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Wes Moore: “The only way that you're going to reopen a government is by…”

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Published | Video Starts at 02:33

That's who they're choosing to go after first. And so looking at this assault that we have had on our, on our federal workers, and again, now we're talking about The only way that you're going to reopen a government is by cutting people off healthcare, raising premiums by 95%. Healthcare is already too expensive. And now you're talking about raising premiums by 95% for folks like, this is crazy what's going on. (02:33–02:42)

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Asserts that reopening the government involves cutting healthcare and raising premiums by 95%.

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