TDS’ Chieng: Big Beautiful Bill Cutting Health Care and Food Stamps to Pay for Tax Cuts Is ‘Cartoonishly Mean’ to Poor People

CHIENG This is the ░░░░░░░░ show this year my ░░░░░░░░ actually came to Laughter ░░░░░░░░ is she is watching ░░░░░░░░ right now Laughter But ░░░░░░░░ months of negotiating last ░░░░░░░░ Republicans stayed up all ░░░░░░░░ and passed the big ░░░░░░░░ bill And maybe BBL ░░░░░░░░ a better name because ░░░░░░░░ bill is thick and ░░░░░░░░ ass Clip starts Reporter ░░░░░░░░ s what s in ░░░░░░░░ it extends the president ░░░░░░░░ signature 2017 tax cuts ░░░░░░░░ that s at a ░░░░░░░░ of about 4 trillion ░░░░░░░░ that s paid for ░░░░░░░░ part by nearly 700 ░░░░░░░░ in cuts to Medicaid ░░░░░░░░ healthcare program for those ░░░░░░░░ the lower end of ░░░░░░░░ income scale Reporter It ░░░░░░░░ comes with cuts to ░░░░░░░░ safety nets like food ░░░░░░░░ Clip ends CHIENG Wow ░░░░░░░░ healthcare and food stamps ░░░░░░░░ pay for tax cuts ░░░░░░░░ mean the only way ░░░░░░░░ could be more cartoonishly ░░░░░░░░ to poor people is ░░░░░░░░ it said Bob Cratchit ░░░░░░░░ to work on Christmas ░░░░░░░░ He s just a ░░░░░░░░ Why does he have ░░░░░░░░ work at all Laughter ░░░░░░░░ this vote was very ░░░░░░░░ even among Republicans who ░░░░░░░░ t like how it ░░░░░░░░ the debt by 4 ░░░░░░░░ Do you realize how ░░░░░░░░ money 4 trillion is ░░░░░░░░ you don t Because ░░░░░░░░ of it went to ░░░░░░░░ Laughter The point is ░░░░░░░░ Republicans were resisting this ░░░░░░░░ So to get it ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump needed to ░░░░░░░░ all of his political ░░░░░░░░ of persuasion Clip starts ░░░░░░░░ Trump made the rare ░░░░░░░░ to the Hill meeting ░░░░░░░░ House Republicans behind closed ░░░░░░░░ for 90 minutes for ░░░░░░░░ he says was just ░░░░░░░░ pep talk Reporter He ░░░░░░░░ out members by name ░░░░░░░░ threw the f bomb ░░░░░░░░ BOYLE I have seen ░░░░░░░░ and time again They ░░░░░░░░ dragged out of the ░░░░░░░░ floor and back into ░░░░░░░░ Republican members cloakroom and ░░░░░░░░ re handed a cell ░░░░░░░░ and it s Donald ░░░░░░░░ literally yelling at them ░░░░░░░░ cursing at them Clip ░░░░░░░░ CHIENG Politics used to ░░░░░░░░ deals and handshakes and ░░░░░░░░ my bill and I ░░░░░░░░ do something for you ░░░░░░░░ Trump is just like ░░░░░░░░ my bill or I ░░░░░░░░ kill you I ll ░░░░░░░░ you and I ll ░░░░░░░░ your wife But look ░░░░░░░░ bill isn t just ░░░░░░░░ taking health care from ░░░░░░░░ people to give rich ░░░░░░░░ tax cuts I m ░░░░░░░░ there s something in ░░░░░░░░ for the rest of ░░░░░░░░ Clip starts Reporter Some ░░░░░░░░ tucked into the bill ░░░░░░░░ of them eliminates the ░░░░░░░░ firearm registration fee for ░░░░░░░░ silencers Clip ends Audience ░░░░░░░░ CHIENG Yeah Uh let ░░░░░░░░ see that was added ░░░░░░░░ Rhode Island Representative John ░░░░░░░░ Laughter What s the ░░░░░░░░ of making it slightly ░░░░░░░░ to buy silencers I ░░░░░░░░ is there an assassin ░░░░░░░░ there who s like ░░░░░░░░ ve got the shot ░░░░░░░░ up but first let ░░░░░░░░ call my accountant to ░░░░░░░░ how this affects my ░░░░░░░░ I mean maybe it ░░░░░░░░ better if silencers are ░░░░░░░░ affordable Now when a ░░░░░░░░ shooter is going through ░░░░░░░░ classroom the other classrooms ░░░░░░░░ keep learning.”