Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) went on the offensive towards Republican-crafted “lies” whereas addressing the federal government shutdown in a brand new interview.
The one-time Democratic presidential contender refused to place up with a single second of misinformation when requested about debunked rumors her get together was stonewalling Congress’ stopgap spending invoice to present undocumented migrants “free healthcare” throughout a Thursday look on “CBS Mornings.”
Although anchor Tony Dokoupil did make certain to border the Republican declare as not “strictly true,” Warren lower in with a correction nearly immediately.
“Excuse me? ‘Not strictly true’ ― it is a flat-out lie! It is a flat-out lie!” she mentioned as Dokoupil struggled to get a phrase in. “There is nothing in Medicaid, nothing in Medicare, that permits one undocumented immigrant to get one dollar of assistance! None!”
Warren stood her floor as Dokoupil pushed again, saying Democrats’ counteroffer proposed rolling again Medicaid restrictions for “certain noncitizens” that have been included within the Republican-backed “big, beautiful” mega-spending invoice signed into legislation in July.
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Compelled to tackle yet one more distortion, the senator defined how Democrats’ hardline on well being care was targeted on getting hospitals truthful reimbursement charges for emergency care they’re required to supply by legislation, laws that date again to Republican President Ronald Reagan’s time in workplace.
“There is no change, no change in the number of undocumented migrants who get any help under what the Democrats want,” she asserted.
Elsewhere within the interview, Warren balked at the concept that Democrats have been solely giving Republicans energy with their resolution to carry out on the invoice till bipartisan negotiations occur.
“Look, let’s understand that Donald Trump is going to do whatever he wants to do,” she mentioned, including that head of the Workplace of Administration and Price range, Russell Vought, was already within the course of of creating “as many painful cuts as he can.”
She then added, “That could be stopped if the Republicans in the House and the Senate would just say, ‘No more of this.’”
Watch Warren’s full CBS interview right here:
