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Veronica Escobar: “His family has pocketed $4 billion just last year alone.”

Featuring: Veronica Escobar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 16

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U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar boycotts State of the Union address

Published | Video Starts at 00:43

Donald Trump promised to love and cherish Medicaid, and then he pushed for $1 trillion worth of cuts to Medicaid. He promised a new golden age. I guess he was talking about the golden age for his family because His family has pocketed $4 billion just last year alone. And Trump promised he'd release all the Epstein files. Instead, we're seeing a massive cover up, including a cover up of the files that implicate Don. That's the real State of Our Union. (00:43–00:49)

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Asserts that Donald Trump's family gained $4 billion in the last year.

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