Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a press conference where he emphasized that Democrats remain united against Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill which will rip away healthcare and food assistance from millions of Americans in order to give billionaire Republican donors a tax break.  

LEADER JEFFRIES: Good morning, everyone. House Democrats continue to fight to stop the GOP Tax Scam in its tracks. Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill will rip away healthcare for more than 16 million Americans. Others across the country will pay higher premiums, co-pays and deductibles because of this unprecedented attack on Medicaid, Medicare and the Affordable Care Act. Hospitals will close, nursing homes will shut down and people will die if the GOP Tax Scam ever becomes law. 

Republicans are also trying to jam the largest cut to nutritional assistance in American history down the throats of the American people, are taking away more than $300 billion from SNAP, these extremists are literally ripping food from the mouths of children, seniors and veterans in the United States of America. It’s shameful. 

All of this is being done so that Republicans can provide massive tax breaks to their billionaire donors, and then they want to stick the American people with the bill, including by exploding the deficit by more than $3 trillion, saddling our children and grandchildren with this type of fiscal baggage that will hurt their ability to have a prosperous future and sets America on a possible path toward bankruptcy. The GOP Tax Scam is indeed a disgusting abomination.

Full press conference can be watched here.

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