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  • 6/3/2025
At a press briefing on Tuesday, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke about comments from Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) about Medicaid.
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00:00Oh, I'll go. I'm sorry. You guys were late on this side of the room.
00:05Thanks, Mr. Dick. Speaker Johnson implied that he was opposing FSS2 and getting rid of the tax credits.
00:17What do you think about those tax credits that benefit this particular billionaire and his company?
00:22The clean energy credits that were part of the Inflation Reduction Act actually have had a significant benefit in terms of economic activity all across the country,
00:40particularly in red states and congressional districts represented by Republicans.
00:45Standing up a clean energy economy lowers energy costs, helps to protect the environment,
00:55and combats the climate crisis with the fierce urgency of now that is necessary,
01:01while at the same period of time creating jobs and generating economic activity.
01:08Republicans decided that they want to detonate these clean energy credits.
01:14I haven't spoke to Elon Musk. I'm not sure what the reasons are for this extraordinary statement,
01:22but we're in complete agreement.
01:25The GOP tax scam is a disgusting abomination.
01:28And yes, the repeal of the clean energy tax credits is one of many reasons
01:34why the Republican one big ugly bill is a complete and total disaster.
01:40These extremists can't even defend it.
01:44So you have the senator from Iowa say,
01:49in response to a question that was heartfelt about people dying prematurely
01:56because they're going to lose health care coverage under the GOP tax scam,
02:00that everyone's going to die.
02:02Yes, Joni, we know, the American people know that at some point in their lives,
02:08they are going to pass away.
02:12The cause of death should not be Republican cruelty.
02:18The cause of death should not be this disgusting abomination of a bill.
02:23The cause of death should not be the reckless Republican effort
02:28to rip away health care from millions of people
02:32and rip food out of the mouths of starving children or veterans
02:37in the United States of America.

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