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I'm joined by Senator Raphael Warnock. Senator Warnock, let's just talk about the humanity of it all. Set aside the politics for a second, because all of these actions by the Trump administration at a very basic level just seem to be cruel and inhumane, targeting the most vulnerable. I think too much we talk about the politics and not just the human aspect.
I like that you talk to the human aspect of it all. So what do you make of it all?
Well, look, the first objective of government is to ensure that the people are protected and that they can make the best out of their lives. Washington Republicans led by Donald Trump are focused on billionaires. They are not focused on the most vulnerable. They're focused on those who are most well-connected.
And there's no explanation otherwise for this type of policy that would literally take health care from children in order to give billionaires a tax cut. That's what they're up to. They'll name it and try to frame it in various ways.
But at the end of the day, this is about giving billionaires a tax cut on the backs of the poorest, the most vulnerable, and those who can't afford high-priced lobbyists here in Washington, DC.
How do you think we connect that, though, to the people, to let people get it? Because what these MAGA Republicans are good at, what Trump's good at, they'll give it a marketing slogan, big, beautiful bill. They'll do the whole culture war things. The media regurgitates that. So how do you break through in a state like Georgia?
How do you speak to the people and say, you realize they're literally just stealing from you and then giving it to rich people?
Well, I'm glad you asked that question, because I released a report just last week, and that's what this is about. One of the things that they're trying to do is make this about work requirements, as they call it. The issue is that they're looking for $800 billion. And there's not that much waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicaid, not $800 billion. We're not even close. And so they use tricks.
They use schemes. They use scams, like so-called work requirements. It's really work reporting requirements because the data shows, my report shows, that if you really want more people to work, if you want to strengthen the workforce, the way to do that is to make the workforce healthier, to give people a basic safety net of health care.
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