Amy McGrath
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Was there any issue that you felt like, hey, this president really cares about me or any specific policies that really affected you as a young American?
Yeah, a couple of things that stood out to me.
There was a lot of lies, as all Trump's speeches, unfortunately, are.
The touting of the oil from Venezuela was interesting to me.
You know, the sort of seizure of another country's oil.
That was interesting.
And also, and I'm not sure that a lot of people picked up on this, but all the Republicans stood up and clapped.
The touting that we took off 2.4 million people off of food stamps.
And he said, oh, we lifted these people off of it.
When the economy is getting worse and prices are higher.
And inflation is really no better.
Basically, you didn't lift two point four million people off of who says you you cut them off.
And I thought it was really interesting to watch all the Republicans stand up and clap for that.
That to me was the spot that I was like, OK, now I feel a little bit ashamed here.
You know, but but I want to ask you, Jennifer, I want to go back to you.
What wasn't in the State of the Union address that you watched that you wished would have been addressed?
Yeah, I'm not buying the Trump RX thing either.
You know, the uninsured population in America has gone up and it's going to continue to go up under his plan or what the Republicans did last year by 11 million people by 2034 will be uninsured thanks to this plan that they all stood up and, you know, clapped for.
And, you know, Donald Trump's great health care plan that he talks about giving money
you know, back to the people and sort of a slap in the face to private insurers.