Hakeem Jeffries: Republican Budget Proposal Is a ‘Betrayal of Working Class and Middle Class Americans’

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JEFFRIES: “House Republicans are now being held accountable for the extreme positions connected to this reckless Republican budget. And understand, this budget is a betrayal of working-class Americans, of middle-class Americans, and of everyday Americans. They want to jam $4.5 trillion worth of tax cuts down the throats of the American people to benefit their billionaire donors and wealthy corporations. And at the same time, they want to stick everyday Americans with the bill by ending Medicaid as we know it, undermining veterans' benefits and doing the type of things that Americans do not support. And so we only need three House Republicans. There are 215 Democrats in the House. We only need three to stand up on behalf of their constituents. And that is going to be an ongoing effort over the next few days to identify those individuals."