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'He Is Lying': Chuck Schumer Slams Trump's Claims That GOP Budget Won't Harm Medicaid Recipients
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6/4/2025
During remarks on the Senate floor Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about cuts to Medicaid in the GOP budget.
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00:00
Objection.
00:01
Thank you, Mr. President.
00:03
Now, Mr. President, over the past few days,
00:06
Donald Trump has bent over backwards
00:08
to try and sell his so-called big, beautiful bill
00:12
with a new lie.
00:15
He said no one will lose health care coverage.
00:19
He says no benefits will be slashed.
00:22
He says the bill won't harm a single recipient.
00:25
He is lying.
00:27
This is all total nonsense.
00:30
And Senate Republicans need to reject
00:32
Donald Trump's snake oil sales pitch.
00:35
I implore my Senate colleagues,
00:38
tread carefully with your big, beautiful bill.
00:42
If you pass this bill,
00:43
it won't be Donald Trump's soothing words
00:46
that will be enacted in your states,
00:48
but rather deep and devastating harm
00:51
to your constituents.
00:53
And your constituents, Senate Republicans,
00:56
will hold you responsible
00:57
for going along with Donald Trump's roost.
01:01
If you go down this road,
01:03
you'll take away coverage from kids,
01:05
from seniors, from parents, from moms.
01:08
You will put doctors and nurses out of work.
01:11
You will put rural hospitals in particular jeopardy,
01:14
since they depend on Medicaid and Medicare
01:17
and government help to stay going.
01:20
And they're often the biggest employer
01:22
in your rural counties.
01:24
Senate Republicans,
01:25
they're often the only source of health care.
01:30
And when Americans see this is all
01:31
to make the ultra-rich even richer,
01:35
they'll know that this nasty bill,
01:38
that it was this nasty bill that made it happen.
01:40
Donald Trump's big, beautiful bill
01:43
is repeal and replace by another name.
01:46
Here are the facts.
01:47
Under the bill,
01:49
millions, over 14 million,
01:52
would lose health care coverage.
01:54
And as bad as this bill is,
01:57
we just got news that it will get even worse.
02:01
CBO today will announce
02:03
that it is not 14 million people kicked off,
02:06
but more, estimates as high as 15 million.
02:12
The bill, the Republican bill,
02:14
will kick even more people off health care
02:18
than we originally thought.
02:20
Not only by attacking Medicaid,
02:22
but by destabilizing the ACA,
02:25
private insurance,
02:26
and now even Medicare.
02:30
Even Medicare.
02:33
So this bad bill is getting worse.
02:35
The estimates of how many people
02:38
will lose their health care coverage
02:40
goes up and up and up
02:42
each time you read the fine print.
02:46
The closer and closer people look at the bill,
02:49
the worse and worse it gets.
02:52
Tens of millions of Americans
02:53
who otherwise qualify for health care
02:55
would be mummified in new red tape,
02:58
shortened enrollment periods,
03:00
higher premiums, weaker coverage.
03:03
People will fall through the cracks
03:05
and get phased out of coverage
03:06
altogether in coming years.
03:08
It's death by a thousand paper cuts.
03:12
And that's no accident.
03:13
That's the intention of the Republican bill.
03:17
And let's talk about fraud.
03:19
Donald Trump says,
03:20
well, it's just knocking out fraud.
03:22
Democrats would love to work with Republicans
03:24
to eliminate fraud and waste in health care.
03:27
But the bill Republicans have right now
03:29
does not accomplish that.
03:31
It's aimed at real people,
03:32
real people who need health care.
03:35
Taking that away.
03:38
It uses this big, beautiful bill,
03:41
uses the fraud boogeyman
03:43
as an excuse
03:44
to kick people out of health care
03:47
who would otherwise qualify,
03:48
including people with jobs,
03:50
including people with kids.
03:52
The only fraud happening right now
03:55
is the fraudulent sales pitch
03:56
coming from Donald Trump
03:58
and his statement
04:05
that he won't boot anyone from coverage.
04:08
That's the fraud here.
04:10
The fraud of the lies Donald Trump
04:12
is telling Republicans about this bill,
04:14
that people won't lose coverage.
04:16
That is a lie.
04:17
That is the fraud.
04:19
Republicans should know that.
04:21
And reject this awful, big, beautiful bill
04:24
before it's too late.
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