Raskin: ‘GOP Is Really at War with the Government of the People’

RASKIN Well look the ░░░░░░░░ are in a full ░░░░░░░░ attack on Medicaid They ░░░░░░░░ to cut 880 billion ░░░░░░░░ the Medicaid program Elon ░░░░░░░░ has said Social Security ░░░░░░░░ course is the big ░░░░░░░░ That s the big ░░░░░░░░ that they re aiming ░░░░░░░░ And they are hollowing ░░░░░░░░ all kinds of federal ░░░░░░░░ and departments that the ░░░░░░░░ people depend on like ░░░░░░░░ which does the cutting ░░░░░░░░ medical research and it ░░░░░░░░ now got swept up ░░░░░░░░ their whole anti science ░░░░░░░░ Same thing with you ░░░░░░░░ the FAA They sacked ░░░░░░░░ director the FAA on ░░░░░░░░ first day of their ░░░░░░░░ January 20th because Elon ░░░░░░░░ doesn t like him ░░░░░░░░ they got rid of ░░░░░░░░ top coterie and what ░░░░░░░░ you know we have ░░░░░░░░ first fatal airplane crash ░░░░░░░░ 17 years followed by ░░░░░░░░ whole bunch of other ░░░░░░░░ and near collisions that ░░░░░░░░ taken place So people ░░░░░░░░ beginning to recognize that ░░░░░░░░ GOP is really at ░░░░░░░░ with the government of ░░░░░░░░ people and they don ░░░░░░░░ like the idea that ░░░░░░░░ government is an instrument ░░░░░░░░ the common good They ░░░░░░░░ to use it for ░░░░░░░░ billionaires and it s ░░░░░░░░ billionaires cabinet We saw ░░░░░░░░ was sitting behind Donald ░░░░░░░░ on his inauguration day ░░░░░░░░ was Elon Musk and ░░░░░░░░ was uh Mark Zuckerberg ░░░░░░░░ it was Jeff Bezos ░░░░░░░░ behind them was a ░░░░░░░░ of billionaires So it ░░░░░░░░ a government that represents ░░░░░░░░ less than 1 of ░░░░░░░░ American people And what ░░░░░░░░ happening in these town ░░░░░░░░ meetings across the country ░░░░░░░░ extraordinary that the vast ░░░░░░░░ of Americans are turning ░░░░░░░░ to say they want ░░░░░░░░ government back.”