During a town hall on Tuesday, Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) spoke about legal action the Democrats have taken against the Trump Administration.
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00:00You know, but the point I was getting to is why are they doing this?
00:04Why are there these programs that millions of Americans who have not?
00:07And they're supported widely by Democrats and Republicans and a lot of things like Medicaid,
00:12which has very strong bipartisan support.
00:15And why is it that they're going after these programs?
00:18When you look at it, the only answer that makes any sense is that they really are doing this
00:23to pay for the tax cuts for their billionaire buddies.
00:26And that's pretty much it.
00:28And the House Republicans, who claim to be worried about debt and so on,
00:36have signaled their support by passing a budget that calls for $2 trillion
00:40in cuts to these vital federal programs, including Medicaid.
00:44And including many Republicans who, frankly, ran on a program of never cutting Medicaid
00:50or Medicare or these other important programs.
00:53So we're also fighting Trump in the courts.
00:57Where judges have largely blocked his illegal actions.
01:00You know, it's frustrating because it takes a while to work through the court system.
01:04But, you know, we've been having good news.
01:07There are over 100 suits that have been filed challenging all the actions he's taking.
01:14We have not yet lost one of them on the merits.
01:18A couple of them, they've said, find someone else who has standing to sue
01:22and we're defining someone else.
01:24But we have not lost one of those.
01:26They're still in the Trump Supreme Court.
01:28And, you know, it's uncertain where they'll end up.
01:31But, you know, we have a bunch of really good lawyers that are doing it.
01:35And I'll be talking more about that.