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Ruben Gallego: “They decided to cut food stamps right now at this point.”

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 00:33

And what did this administration decide to do? 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. Not because we want to, you know, have some of the. Because they needed to get a bigger tax cut for the super, super rich. (00:33–00:39)

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