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I asked Trump's Treasury Sec to justify cutting Medicaid by $700B to give the rich a $235B tax break
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6/13/2025, 4:12 PM
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I asked Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to justify cutting Medicaid by $700 billion just to give the very richest people in this country a $235 billion tax break. You won't be surprised to learn: he didn't have an answer. — Senator Bernie Sanders is the senior senator from Vermont. He is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history and the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP).
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