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'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process

Published February 26, 2025 | Video Starts at 19:16

What do you think about Elon Musk and the Doge Initiative? So in order to make an omelet, you have to crack a few eggs. And We have been dealing with a level of bureaucracy that has crippled the average American for decades. And what Elon is doing is trying to find a way to go line by line and streamline the bureaucratic bloat that has driven us to $36 trillion in debt. (19:16–19:22)

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“We lost two seats in the House with a sweeping victory on top of the ticket.”
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“President Trump wanted no tax on tips.”
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“President Trump wants no tax on Social Security.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 02:52-02:55
“President Trump wants the tax cuts and jobs acts extended.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 02:54-02:59
“The Reason why President Trump created DOGE is to find a lot of the fraud, waste and abuse.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 04:45-04:51
“We're not going to touch your Medicaid, we're not going to touch your Medicare, we're not going to tax your Social Security.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 05:30-05:37
“President Trump is looking at how he runs the country very differently than we've seen with previous presidents.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 06:07-06:14
“If we become leaders, premier leaders again with the Permian Basin in this country, the Marcellus Shale in this country, we unleash American…”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 06:48-06:57
“By the time I get 65, these [social security] programs are going to be insolvent.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 07:15-07:21
“We have the greatest economy in the entire world.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 07:40-07:43
“With 20 million people entering our country illegally and we have absolutely no idea who they are, is completely unacceptable.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 10:11-10:20
“With the stroke of a pen, President Trump fixed our border.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 10:19-10:24
“Imagine that border crossings are down 95%.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 10:23-10:27
“We passed HR2 over two years ago.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 10:34-10:38
“Our southern border [has been] completely destroyed by the cartels and by the Chinese that are funneled fentanyl through the cartels.”
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“President Trump, with a stroke of a pen, basically fixed the problem.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 12:55-12:59
“The Gulf of Mexico is now the Gulf of America.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 16:03-16:06
“We are the top consumer of any other country in the entire world.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 16:35-16:40
“We are running a $2 trillion annual deficit.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 19:34-19:38
“Elon Musk is donating his time, energy and expertise to streamline our federal government.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 20:05-20:13
“We are trying to figure out how to streamline the largest company in the United States, which is the United States government.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 20:31-20:40
“We're going to have a much more efficient and streamlined government.”
'We're Not Going To Touch Your Medicaid' Wesley Hunt Defends GOP Budget, Details Internal Process | Uploaded February 26, 2025 | 21:16-21:21
“This is actually here to stay. He was very serious about this, and they have been planning this for months.”
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“This is a 6040 issue in this country. The American people love what we are seeing.”
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“This has been the most transparent administration that we have seen in the history of this country.”
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“President Trump has let all the reporters and let everybody in the White House talks to them every day.”
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“Elon Musk literally putting on X exactly what he is doing every single day.”
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“He has created a Doge clock for transparency to the American people.”
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