. And why? Not because we had to balance the budget... Because they needed to get a bigger tax cut for the super, super rich. That is making them sicker. And it's making all of us poor, let alone the grocery store workers, let alone the farmers are not. (00:39–00:50)

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Asserts that food stamp cuts were made to fund tax cuts for the wealthy.

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