During a Senate Democrats press briefing on Thursday, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) spoke about Republicans' proposed cuts to Medicaid.
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00:00So, good afternoon.
00:05As you've already heard from my colleagues, Republicans are going to try every which way
00:11to hide their plans that will create new tax breaks for the wealthiest and pay for it by
00:17cutting Medicaid.
00:19We are going to watch Republicans tie themselves in knots to somehow say they are not cutting
00:25Medicaid and ripping the rug out from our families.
00:30But they will not be able to escape the truth.
00:33The truth here, and more importantly the truth our constituents will feel, is that this Republican
00:40budget plan will cut Medicaid to the bone and take health care from children, from people
00:47with disabilities, from seniors, and from our most vulnerable.
00:53You've all heard the numbers.
00:5572 million Americans, 8 million seniors, a third of all children rely on Medicaid for
01:04their health care.
01:05But these numbers have real faces and real stories behind them.
01:10Real people in my state and every single state that my Republican colleagues represent who
01:15rely on Medicaid for life-saving care.
01:20We're talking about children who need Medicaid to see a doctor.
01:24We're talking about rural hospitals that without Medicaid would close.
01:31We're talking about people like my own mother who relied on Medicaid at the end of her life
01:37to pay for skilled nursing care.
01:40And this Republican budget is coming after that care, all to make sure that big corporations
01:47and people like Elon Musk and Donald Trump and their rich friends get new tax breaks.
01:54While Republicans either outright lie to the people or do Olympic-level mental gymnastics
02:02to try to explain how slashing Medicaid is somehow not slashing Medicaid, we are going
02:10to put their feet to the fire.
02:13If they claim they are not cutting Medicaid, okay, then show us.
02:18Show the kids who rely on Medicaid that you're not taking it from them.
02:23Show the seniors who rely on Medicaid that you aren't taking it from them.
02:29Show the people with disabilities who rely on Medicaid that you are not taking it away
02:34from them.
02:36Republicans have a real choice in front of them.
02:39And it's not too late to side with working families over their rich friends.
02:45The question is, who will the Republicans choose?